Example sentences of "rather than by a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most controversial was the submission by the Christian Democrats that the two republics should be linked by a formal state treaty ( as between two sovereign states , on the basis of international law ) rather than by a political declaration . |
| 2 | The current observational evidence suggests that the luminosity of the Galactic Centre is generated by a cluster of luminous stars rather than by a black hole . |
| 3 | It is argued for the appellants that fixing a tariff period is part of that power , and must be done by the Secretary of State himself , rather than by a junior minister or official . |
| 4 | But the fact that it is protected by unwritten convention rather than by a legal constitution means that there is no external brake upon Parliament or the courts moving to restrict it in particular ways , as the mood of the times takes them . |
| 5 | A person can obtain a controlling interest in a company by means of an issue of new shares in that company rather than by a general offer to acquire the shares already in existence . |
| 6 | The Police Complaints Authority may direct that disciplinary charges are heard by a tribunal rather than by a chief officer sitting alone . |
| 7 | Does the Minister agree that Chernobyl probably happened because of incompetence rather than by a deliberate action ? |
| 8 | One might have supposed , therefore , that if the donor has chosen to make the gift by handing to the donee a signed transfer and the share certificate , rather than by a formal declaration of trust in favour of the donee , the gift would not be effective unless and until the transfer was registered . |
| 9 | Decisions are usually reached by consensus , rather than by a senior manager taking a decision and selling it or imposing it on his subordinates . |
| 10 | In the general election of 1983 , 63 per cent of the vote for the Liberal-SDP Alliance was motivated by dislike for the other parties rather than by a positive liking for their own party of choice — still less for their policies . |