Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv] rather [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sum of the probabilities for space to which records have not been allocated , P EMPTY , is : The rest of the total file area must therefore hold home records , i.e. ( Note : The proportion of the file area that contains home records is calculated indirectly rather than directly , because the sum of home record probabilities is made up of an infinite series , while that of the empty positions is finite , as is clear from equation ( 6.13 ) . ) |
| 2 | In other ways , however , the pattern is becoming less rather than more linear . |
| 3 | Increasingly , the process of clearing is done electronically rather than manually , the information to debit or credit individuals ' accounts being sent down the line to the various branches by computer . |
| 4 | The alternative is to manage reactively rather than proactively . |
| 5 | Though his current technique is based on the battle against fast bowling ( he is moving back rather than across in an attempt to eliminate his Achilles heel , the lbw decision ) , he plays slow bowling with rare arrogance . |
| 6 | Though his current technique is based on the battle against fast bowling ( he is moving back rather than across in an attempt to eliminate his Achilles heel , the lbw decision ) , he plays slow bowling with rare arrogance . |
| 7 | Here the wheel is mounted horizontally rather than vertically and the spokes are bent up at the ends to form a cup shape . |
| 8 | Further , if the transformation of the array is effected accidentally rather than deliberately , then the young child 's construal of the context might differ . |
| 9 | Knowledge is embodied if the functions in virtue of which the knowledge is attributed to the organism are at base carried out by bodily ( physiological ) mechanisms ; knowledge is built in if its embodiment is determined genetically rather than experientially . |