Example sentences of "rather [conj] [verb] it [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , for the moment , if you want a higher resolution page printer it really is a case of going to find it rather than having it thrust at you . |
| 2 | What is striking about these two books is the sense they convey — little less unusual now than when they were written — of a strong and independent black community , in which people found their own way rather than having it mapped out for them by white expectations . |
| 3 | The difference with this baby is that he himself has selected the time at which he will display the pattern , rather than having it imposed on him by a mother 's pattern of giving care . |
| 4 | And and like the dry store , erm , with all , it 's got like the rice in it , the custard in it , all those sorts of things , I mean , you know , he might order that stuff once a week , rather than having it come in three days a week . |
| 5 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |
| 6 | It gives credibility to the particular choice we as a self-defining ‘ human ’ group have made , and reinforces the validity of that choice by obscuring the fact that we make it voluntarily , rather than have it imposed on us by scientific laws which are unquestionable and necessary . |
| 7 | Well a cup of whatsername stuff I poured down the sink upstairs rather than get it kicked over because if they come back in a silly state then they 'll knock it all over books . |
| 8 | Perhaps illogically , if there is to be any ‘ indulging in personalities ’ , voters prefer to do it themselves on the doorstep rather than to have it done for them . |