Example sentences of "rather [conj] leave [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This article explains in more detail why establishing effective strategies for change is so important rather than leaving everything to ad hoc decision making . |
| 2 | The challengers have also all adopted a slightly different approach to PageMaker in that they have provided many of the creation tools within the desktop publishing program rather than leaving them to the more specialised stand-alone products . |
| 3 | I keep everything loose in glass jars ( you can wash and save any that you buy ) , which prolongs their life , rather than leaving them in the packets . |
| 4 | To repeat , however , the interpretation of competitive strength as current strength is preferable , because it focuses the dynamic management of the group portfolio on the grid itself , rather than leaving it as an inference of the underlying analysis . |
| 5 | It may also turn out Mr Livingstone lost because more constituencies this year balloted their full membership , rather than leaving it to their activist general committees to decide . |
| 6 | So perhaps another note for Mr Patten 's no doubt very full in-tray is to look again at the decision to close down the body responsible for developing Milton Keynes , and start a new government initiative to encourage more new settlements throughout the region , rather than leaving it to private consortia to chance their arms through a development control system which seems unable to accommodate new initiatives in planning . |
| 7 | Rather than leave him in pace , the minotaur , video monitors blinking in its belly , hydraulic arms swinging over the crowd , turns round for a second go … |
| 8 | By the time word got out that the whole thing had been a spoof , there was a sizeable demand for the book and , rather than leave it at that , Jean Shepard was persuaded to write the book proper . |
| 9 | Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council . |
| 10 | Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result . |
| 11 | And I think it 's much better to get a clear understanding from the market stall at that stage rather than leave it till later . |
| 12 | " I m sorry , Mr Beamish , but he 'll be away all day and I thought I 'd better come along rather than leave it till tomorrow . " |