Example sentences of "to be rather than " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she knew that telling things the way you wanted them to be rather than the way they were did n't change anything for longer than the moment of the lie . |
| 2 | Yet she sensed that it might be like telling things the way you wanted them to be rather than the way they really were . |
| 3 | So many attempts by Christians to communicate the gospel begin where we would like people to be rather than where they are actually at . |
| 4 | It was pointed out during the workshop that women have always been flexible in terms of employment , but because they have to be rather than because they want to be . |
| 5 | While there may be much to be said for the views expressed in this passage it seems to me with all respect to Wilson J. that she was stating what she thought the law ought to be rather than what it is . |
| 6 | Quite apart from the limitations on law reform in general which such an argument would appear to justify , if the views of the public are of any significance at all in this context , then it must be its view of what the law ought to be rather than what it is . |