Example sentences of "rather [subord] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time she contacted me again after just a week to say that , for the first time , she had been able to buy clothes for her children in a certain famous store rather than having to rely on ordering from a mail order firm . |
| 2 | An unemployed lift engineer 's mate , Darren Webb , 25 , of Colchester , also appreciated the opportunity to talk to people about the various training and job schemes available rather than having to rely on leaflets . |
| 3 | rather than having to move out the way |
| 4 | It is much better to attempt to prevent fears arising , rather than having to rectify them at a later stage . |
| 5 | Novell Inc has upgraded NetWare Lite for MS-DOS and Windows 1.1 by improving Windows support : users can now run NetWare Lite and Windows concurrently , and can manage the network from within Windows , rather than having to exit to MS-DOS for their network management . |
| 6 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 7 | There is no charter provision for a general election so that the people can have their say at the ballot box at a set time , rather than having to hang on until the Government can find the most appropriate time to make a rush to the polls . |
| 8 | You can then concentrate much more effectively on dealing with the wound , rather than having to battle with your dog in order to help it . |
| 9 | Rather than having to type in the name of a program or press certain letters or numbers to select a function the user simply ‘ points ’ to what is required and presses a button . |
| 10 | Nan continued , ‘ I wanted it to be clear from the start rather than having to ask every week . ’ |
| 11 | That can not happen in year one , but as the years went by , it would enable people to build their own packages of care rather than having to take care designed by others for them off the shelf , as in a supermarket . |
| 12 | Rather than having to go out to find people and ask them to be interviewed or to complete questionnaires , it may seem very attractive to have them safely on a panel where they can be used when needed . |
| 13 | Where this range of charts scores is by including all the information on the one chart rather than having to go to other sources of reference . |
| 14 | Wh when you put people on the patches for the first time because the hormone goes straight into the system , rather than having to go through the gut , |
| 15 | 3 It hopes to allow , and induce , students to work at the pace best suited to them as individuals , rather than having to proceed at the standard class rate . |
| 16 | This enabled the humblest of tradesmen to furnish all varieties of funeral , rather than having to turn down trade owing to the paucity of his stock . |
| 17 | It is much better to step in and help people firmly rather than having to punish them at a later stage . |
| 18 | After all , the sentence is one of the building blocks of a piece of prose , so it makes sense to be able to work with whole sentences rather than having to highlight each word within one manually . |
| 19 | By using the tilt it is possible for a white water race , for example , to steer down a rapid whilst still using powerful forward strokes rather than having to use slower sweep strokes . |
| 20 | Rather than having to push onwards all the time there is ample opportunity to absorb the history and geography , spend nights with the River Rats , Scotts Tennessee Artillery Company B of the Confederate Army and the jousting tents of ordinary American campers , be brushed by the cultures of Mark Twain , Elvis Presley , jazz , country and Cajun music , the Mormons and many more , to feed alligators from a boat , meet Delta pirogues and be blasted by phenomenal thunderstorms . |
| 21 | From 1988 , candidates will be able to take CGLI examinations on a modular basis , building up credits rather than having to sit the examination for the full certificate at one time . |
| 22 | Rather than having made a fortune in tips tonight , she had actually come up ten dollars short . |
| 23 | However , one aspect I did like is the way you can select merge codes from menu choices rather than having to remember the correct syntax yourself . |
| 24 | Thinking about it it used to work with Sterland , but then he only came forward AFTER strach had the ball and when the opposition were pushed right back … and he crossed it while in front of the defender rather than having to get round him . |
| 25 | Rather than having to get people together in a |
| 26 | Equally , it may be socially desirable to enforce partial abatement of the fixed charge element for small users of electricity or gas rather than having to identify a more specific form of assistance . |
| 27 | In particular I would like to know about your own background rather than having to guess at this while reading about a set of fictional characters . |
| 28 | Users specify their needs rather than having to construct the procedures to retrieve the required data . |
| 29 | Maddox reversed into a quoted company as soon as it was formed in February 1992 , Biermann stated , because he wanted to take advantage of the public market for acquisition purposes — it could issue new shares rather than having to find cash . |
| 30 | Premises are often located near people 's homes and workplaces — customers just ‘ pop in ’ , rather than having to make a special journey |