Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] rather [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statistical searches constitute possibly the most important incentive for using Fishbase rather than an industry standard database — presuming you have access to one of these — for the output is very extensive , as I said . |
| 2 | Which shows that perhaps a misindica In this situation perhaps the men are seeking agreement rather than the women are , because the women seem to be doing it to actually show concern , rather than to seek agreement , which does n't Turns a lot of the traditional thing about tag questions on it head . |
| 3 | My parents ' steadfast refusal to countenance the anti-semitism common among many of the people they knew was my first lesson as a young child against accepting hearsay rather than the evidence of your own experience . |
| 4 | These considerations were to bear heavily upon the drive after the war to improve the housing of rural workers by , for the first time , explicitly introducing the criterion of housing need rather than an ability to pay the rent . |
| 5 | Company fleet buyers are said to have been holding back , pondering the result of a value added tax case that removed obstacles in the way of offering cash rather than the car perk . |
| 6 | Lindsey recognised the medication as one having been proved to be most beneficial in cases like Mr Baker 's where it was a matter of offering relief rather than a cure . |