Example sentences of "rather than to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rutter ( 1977 ) has shown that brain-damaged children are at greater risk of psychiatric disorder than undamaged children , possibly due more to abnormal brain activity rather than to a straightforward loss of brain function . |
| 2 | At Forncett , the average rent per acre of lands leased was markedly lower in the fifteenth century than in the late fourteenth , although one can not tell from the published figures how far the fluctuations may have been due to variations in the quality of the particular pieces of land being leased at the time rather than to a general decline in rent levels . |
| 3 | Budhoo puts the excesses of such ‘ joyrides in the IMF bulldozer when the moon is high ’ down to the zeal of what he calls the Fund 's ‘ professionalized ’ political ideology , rather than to a political conspiracy . |
| 4 | The placebo effect means that any treatment will improve a patient merely because he wants to recover and is responding to the clinician 's attempts to help rather than to a specific treatment . |
| 5 | The rules appear to assume that a higher level of disclosure should be made to private customers , but unless the common law rules are altered by reference to the entirety of the rules and the assumptions in them rather than to a specific rule , this result may not be achieved . |
| 6 | The accredited representatives of foreign States participating in the investigation should be attached to him rather than to a particular group , so that they have a complete appreciation of the whole picture . |
| 7 | The restatement holds that no identical systems will emerge , and that the convergence of industrial societies is towards a range of alternatives rather than to a particular point . |
| 8 | Because older people often relate events to " When I was six " rather than to a given date , there is a need to build up a framework of background dates and information ( a time-line ) about the person interviewed and his family , and the places he or she has lived in . |
| 9 | ‘ whether … its members can work as a team while they are apart , contributing to a sequence of activities rather than to a common task , which requires their presence in one place and at one time . ’ |
| 10 | For the first time in the history of the Beaubourg , the presidency has gone to a representative of the museum world , rather than to a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Culture . |
| 11 | Royalties ( 7–10% of the purchase price ) go to the Charity , rather than to a commercial firm . |