Example sentences of "[to-vb] rather [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without such funding the best way to process general language is to acquire rather than develop a parser ( Patten , 1992 ) . |
| 2 | After he had released the ropes , the huge crowd watched as Simon began to ascend rather than descend the pole . |
| 3 | In all forms of natural therapy , which aim to stimulate rather than to suppress the body 's natural defences , the axiom is : by creating favourable conditions in the whole person , body-mind-spirit , the body will heal itself . |
| 4 | Cheney 's decision to cancel rather than rescue the stricken programme was also widely interpreted as an attempt by the Defence Department to repudiate the long-standing convention that defence contractors could enter into unrealistic contracts confident that the government would make good any losses suffered in cases other than fraud or gross mismanagement . |
| 5 | The Moldavians , given an ultimatum by Mr Gorbachev to settle their ethnic conflicts by the year 's end , decided to compromise rather than test the president 's readiness to resort to force . |
| 6 | These are designed to whet rather than satisfy the appetite — but short bibliographies help would-be students to delve further . |
| 7 | However , the evidence suggests that the net effect of each factor will be to increase rather than decrease the demand for HE . |
| 8 | To ‘ add in ’ gender as a specific category with a compelling need to be addressed is to increase rather than decrease the teacher 's predicament . |
| 9 | … not particularly comforting , since many of the goals which we as a nation set ourselves , the policies which we pursue and the material objectives to which we attach importance tend to increase rather than to diminish the incidence of crime . |
| 10 | likely to increase rather than reduce the rate of inflation . |
| 11 | Market forms of supply are likely to increase rather than reduce the maldistribution of wealth . |
| 12 | These all look like important questions but , once again , the methodology of state-centrism serves to blur rather than clarify the issues . |
| 13 | She came home in despair and went back to the clinic to work rather than spend the Sunday alone , or try to pass the time with friends . |
| 14 | At the launch of Smith 's campaign , it soon became clear that he intends to encourage rather than to lead the debate about the party 's future . |
| 15 | But after 1688 Parliament under Whig domination tended to restrict rather than enlarge the franchise , and some people even lost their voting rights . |
| 16 | They tend to aggravate rather than improve the poor self-esteem , poor individual coping skills and poor emotional maturity in the primary sufferer . |
| 17 | It was a kitchen to challenge rather than enhance the skills of any cook ambitious beyond the boiling of eggs . |
| 18 | With the older alloys , however , the descriptions used seem more intended to conceal rather than reveal the ingredients ! |
| 19 | You must be well acquainted with the materials of Part 2 in order to answer trainees ' questions but be careful not to provide information that goes beyond that given above ; try to amplify rather than extend the information . |
| 20 | Yet most delegates to the 1993 College and University Booksellers group conference appeared to relish rather than dread the challenges |
| 21 | Indeed , this was the very reason that the Departmental Committee on the Treatment of Young Offenders had recommended , in 1927 , the reform of the system : ‘ When it is realised that these courts are specially equipped to help rather than punish the young offender , we hope that the reluctance to bring such children before will disappear . ’ |
| 22 | Such moves , however , have tended to restate rather than resolve the tension between control and autonomy . |
| 23 | We think , however , that some of the points made by the authors tend to confuse rather than clarify the issue . |
| 24 | The circumstances of Japan 's opening to the West thus seemed calculated to reinforce rather than diminish a sense of separateness and need for security in the face of manifestly unequal treatment . |
| 25 | These practices appear to recognise rather than replace the use of force in international relations . |
| 26 | US and Mexican anti-drug officials suggested that the army was present to protect rather than to detain the drug shipment . |
| 27 | It acts to foster rather than hinder the material and non-material interests of most groups involved in the planning process , although it may be to the short term tactical advantage of some not to recognise the fact . |
| 28 | the effects of this adversary relationship on public policy in terms of both continuity and substance was considered to threaten rather than enhance the effectiveness of government |
| 29 | Graham Paulter , sales manager of Ford Crouch End Motor Company , says : ‘ People still feel their jobs are insecure and they have mortgages to pay rather than get a new car . |
| 30 | A beneficent deity , Kukulkan was once held to have been a king from another land , who arrived in Yucatan by sea and elected to stay rather than risk the return voyage . |