Example sentences of "[verb] rather than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because this treatment is a holistic therapy , the person as a whole will be treated rather than a specific problem area and this treatment often involves a combination of techniques , such as dietary therapy , water treatment , hot or cold water packs and massage . |
| 2 | Anyone who wanted to fight a battle to keep a right to report rather than a statutory duty can forget it . |
| 3 | As a result , the slug hit Lomax low in his right side , inflicting a painful flesh wound rather than a fatal chest shot . |
| 4 | These issues implied that a CPIS should be designed rather than a manual system . |
| 5 | At the same time , whether ‘ collaboration ’ always implies ‘ critical estrangement ’ is , for music as for film , a question to be answered rather than a necessary conclusion from the premises . |
| 6 | Using a fake scent for the hounds to track rather than a live fox would take the blood out of this sport and opposition would cease . |
| 7 | Rather than continually allocate and reallocate memory as different words are processed , an array is used rather than a dynamic list for storing the information . |
| 8 | You settle down more quickly in a place you know rather than a new place where you need time to get used to the seating , the lighting , the visual distractions . |
| 9 | Delay rather than a deviant pattern to language development is reported and 3-year-olds have been found to be 5–8 months behind in their language norms ( Jerger et al . |
| 10 | Little wonder that the savage Saxons regarded Christianity as a Frankish method of suppression and control rather than a true religion in its own right . |
| 11 | If there must be compromise because people are divided about justice , then the compromise must be external , not internal ; it must be compromise about which scheme of justice to adopt rather than a compromised scheme of justice . |
| 12 | If you need a sine wave rather than a square wave , you can add the shaping circuit ( reference ) . |