Example sentences of "[noun] rather than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One example given of a " dream " in this state of relaxed wakefulness reads more like a fantasy of wish-fulfilment rather than a sleeping dream account , although others were remarkably " dreamlike " . |
| 2 | We shall look at these functions in a moment , but it will be useful to think in terms of certain places in the landscape being the foci for single activities rather than a whole range of functions . |
| 3 | Characteristically , the patriarchy thesis generates a revolutionary ideology rather than a fatalistic acceptance of determinism and relativism . |
| 4 | They too , therefore , have difficulty in arriving at a foreign policy reached by means of a unanimous decision rather than a foreign policy based on a majority decision . |
| 5 | He wanted to be a winner rather than a good loser . |
| 6 | Moldavia , also a part of the Kievan state , was however a Latin rather than a Slavic community and had originally constituted part of the Roman province of Dacia . |
| 7 | In particular , he fails to comment on the fact that eighty-five per cent of the seven-year-olds passed item ( 1 ) — a fact which suggests that even younger children might have been capable of passing this item , especially if it had been presented in an oral rather than a written form . |
| 8 | Of course , some small firms do offer growth potential , but these have to be identified and given appropriate support rather than a general subsidy linked to premises or land . |
| 9 | The OSF/Motif Toolkit will enable users to develop Motif X Window clients on a personal computer rather than a remote host . |
| 10 | The OSF/Motif Toolkit will enable users to develop Motif X Window clients on a personal computer rather than a remote host . |
| 11 | Where the difficulty is one of applying the provision rather than a conceptual uncertainty the court will not hold it to be void ( Brown v Gould ) ; and a provision in a lease will not be uncertain if it can be made certain . |
| 12 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 13 | The Proudies would have detested this democratic delegation and abhorred Bishop John 's preference for a black shirt rather than a purple shirt — he wears black ‘ because it helps me to feel a colleague among the clergy ’ . |
| 14 | Some people might argue at a local level rather than a central level , you 're much more likely to get effectiveness at a local level , than of by central dictate . |
| 15 | The move is seen as a spur to get IBM working on the case rather than a serious threat : rivals say they have n't been approached to propose alternatives . |
| 16 | It represents a complete turnaround rather than a minor course correction ; a turning away from sin to salvation and service in Christ . |
| 17 | But Darren Whitehouse faced a charge of possessing the drug rather than a supplying charge because police believed he was lying to protect his mother . |
| 18 | Whatever one 's interpretation of the events of the next two and a half months , there can be little doubt that they represent an improvised response rather than a matured plan . |
| 19 | Whatever one 's interpretation of the events of the next two and a half months , there can be little doubt that they represent an improvised response rather than a matured plan . |
| 20 | Utah and Nevada were up for grabs since the Turner-Harvest-Ramirez and US Cav joint action put the Western Maniax out of business , and Jazzbeaux thought the ‘ pomps could gain something from a quick fight rather than a long war . |
| 21 | The book read as though it were a collection of notes rather than a single document . |
| 22 | Cute , but I 'd say the effect was of unity rather than a two-sided battle . |
| 23 | In the case of many other states parties , the Convention has become incorporated into the domestic law , thus discharging a primary rather than a secondary function ( i.e. coming into operation only in the event of a failure of domestic remedies ) . |
| 24 | Yet volcanism is predominantly a submarine rather than a continental phenomenon since the outpouring of magma associated with submarine eruptions far exceeds anything witnessed on the continents . |
| 25 | If the parties had genuinely chosen one route rather than a different route , stamp duty would be assessable accordingly . |
| 26 | But in Stephen Jameson 's performance he looks like Beckett 's Pozzo or a Daily Worker cartoon of a bloated capitalist : bounced around the stage at one point like a rubber doll , he becomes a figure from a comedy of humours rather than a semi-Chekhovian fantasia . |
| 27 | The answer is that , for many of us , the cat has become a living toy rather than a real animal . |
| 28 | The response of the law-enforcement agencies is taken by some writers as further evidence that this violence against women is considered legitimate and that the state should , therefore , be considered a patriarchal institution rather than a neutral body . |
| 29 | If expense must be curtailed , then it is probably better to have a plentiful supply ( at least 100 ) of two or three sorts rather than a small quantity of many ; it can be exasperating to have insufficient blocks of a kind to complete a construction . |
| 30 | He did not amplify nor did Lily ask the nature of that risk , but it was a comment he profoundly believed , an emotion rather than a rational thought . |