Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] rather [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , his attempt to move international relations from the study of relations between nations to the study of ‘ world society ’ ( leaving aside the essential vagueness of this latter idea ) , did represent a progressive problem shift for all those interested in the elephants rather than the little creatures . |
| 2 | However , imperfectly practised , this approach at least recognises that health care intervention must supplement that of the parents rather than substitute for it . |
| 3 | 4 Sticking to the facts rather than exaggerating |
| 4 | Once again many of us were conscious of the opportunities rather than the obstacles which stand along the path of Church Unity . |
| 5 | It is much better to try a simpler design and to be thrilled with the results rather than try something more complicated and then feel despondent because it did n't work . |
| 6 | We heard him talking , but heard no response , so we guessed that he was on the phone to one of the chefs rather than just moaning to George . |
| 7 | EVERYONE I have spoken to about the New Zealand tour of Wales agrees that , if they are going to be beaten by anyone , it will be by one of the clubs rather than by the national side . |
| 8 | In some clinics where the work-load is heavy , the actual tests from males may be taken by one of the technicians rather than the doctor . |
| 9 | For example , where disrupters of a public meeting are themselves behaving unreasonably , and possibly illegally , there should be some sort of obligation to proceed first against the disrupters rather than the speakers , if that can be done . |
| 10 | It is to these triumphs , some of which could be made intelligible to laymen while others remained obscure , that we shall now turn , looking first at the discoveries rather than at their reception outside the scientific community . |
| 11 | The ascendancy of the house of Foix , with its extensive possessions in the central and eastern Pyrenees and in Catalonia , Roussillon and Navarre , brought a political force inclined towards the Capetians rather than the Plantagenets into the arena of Gascon politics at a troubled time . |
| 12 | Four years later , in 1962 , Brian Jackson ( who died while I was writing this book ) and Dennis Marsden added their persuasive voices to the growing chorus of those who were aware of the weaknesses rather than the strengths of the grammar school . |