Example sentences of "rather [subord] accept [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just as when reading a favourite novel , we create the people and places described as we see them , so we draw on our own images and imagination to enrich our inner world , rather than accepting an unknown intruder — the voice on the tape . |
| 2 | Rather than accepting the idea of a new world order based on the community of nations as expressed through the United Nations , security is to be expressed through a series of Western- dominated collective security structures . |
| 3 | They often prefer to withhold sales rather than accept a lower price because of the consequences for other sales . |
| 4 | Yes , Mr Smith did , and lie was prepared to face this rather than accept a worsening of conditions . |
| 5 | You wo n't be late even if you insist on walking into town rather than accept a lift off me . |
| 6 | Some drivers , however , say they ca n't live on less money and would prefer to lose their jobs rather than accept a cut . |
| 7 | SUVA ( AP ) — Major General Sitiveni Rabuka , leader of Fiji 's two military coups , said he was returning to the army rather than accept the post of civilian deputy prime minister . |
| 8 | Now when I read about the island I discovered that it is volcanic and mountainous and is the last refuge of the Carib Indians , the descendants of proud cannibals who starved to death rather than accept the fate of slavery . |
| 9 | Shop around for the system which will best suit the practice concerned rather than accept the most readily available ( such as the packages which the computer salesman will be keen to sell with the machine ) . |
| 10 | In the heavy engineering industry , as well as internal labour markets , Japanese employers also chose paternalistic practices and employee welfare provisions , rather than accept the threat to their power posed by trade unions and collective bargaining ( Okayama , 1983 ) . |
| 11 | Commodore International Ltd says it repaid a loan of $13m to the Prudential Insurance Co of America rather than accept the terms that were proposed . |
| 12 | Lech Walesa dissolved the Polish parliament and called an election for September rather than accept the resignation of Hanna Suchocka 's government after a vote of no confidence . |
| 13 | Yet there clearly were affinities between the Paracelsian approach to disease and later models — not least in the insistence that a chemical cure should always be sought rather than accept the physicians word that certain conditions would remain incurable . |
| 14 | The Prime Minister argued against him , and when opinion swung heavily in the Chancellor 's favour he indicated that he would resign rather than accept the settlement . |
| 15 | Others may prefer to continue the addictive process rather than accept the need for personal change which they may perceive to be more painful than continuing the addiction . |
| 16 | Some like McGovern and Wallhead were opposed to collaboration with the Communists on principle ; rather than accept the United Front , Wallhead resigned from the Party . |
| 17 | This was taken to mean that the Government would tear up the whole treaty rather than accept the social chapter . |