Example sentences of "from [noun prp] rather [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not the first to suspect that the inhabitants of Massalia spent their money to ransom themselves from Catumarandus rather than the Romans from Brennus . |
| 2 | One of the most striking features of IBM 's lamentable personal computer business is that there is not a single reason embedded in the hardware why IBM mainframe and AS/400 users should buy their personal computers from IBM rather than from its army of tormentors led by Compaq Computer Corp : presumably few customers have actually asked IBM for 3270 and 5250 emulation in ROM on the motherboard at no extra charge in its PS/2s — or perhaps IBM thought that would kill off its dumb tube business and resisted until it was too late — now it makes no money on personal computers and sells few dumb tubes . |
| 3 | Governors were almost always sent out from England rather than chosen from among the men on the spot . |
| 4 | By the time the legates arrived , however , they were dealing with a king , not a duke , and the bishop of Sutri was satisfied with a general promise from Philip rather than a formal oath and he absolved Philip secretly . |
| 5 | The northern section of the colony was settled by people from Virginia rather than emigrants brought out by the proprietors , and the southern section by emigrants from Barbados as well as from England . |
| 6 | After Munich the idea that the main danger came from Chamberlain rather than Hitler became difficult to sustain . |
| 7 | Most manufactured goods are produced and exported from Asia rather than imported from the West . |
| 8 | By 1957 , it had become clear that it was easier to direct affairs on the far side of the Arab sea/air barrier from London rather than from Cyprus , which had little or no contact with Aden and Kenya . |
| 9 | He successfully persuaded RTE the Irish State-run broadcasting network the event should go ahead in his home town almost 200 miles from Dublin rather than in the capital city . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll mosey on down now , ’ he said , now sounding as if he came from Alabama rather than Texas . |