Example sentences of "rather [conj] water " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ocean is calm , so calm you could believe it to be lacquered wood rather than water and that if you were in a hurry you could leave the boat and walk to shore . |
| 2 | Following the Romans ' introduction of the geared watermill into England , many such mills were established — the Domesday Book lists 5,624 mills , although a good proportion of these would have been worked by horses or oxen rather than water . |
| 3 | Sulphur bacteria ( above ) practise a similar process , but split hydrogen sul ; rather than water . |
| 4 | Steam cleaners : Basically similar to pressure jet cleaners these machines incorporate a steam vessel and deliver high pressure steam rather than water . |
| 5 | If forms of life exist whose chemistry is based on silicon rather than carbon , or ammonia rather than water , if creatures are discovered that boil to death at — 100 degrees centigrade , if a form of life is found that is not based on chemistry at all but on electronic reverberating circuits , will there still be any general principle that is true of all life ? |
| 6 | Once again , some scientists have worked out intriguing biochemistries for lifeforms oriented towards methane rather than water . |
| 7 | This compares favourably with today 's commercially available ( and dark brown ) ferrofluids , which are often based on hydrocarbons rather than water . |
| 8 | German scientists have developed a way of using carbon dioxide rather than water as a medium for dyeing materials . |