Example sentences of "rather than [vb infin] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , though , more overtly apparent when he attempts to limit the damage to the atmosphere of the conversation caused by McKendrick 's accusation of his insincerity when praising Stoke university : Rather than make a straightforward denial , Anderson tries to diffuse the tension with humour by playing on the literal sense of McKendrick 's accusation. his display of urbane wit brings about some laughter from McKendrick but it also elicits a sardonic comment which is a valid observation on Anderson 's character . |
| 2 | Rather than make a decisive choice , he played a double game . |
| 3 | There was no fairness on earth if someone who would appreciate it and work hard was kept out just because of a greedy , uncaring family who would prefer to forget the child of an unsuitable union rather than make a generous gesture and ensure that some right was done at the end of the day . |
| 4 | Seek professional advice if needs be , rather than make a valiant attempt yourself and then regret it . |
| 5 | It is generally accepted that odours per se do not cause a risk of infection and it is doubtful whether nausea , sleeplessness , mental strain or depression , commonly suffered by people exposed to odours , would be regarded as evidence of prejudice to health , as they affect a person 's general well-being , rather than threaten a clinical disease . |
| 6 | Even the medium of an academic thesis ( 1978 ) has been used by John Crompton , her colleague at Newcastle University , to express his scorn rather than offer a cool evaluation . |
| 7 | Rather than create a new contract by novation , it may be possible for the purchaser to perform the obligations vicariously on behalf of the vendor under the existing contract . |
| 8 | Rather than create a new institution , is it not more feasible to improve our existing one , the police ? |
| 9 | I read a book by the American painter Charles Reid who said that rather than paint a dark background all round a daisy it is sometimes better to put just one dark drop of colour behind the vase of the petal to get the most impact . |
| 10 | ‘ Newspapers have promoted a witch hunt rather than reassure a worried public , ’ it says . |
| 11 | Former Governor Ricardo J. Bordallo ( Democrat ) , committed suicide on Jan. 31 , 1990 , rather than serve a four-year prison sentence for extortion and interfering with witnesses . |
| 12 | Thus , if you want to study the use of the word ‘ true ’ in Arthur Hugh Clough , rather than generate a massive concordance containing all the words in Clough 's poems , and then leafing through it to find the word ‘ true ’ , you use the concordance package commands to generate a concordance which contains all and only the uses of ‘ true ’ . |
| 13 | This is not to argue that prior activation of one hemisphere can not introduce a bias towards the opposite ear ( Nachson , 1973 ; Morais and Landercy , 1977 ) but it does suggest that the effect of activation may be to engage the processing mechanisms of a particular hemisphere rather than upset a hemispheric balance of attention . |
| 14 | It has chosen to steer a middle course between them rather than undertake a strategic review . |
| 15 | Wiser heads , impressed by the scale and intensity of working-class militancy in a single region and recognizing that an ill-timed coup might merely provoke rather than prevent a nationwide revolution of the left , placed their faith in subtler tactics . |
| 16 | You can if you wish ring extension three five one rather than send a written reply . |
| 17 | This subject has been debated many times over many years and , after much deliberation , it was felt less confusing to say ‘ Basket Only ’ rather than stipulate a specific number of items [ at least for the majority of our stores ] as this tended to cause confrontations between some cashiers and customers as to the quantity of items in the basket . |
| 18 | In New York they were called an hour before the show opened , and once they had done their face make-up , they only had to put on tights rather than spend a long time carefully using wet white , which gave them longer to gossip . |
| 19 | Rather than establish a separate organization to administer the fund , it would probably be better to leave aid of that nature to the World Bank and bilateral and regional agreements , the more so since an issue like controlling carbon dioxide emissions may come to depend not so much on targets and dates agreed under a protocol to the climate convention as on the speed with which programmes to introduce cleaner forms of energy ( possibly including internationally supervised nuclear energy ) can be funded and implemented . |
| 20 | The decision to instruct a machine to produce an item automatically , rather than produce a pictorial representation , takes the designer down the CAM route . |
| 21 | Rather than replicate a private law focus , Jennings emphasized that ‘ the attitude of the modern public lawyer is essentially different from that of the private lawyer ’ . |
| 22 | It is preferable to smack the dog with your hand rather than use a rolled-up newspaper which the dog may see as an extension of the game , especially if it gets excited and a tug-of-war ensues . |
| 23 | Nine fancied Frenchmen were disposed of , yet , rather than introduce a new regime , Fouroux has opted in most cases for rejuvenated blood . |
| 24 | Rather than risk a humiliating defeat — and with it the end of presidential aspirations — Gore , and other senior Democrats , were thought to be reserving their challenges for the 1996 contest . |
| 25 | Bruce had in fact been contemplating a withdrawal to the hills rather than risk a head-on clash with forces which so visibly outnumbered his own . |
| 26 | However , rather than attempt a comprehensive summary or distillation of ‘ research findings ’ it will concentrate its efforts on identifying the main issues and questions that research has addressed , together with some of its main conclusions . |
| 27 | Rather than attempt a premature resolution , de Gaulle preferred to take care of first things first , that is to renovate the state in Paris . |
| 28 | He 's quick and strong and is the type who will get on the end of things rather than play a big part in the build-up . |
| 29 | Bruce , therefore , became a kind of guerilla leader whose main means of harming the English was to harass them rather than seek a formal confrontation with them . |
| 30 | I am still ambitious — to fulfil myself rather than become a managing director . |