Example sentences of "[adj] rather [subord] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I thought it was better going to drama school direct rather than via a university and if you 're going to act I think that 's the way .
2 The ‘ definitive ’ John Barnard Ferrari will make its debut at the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours in June 1993 rather than at the start of 1994 as originally scheduled .
3 ‘ I see your condition is diet-controlled rather than by the use of insulin . ’
4 It is one thing for the Association to demand certain professional standards of its members ( as formulated in the Code of Professional Conduct ) , and to expect them to have loyalty to these rather than to the employer in any dispute , but the professional association itself has to be seen to take a strong stand in support of its membership , or indeed against its membership , if such situations of conflict arise .
5 She refers to the lines joining them as ‘ lines of force ’ , and states that pagans worship the Old Gods on these rather than at the power centres themselves which had tended to have been ‘ exorcized ’ by the Christians by the erection of chapels dedicated to St Michael .
6 In fact , the ‘ aesthetic ’ is discussed on the course , but as a problematic rather than as a response to literature .
7 I was allowed to work on my own rather than in the production line .
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