Example sentences of "rather [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the formal analysis which is second nature to a Western critic can be fruitful , even though it could be argued that this is a way of interpreting the objects of an unfamiliar culture rather than a description . |
| 2 | Now I think that 's the right way to get to know the kind of talent there is , rather than a straight knock-down audition . |
| 3 | This is partly because of the structure of catholic nationalism in the Southern state and partly because the national unity sought by significant numbers of Northern catholic nationalists is still on the basis of the reversal of protestant — loyalist hegemony rather than a power compromise . |
| 4 | But that is what the arrangement was : an alliance rather than a consolidated interest or a genuinely shared culture . |
| 5 | Flowering bulbs will last much longer in a cool room or position rather than a hot one . |
| 6 | Glider designers sometimes choose to fit a tail-skid rather than a wheel for simplicity and cheapness , saying quite rightly that they offer a little less drag . |
| 7 | Instructors should therefore insist that the movements of the stick must be a controlled , progressive movement rather than a rapid , uncontrolled push or jerk . |
| 8 | Fortunately , with weight shift , moving forwards causes a nose-up rather than a nose-down effect so that at least it does not accentuate the pitching movement and make the sensation worse . |
| 9 | Normally you will want to use full side-slip for a few seconds rather than a small amount of slip for a much longer time . |
| 10 | This must always be controlled and if injury is caused — other than perhaps a slight reddening — a penalty rather than a score will result . |
| 11 | Even in the case of front arm jabs , the distance travelled should be maximised and the action demonstrated as a thrust rather than a snap . |
| 12 | Cognitive neuropsychology is largely a European rather than a North American phenomenon . |
| 13 | This achieves a delicate sheen rather than a strong lustre . |
| 14 | Transfer of all Anglo-Scottish sleeping car services from the East to the West Coast main line from May 1988 was a similar decision based on a corporate rather than a regional viewpoint . |
| 15 | L&SE went out with a bang rather than a whimper. 12 May was marked by the introduction of no less than four new electric services ; on the Eastern Region branch lines between Wickford and Southminster and between Romford and Upminster ; on the Great Eastern main line between Manningtree and Harwich ; and ( at last ) over the thirty-two miles between Tonbridge and Hastings . |
| 16 | The leading power car is in the older Inter-city livery and has its number rather than a set number displayed on the front end . |
| 17 | A study of Dalcroze Eurythmics from which such ideas emanate is valuable , but the practice must be used with discretion if the resultant ballet is not to resemble an examination of machinery rather than a feeling fur the rhythm and shape of the engine that makes the dancers perform . |
| 18 | It seems that Carnedd Uchaf has crept into the list , but is this not subsidiary summit of Foel Gras rather than a 3000'er in its own right ? |
| 19 | Six hours of daylight is claimed to give 12 hours of night time light , but of course these cast a soft diffused light rather than a beam you can direct creatively like a spotlight , and they have limitations during the dull days of a typical British winter . |
| 20 | If you need a sine wave rather than a square wave , you can add the shaping circuit ( reference ) . |
| 21 | Those who feel hostile to much recent literary theory but are unwilling or unable to formulate their objections often lazily dismiss it as merely another Parisian fashion , citing the rapid displacement or structuralism by poststructuralism as evidence that the writings or Barthes , Derrida , Lacan and their American epigones constitute a craze rather than a serious intellectual movement . |
| 22 | As I have remarked , the Warton Professor habitually adopts the attitude of a traditional man of letters rather than a paid academic . |
| 23 | And although talking about poems ‘ as poetry ’ will imply an aesthetic reading rather than a culturalist or historical one , it must be acknowledged that there is inescapable culturalist and historical underpinning of the idea of a canon ; not all the poems to be read will have much aesthetic value . |
| 24 | It is an idea — the idea that the practice of our art should ideally be an avocation rather than a vocation — which has a distinguished and ancient lineage , to be traced back through the English bourgeois idea of ‘ the gentleman ’ to the Italian aristocratic idea of ‘ the courtier ’ . |
| 25 | Increasingly the Prime Minister is regarded by many swing voters as unconstructive and isolationist rather than a determined defender of British interests . |
| 26 | War in Henry V is a test of kingship rather than a subject in its own right . |
| 27 | In future , offenders are likely to be punished with ‘ a short , sharp ban ’ rather than a fine . |
| 28 | He wants to be the real power there , rather than a minority , ’ the aide said . |
| 29 | However , much of the fall was due to share prices being marked down rather than a flood of selling and trading volume at just under 500 million shares was little above normal levels . |
| 30 | This demands a studio on a Sunday rather than a rainy , muddy field on a Saturday . |