Example sentences of "[adv] than take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women will wait much longer at an intersection rather than take a risk . |
| 2 | Er I had or trying to provoke us , and erm what our lads have been informed is rather than take a situation on like that , it 's better just to turn around and walk away . |
| 3 | Erm , if you 're trying to individuate intellects , erm , rather than take a proof |
| 4 | This would preserve the principle that a person who is threatened must be prepared to undergo heroic self-sacrifice rather than take the life of a third party , just as the provocation doctrine preserves the principle that citizens ought always to retain self-control . |
| 5 | Rather than take the long outside course , A can slow down and cut inside |
| 6 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 7 | They chose to dismantle themselves and start from scratch all over again , rather than take the easy route of formulaic consolidation of their position . |
| 8 | I 'll walk to and from work , rather than take the car . |
| 9 | Rather than take the pessimistic view that they will remain at least this high in future , we hope that the ( slightly ) lower figures we have given instead may prove more representative of interest rate levels in the longer run . |
| 10 | If you have already pressed and arranged the flowers on a mount , the recipient will be able to assemble their own picture rather than take the risk of a glass frame smashing during its journey through the post and damaging the picture . |
| 11 | However , unless you are climbing on a single 50 metre rope , it 's preferable to abseil direct down to the couloir rather than take the pendulum of the normal route . |
| 12 | ‘ I think training should be based around a community or project need , rather than take the form of a general training session . |
| 13 | Rather than take the route advocated by Jensen and Murphy , it seems more attractive to respond to the problem of the low visibility of management effort directly , by improving internal monitoring , for example , through board reform . |
| 14 | Rather than take the time of the quality committee ? |
| 15 | Rather than take the easy route of making populist entertainment , she is now doing all she can — even press interviews — to persuade the audience to come to her . |
| 16 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 17 | Yeah I , I , looking what it says in erm , rather than take the load |
| 18 | Then they felt that the most effective way of dealing with it would be for each main committee to look at the various aspects in detail , rather than take the and miss everything , best for each of the main committees to look in detail at each part . |
| 19 | The study of the voice what we say and how we say it I then introduced you to if you like advanced body language and based on the work that Marion North did and rather than take an individual movement of the body we took a cluster and how many aspects where there to cluster I wonder there were three were n't there . |