Example sentences of "rather [conj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it was better going to drama school direct rather than via a university and if you 're going to act I think that 's the way . |
| 2 | But this implies that if we regressed C t on the three variables and entered separately , rather than as a sum as in equation ( 3.18 ) , we should observe that the coefficients estimated on these three variables are approximately all the same , as they are all estimates of α t , provided that we have specified the model correctly . |
| 3 | The SACHR felt it should be used as an incentive to good practice rather than as a weapon after an employer had been found guilty of a criminal offence ( discrimination ) . |
| 4 | Contrary to normal practice , ‘ the most discussed football official of recent years ’ , as the Daily Mail described him , had his team training at Highbury in the week before the final , rather than at a country or seaside resort ( Brighton was later to become the favoured Cup training ground ) . |
| 5 | This is not an absolute rule : for example , it may be easier to construe as an offer a price list or catalogue issued by a manufacturer rather than by a wholesaler or retailer . |
| 6 | What they meant by that was that managers would do the kind of thing I 've just described like y'know transmit an ambiguous message orally rather than in a memo and visa versa . |
| 7 | Research has shown that 80 per cent of the population would prefer to live in the country rather than in a city or urban town . |
| 8 | Being nervous and taking risks are two of the main things you will have to face as an aspiring actor , and that first time you read a play with a group of strangers , rather than in a classroom or among friends is when you confront your first hurdle . |