Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] rather [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morny was himself a partisan of a Russian rather than a British alliance , but a combination of the Tsar 's refusal to move from his position on the Treaty of 1856 and the Emperor 's fear of offending Britain made the attempt useless from the outset . |
| 2 | Most sociologists would therefore conclude that the social status of blacks in the USA is the result of a social rather than a biological mechanism . |
| 3 | That the result is regarded as " Creole " , " Patois " etc. by the speakers is the result of a social rather than a linguistic process , in which two " opposing " codes , " ordinary English " ( i.e. British English , usually LE ) and " Patois " are construed to exist in the repertoire of speakers . |
| 4 | Liberals advocate the promotion of a free rather than a just society , based on the argument that , while we know what freedom is , we have no generally accepted notion of justice . |
| 5 | The official attitude to British Jewry taken by the BUF saw Jews in terms of a national rather than a religious or racial issue . |
| 6 | True proportions are denied in favour of an intuitive rather than a rigorously intellectual style . |