Example sentences of "rather [conj] make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advance word on Communion was that it wanted to deal in the uncanny again , to unsettle its audiences rather than make them laugh knowingly , yet here it was with something that belonged in a Joe Dante movie . |
| 2 | In practice , as we have seen , it is British policy to subsidise the polluting farmers rather than make them pay to clean up the pollution . ) |
| 3 | It took the London store magnate Gordon Selfridge , who included them in his own advertising copy in the evening papers , to show that publishing them would increase the value of the paper to its readers , rather than make them desert to a rival medium . |
| 4 | But we usually work it into the show format somewhere , rather than make it a part of the news . |
| 5 | And rather than make it into a viable erm , organization . |
| 6 | ‘ At least then the drummer feels he 's done something ; it 's using technology to help him , rather than making him feel he 's being replaced . ’ |
| 7 | Joan Bower of the voluntary organisation Age Concern told me how her local branch takes services to its clients , rather than making them travel . |
| 8 | The veto , yes we touched upon that , that 's that 's stopping the congress from doing something rather than making them do something . |
| 9 | 2 ) The need for someone to work within our community as a challenge to attitudes and reflecting perceptions of those overseas rather than making us feel comfortable . |
| 10 | Mr Johnson says : ‘ I think they like a little bit of human intervention at the final stage , rather than making it too automated . ’ |
| 11 | The West has opted for letting it happen rather than making it happen |
| 12 | But erm I do n't think that the town show perhaps I was I 'm prejudiced to the fact that , that we 'll be losing money rather than making it but it was n't anything like we put on for entertainment ! |
| 13 | It is best to prepare the system before starting to draft , rather than making it up as sub-divisions arise during the drafting . |