Example sentences of "rather than [be] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , one might propose that the mental lexicon is divided into a semantic and a phonological system , rather than being a unified whole , and that priming occurs in only one of these systems . |
| 2 | Indeed , the Big Six statement is further evidence that , to these entities , rather than being a professional service , auditing is a business product whose economic viability is now in question . |
| 3 | Rather than being a finished product , we are always in a state of dynamic change : becoming more or less ‘ human ’ , or ‘ personal ’ , or indeed ‘ spiritual ’ . |
| 4 | Rather than being a credible exposé and powerful statement on the subversion of British ‘ democracy ’ , the film takes on the flavour of international espionage and intrigue , epitomised by the killing of Paul . |
| 5 | At most , it suggests that he lacked the courage of his more radical convictions , rather than being a straightforward conservative . |
| 6 | However , Goodman 's ( 1967 ) view of reading , from which this is derived , is limited in its understanding of reading acquisition and , overall , the theory can be simplified to a basic strategy of ‘ making sense of the task ’ rather than being a direct help to reading progress . |
| 7 | Rather than being a fair reflection of those behaviours objectively causing us collectively the most avoidable suffering , criminal law categories are artful , creative constructs designed to criminalize only some victimizing behaviours , usually those more frequently committed by the relatively powerless , and to exclude others , usually those frequently committed by the powerful against subordinates . |
| 8 | It is now widely recognised that amyloidosis , rather than being a single disease entity , represents a group of diseases that have in common characteristic microscopic staining properties and electron microscopic fibrillar configuration . |