Example sentences of "[adv] rather than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After considerable discussion Mr Jones accepted the possibility that Olwyn perhaps did need love and attention but that it was just as likely she needed it because she behaved badly rather than the other way round . |
| 2 | It is a success story , however , based on all-consuming fitness , perhaps rather than the individual brilliance of the aforementioned tour candidates . |
| 3 | Consequently , in order to assert its prevalence , the Court of Chancery began to issue common injunctions which , although directed at the litigant personally rather than the common law courts , had the effect of limiting common law jurisdiction … |
| 4 | Community studies give a better overall picture of disease outcome but as most are also based around units with a specialist interest in the condition they too should reflect the best rather than the average treatment . |
| 5 | The straightforward oppositional structure of capital and class does not necessarily work any more : if we think in terms of Hegel 's master/slave dialectic , then rather than the working class being the obvious universal subject-victim , many others are also oppressed : particularly women , black people , and all other so-called ethnic and minority groups . |
| 6 | Other writers ( e.g. Bell 1975 ; Beaumont and Leopold 1982 ; Clegg 1979 : passim ; Winchester 1983 ) have also attempted to identity ‘ key features ’ of nationalized industries , although few ( with the exception of Bell ) have dealt with the state enterprise sector specifically rather than the public sector as a whole . |