Example sentences of "rather [conj] [verb] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rather than , rather than face moving into Benefit where it is very fraught at times and in a situa , and coping with that as well as not knowing what you doing is n't nice . |
| 2 | Novell Inc has upgraded NetWare Lite for MS-DOS and Windows 1.1 by improving Windows support : users can now run NetWare Lite and Windows concurrently , and can manage the network from within Windows , rather than having to exit to MS-DOS for their network management . |
| 3 | Macmillan was thus able to pursue his own policies during his second term in office rather than having to concentrate on damage limitation forced upon him by Anthony Eden 's Suez disaster . |
| 4 | Suicide , when someone decides to take their own life by one means or another , rather than waiting to die through illness or accident , is not the same as euthanasia which may be defined as assisted death and which is a subject beyond the scope of this book . |
| 5 | The government is running the Oil Fund , designed to maintain stable oil prices , at a deficit rather than risk passing on price increases to consumers . |
| 6 | It is best , therefore , to use a conversion calendar rather than attempt to cast from Roman to Gregorian . |