Example sentences of "rather than [v-ing] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 2 | With mild behavioural symptoms , it may be better to cope with them in other ways , rather than trying a dietary approach . |
| 3 | Rather than suggesting a different incentive system , which would enable the agency to maintain at least some timber harvesting in many of the forests on the list , the agency is deliberately limiting its options . |
| 4 | Will he ensure that parliamentary questions are listed by Department , and consider any other reforms that Hon. Members suggest , rather than destroying a vast amount of Amazonian forest each day ? |
| 5 | In some schools , at any rate , this seems to have performed a rhetorical function in conforming to the guidelines , rather than producing a realistic statement of an established and developing provision . |
| 6 | His estates were , moreover , a heterogeneous collection , put together with an eye to providing him with an income rather than creating a political niche for him at a regional level . |
| 7 | His estates were , moreover , a heterogeneous collection , put together with an eye to providing him with an income rather than creating a political niche for him at a regional level . |
| 8 | Rather than creating a permanent signifier of the youth 's beauty , the sonnet seeks the destruction of the beauty and its replacement by a beauty supplied by verse . |
| 9 | Daniel Galvin in London has come up with a treatment that takes only thirty minutes and rather than causing a dramatic change , it softly camouflages grey hair with a subtle , natural-looking colour . |
| 10 | Thus , rather than developing a broad perspective on women 's experiences of poverty , the chapter reviews what recent studies reveal ( and obscure ) about the impact of low household income on Black and white mothers caring for children . |
| 11 | Rather than providing a rounded history of the revolution , historians with libertarian sympathies have concentrated on various specific themes in the revolution . |
| 12 | In the view of general manager Alan Sinclair , most agents in Britain lean too heavily towards the mass marketing of packages rather than providing a proper travel service . |
| 13 | But it also shows the alternative way , with independent countries trading and co-operating , rather than forming a European super-state . |
| 14 | From the early 1920s Chiang devoted much of his attention to suppressing his communist rivals rather than forming a united front with them to resist the Japanese , but they established a strong base in the northwest following the Long March of 1934 . |
| 15 | Firstly , gas is lighter than air and leakages dissipate in the atmosphere rather than forming a local hazard . |
| 16 | The Women 's Art Magazine constantly tries to reflect the views and diversity of many women artists and writers , rather than supporting a closed house style , a club mentality or printing articles from just one particular stable of thought and theory . |
| 17 | Rather than adopting a defensive posture towards the supranational integration that he saw gaining ground , he tried to seize the initiative by developing European cooperation in directions acceptable to France and his nationalist views of French interests . |
| 18 | The local branches of the Green Party , CPRE and FoE , and the newly-formed Glaven Valley Protection Group , all oppose a bypass ; but rather than adopting a negative NIMBY position they propose improvements to the existing road , which they believe would deal effectively with the hazards . |
| 19 | Rather than adopting a full-blooded process model in which the content of the curriculum might be indistinguishable from the activity of enquiry , schools have tended to see the teaching of a separate study skills course ( albeit sometimes under another name ) , which then facilitates the accessing of content for existing curriculum subjects , as the appropriate path to follow . |
| 20 | Sometimes , rather than selecting a single part of the key , several areas are used . |
| 21 | Rather than turning a blind eye to the polishers and legislating against the scuffers , we should more logically allow no interference … on either side of the ball . |
| 22 | You are most interested in how you come across to other people , whether they think you are witty or pretty , rather than having a genuine interest in them and their views . |
| 23 | Voters will get a better deal with a hung parliament and are more likely to get the decisions they want , rather than having a single party riding roughshod over their wishes , as in the community charge , claims Liberal Democrat candidate Suzanne Fletcher . |
| 24 | But the recession may even be healthy in making it more difficult to publish the second-rate , he argues : rather than having a clear strategy of which subjects they would concentrate on , far too many academic publishers were happy simply to print a selection of the manuscripts they were sent , including multi-authored books and conference proceedings which tended to be of limited academic market . |
| 25 | The emphasis is on reorganising to suit the sufferer 's own pattern of activity rather than making a radical change in a familiar landscape . |
| 26 | Many fans drift into and out of groups rather than making a gradual progress . |
| 27 | ‘ I would prefer to see the medical charities emphasizing the large amount of research they sponsor into alternatives to the use of animals , rather than making a big fuss out of this ’ , says Michael Balls , chairman of the trustees of the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments , and until recently professor of medical cell biology at the University of Nottingham . |
| 28 | Rather than presenting a unified theory , the paper explores the tensions and contradictions which surround each theme and the connections between them . |
| 29 | The first solo show may well be a very daunting experience , for although artists are used to showing work , it is normally in the context of a mixed exhibition or gallery display rather than presenting a large amount of work to an invited audience , including critics ! |
| 30 | In most countries persecution was pre-emptively instigated by an elite which had identified the threat to its position from worker or peasant organisation , rather than constituting a defensive reaction to Communist activity itself . |