Example sentences of "rather [conj] [prep] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However in my written statement , I have suggested that certain of the criteria are going to be more appropriate to a local plan rather than to a structure plan . |
| 2 | Yes , she would go into the country rather than to a seaside resort , for they were full of old , retired , ill-tempered people and had she not had her full share of that ? |
| 3 | I think also there was the sense that the sorts of books that a lady was expected to write were perhaps rather different from the sorts of books that a gentleman is required to write , and George Eliot had already made a name for herself as a writer of erm considerable independence of mind who , I think , wanted to be regarded as a writer , rather than as a lady novelist . |
| 4 | I employ comparison in order to get to grips with relations rather than as a realist method of generating ‘ … conceptually informed causal analysis ’ ( Dickens et al . , |
| 5 | More generally , it may be asked to what extent it is appropriate to regard collective bargaining — the explanatory variable in Clegg 's theory — as an independent and primary determinant in its own right , rather than as a transmission mechanism for other forces . |
| 6 | The book argues that the blitz should be seen in the same light as the Battle of the Atlantic , which aimed to inflict economic damage on Britain , rather than as a terror attack intended to undermine the morale of citizens . |
| 7 | Thus , by increasingly objectifying , depersonalising , and in turn , defeminising her art in the second half of the decade , O'Keeffe moved closer to what she wanted : to be recognised as an artist , rather than as a woman artist — a term that , when applied to her , has specific erotic implications she could not tolerate . |
| 8 | Share prices began to rise steeply in 1927 as people with money to spare increasingly saw the stock market as a gambling casino rather than as a business centre . |
| 9 | But on Friday night news came through that VAT HQ had agreed to study the ER scheme ‘ to see if it can be classified as a training activity , which would be VAT exempt , rather than as a business activity , ’ Maxen reported . |
| 10 | It involves only small changes to existing slurry disposal practices , the chief one being that slurry is applied through injectors rather than through a discharge nozzle . |
| 11 | ‘ There was another row at Newmarket last year when Sheikh Mohammed bought In The Groove privately rather than at a Tattersalls auction . ’ |
| 12 | Being at the start of a slimming programme , rather than at a midway stage . |
| 13 | The length of these broadcasts may be a problem , though perhaps a film could be shown in its entirety through a school history society rather than during a history lesson . |
| 14 | because the work is more effectively carried out by a single-purpose organization rather than by a government department with a wide range of functions ; |
| 15 | The international economy consists of relations between these national entities and is shaped by them rather than by a world system which dominates and determines national conditions . |
| 16 | Ceramic floor tiles are generally laid in special adhesive rather than in a mortar screed . |
| 17 | On top of that , there 's the mystery surrounding the fact that the black folks mostly turned their guitars upright and played slide in the Spanish position rather than in a lap style — typically inventive , of course , but quite a departure all the same . |
| 18 | Within the Cortes the strength of the liberals lay in their eloquent leadership — the ‘ divine ’ Argüelles ; Torrero , the radical priest ; Toreno , an Asturian aristocrat and historian of the Revolution — rather than in a party organization . |