Example sentences of "rather [conj] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaving aside any general perceptions of Basic , the Pick version was interpreted rather than compiled and consequently did n't sparkle in speed bench tests . |
| 2 | To be fair to him , he had repeatedly hinted that , when the evidence was in , it would show that Pound 's contribution went far beyond the mere passing of judgement on particular passages ; and indeed it turned out that the very structure of the poem had been extricated by Pound , rather than conceived and composed by the poet whose name appeared on the title-page . |
| 3 | The areas beyond these terminal reaves contain burial and religious monuments which in some cases must be earlier ; so perhaps some respect of older features is implied , an aspect which can be seen elsewhere where barrows and barrow cemeteries seem to have been avoided rather than ignored when the later fields were laid out . |
| 4 | Of the 500m tonnes of industrial and domestic waste that OECD Europe produces each year , roughly a third is recovered rather than incinerated or buried . |
| 5 | She knew rather than felt that she was very tired and recognized the symptoms of an overstimulated brain in an exhausted body , the restless limbs and inability to get comfortable . |
| 6 | People did n't try and score points off each other — contributions were acknowledged and applauded , rather than criticized or tested to destruction . |
| 7 | Even in the Coordinating Team , the development of such skills has tended to be accepted as self-evidently a good thing rather than debated or interpreted in a systematic way . |
| 8 | This was the period when admirers of ‘ trad ’ adopted a purist stance , listened rather than danced and frowned on anything slick or commercial or which smacked of the professional dance band . |
| 9 | Whisky , because of its strength , is ‘ nosed ’ rather than tasted and it 's Frank 's job to sniff his way through barrels when their ten years are up . |
| 10 | It is fundamentally important that these 12 Steps are actually worked rather than recited or merely thought to be nice in theory . |
| 11 | Picket-line relations have been most tranquil in those periods of British and American history characterised by ‘ consensus politics ’ — where trade unions have been accepted into the polity ( the government and those who are able to influence its policies ) as legitimate ‘ members ’ , rather than excluded as ‘ challengers ’ ( cf. Ragin et al. , 1982:241 ) . |
| 12 | Literature is illuminated rather than obscured as we come nearer the personality and circumstances of the writer ; and provided that at all times our aim is to illuminate literature , we are on the side of the angels . |
| 13 | The snag with this is that the suppressed feelings are still experienced internally rather than avoided or prevented . |
| 14 | Food and possessions become shared , rather than bought and sold . |
| 15 | He claimed that they were being stockpiled rather than dismantled and that Ukraine could not guarantee they would " not fall into undesirable hands " . |