Example sentences of "rather [conj] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They too have children , with similar needs , but they are allocated much less because , rather than staying on the dole , their parents wished to return to college and get qualifications to get them back into work . |
| 2 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 3 | President Jesse Jackson 's reforming US administration offered encouragement rather than sending in the marines . |
| 4 | I do not know what the hon. Gentleman means , but I regret that , as ever — and typically of Labour Members — the hon. Gentleman seems to glory in gloom and despondency in identifying the more negative aspects of things , rather than looking at the positive . |
| 5 | Rather than looking at the proposal we decided that it was so that 's what we did really and that 's why , if you have a look down there right , so all we 're doing then we 're working through the resources and allocating them room numbers erm and then when that 's done so that 's what we did for each of the little rooms . |
| 6 | ‘ She wanted to be doing things like playing on her home computer rather than looking after the rest of the family . |
| 7 | Rather than looking in a magazine and buying something that that erm |
| 8 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 9 | ‘ So why are you not over ‘ tere , bein' some kind of movie star , rather than sittin' in a pub in Santry , in the middle of autumn ta ’ feels like winter ? ’ |
| 10 | If resources are to be used to increase pensions , should they not be used to target those in greatest need , rather than spreading across the board and benefiting both rich and poor ? |
| 11 | Such macho tendencies are potentially limiting , rather than enriching for the boys who read such stories , and serve to perpetuate the myth of the ‘ boys do n't cry ’ syndrome . |
| 12 | All right then — ’ he edged closer so that he was whispering rather than shouting over the juke-box ‘ — here 's the nastiest rumour I 've ever heard about Steenie — really nasty rumour . |
| 13 | If you are a well-known personality , attractive looking and charming , you will find your task much easier : people tend to respond to such individuals rather than reacting to the content of their message . |
| 14 | Note that the inflection occurring with the transposed lexical item has remained in its grammatically correct position , rather than moving with the base item to which it would normally have been attached . |
| 15 | You need to select flat water conditions with no more than a Force 3 otherwise you will be concentrating too hard on staying upright rather than thinking about the exercises . |
| 16 | That way they can make sure that the host fees benefit the whole country , rather than slipping into the pockets of a few crooks . |
| 17 | This leaves the school in the weak position of reacting to opinion rather than acting as an opinion former . |
| 18 | ‘ You mean the way he walked out right through the wall rather than bothering with the doorway , chief ? ’ |
| 19 | Let him start talking up our achievements rather than pointing to an agenda which his party has already signed up to which would destroy millions of jobs through statutory works councils , statutory minimum wage and statutory compulsory working week . |
| 20 | Mr Bewick was criticised strongly yesterday by Mr Sells for carrying out too many operations rather than reflecting on the ethics involved . |
| 21 | We need to look , then , for the specific practices that produce gender roles rather than stopping at the roles themselves . |
| 22 | Mathematics has become dehumanised , rather than developing as a means to explore patterns and relationships in the real world . |
| 23 | When data is written to the hard disk , the cache moves it straight to the hard drive , normally , rather than holding onto the data and doing it later . |
| 24 | This sort of evidence leads me to the conclusion that the continents , rather than sailing about the earth until they met in catastrophic collisions , separated and came together again repeatedly along the same general lines . |
| 25 | They keep fewer beef cattle and many of these are stall-fed rather than grazing in the fields . |
| 26 | Rather than investing in a filter , it may be better to use bottled water if you are just avoiding tap-water for a few weeks . |
| 27 | They 're one of the reasons I now make everyone come to me , rather than traipsing round the world . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps physical geography has been overtly concerned with the parallel to the first law rather than proceeding to the equivalent of the other three ! |
| 29 | Furthermore , the escapement is hinged to the key rather than fitting into a slot and the hammer points towards the player . |
| 30 | A censure motion introduced on Oct. 26 by the conservative opposition parties to protest against an " unrealistic " budget obtained only 261 of the 286 parliamentary votes necessary to defeat the government ; the Communist party abstained , rather than voting with the right as it had done in an earlier censure motion , in June 1992 [ see pp. 38977-78 ] . |