Example sentences of "rather [subord] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than continue to carry this burden , he suggested that the Russian Republic might itself consider seceding from the union . |
| 2 | I spend most of my life trying to ingratiate myself into a sick society rather than trying to smash that society . |
| 3 | Later in October the government confirmed a change in cocoa marketing strategy , saying that it planned to sell cocoa in relatively small quantities through the London market , with the aim of stimulating competition and securing an increase in prices , rather than seeking to obtain large-scale contracts with overseas buyers [ for January 1989 cocoa deal with French trading house see p. 36413 ] . |
| 4 | It certainly underlines the court 's policy of giving effect to the contract between the parties , rather than seeking to establish general rules about who is qualified to act as an expert . |
| 5 | Rather than seeking to match American strength Western Europe soon looked to Washington for protection from the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | Some talk ( eg casual conversation ) is predominantly listener-related : it is social or interpersonal in its functions , rather than aiming to convey particular information in a precise way . |
| 7 | When you are busy and time is at a premium , do you end up " snacking " rather than bothering to have proper meals ? |
| 8 | It is this fact , that needs to be recognised by the California Regulators so that hybrids can be encouraged rather than penalised to give more zero emission miles of total use than would be the case with a battery-only car produced in lower volumes . |
| 9 | After all , the sentence is one of the building blocks of a piece of prose , so it makes sense to be able to work with whole sentences rather than having to highlight each word within one manually . |
| 10 | By using the tilt it is possible for a white water race , for example , to steer down a rapid whilst still using powerful forward strokes rather than having to use slower sweep strokes . |
| 11 | This programme focused on the construction of a better international order after the war , rather than attempting to elaborate detailed terms for an immediate negotiated settlement . |
| 12 | Rather than attempting to stifle mental conflict and to keep it from consciousness as would have been the trend in nineteenth and early twentieth-century culture , modern cultural trends instead encourage acting-out and expression of the conflict as being more ‘ healthy ’ than repression . |
| 13 | If you are in the happy position of being able to plan your kitchen from scratch , rather than attempting to revamp existing layouts and equipment , it is worth giving the matter considerable thought . |
| 14 | But if selection is to take place , it seems reasonable to attempt to do so on the basis of what an organisation saw as important in its own terms at the time , rather than attempting to apply current research criteria to the process . |
| 15 | Much more is made these days of adding to existing experience and finding solutions to individual problems of patients rather than attempting to apply nursing practice to clinical symptoms and multiple medical diagnosis . |
| 16 | Rather than try to impose large structures on what is happening from the outset , they begin at the most local level , trying to see how participants in interaction handle conversation : how they judge who can speak , and when . |
| 17 | It has therefore been decided to concentrate on purchases in certain areas known to be of importance in Scotland rather than attempt to purchase small amounts in all scientific disciplines . |
| 18 | We thus have to consider a typical evolution rather than attempt to cover all possibilities . |