Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [adv] [subord] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to co-operate rather than compete |
| 2 | I would er agree actually with what I think Mr was a saying on balance , that 's it 's best to go with the bit that you 've got rather than hold that up to , to er to come back to Road later . |
| 3 | He began to realize , too , what hardship she had suffered rather than ask his family for money . |
| 4 | You encourage them to turn to romance rather than face reality . |
| 5 | They tend to aggravate rather than improve the poor self-esteem , poor individual coping skills and poor emotional maturity in the primary sufferer . |
| 6 | An important feature of such costs is that they tend to increase rather than decrease with sales volume . |
| 7 | Erm if the Liberals wants they want to stop seventy two point six er million but they seem to do rather than go to seventy three point three which is what they want to reach , what they want to look at originally . |
| 8 | He prefers to borrow rather than raise outside equity capital and thus dilute control . |
| 9 | It acts to foster rather than hinder the material and non-material interests of most groups involved in the planning process , although it may be to the short term tactical advantage of some not to recognise the fact . |