Example sentences of "rather [subord] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that one of the epitaphs Leapor wrote was for Mary Freemantle , rather than for her own mother as first seems likely [ ML , 1 , 263 ] . |
| 2 | They must exercise their powers in the interests of the exchange , rather than for their own benefit . |
| 3 | Those in work are paying for the pensions of those past retirement age at the current time , rather than for their own pensions in the future . |
| 4 | it 's not easy to recognise solvent misusers and it 's hard for shopkeepers to know whether a young person will use a product for sniffing rather than for its legitimate purpose . |
| 5 | Men like Gay-Lussac sought laws rather than risking theories ; and Davy declared ( Works , VII , 93ff. ) that Dalton 's Royal Medal from the Royal Society was for his laws of chemical combination , rather than for his atomic hypothesis . |
| 6 | I suspected the question was meant for my amusement rather than for his own enlightenment . |
| 7 | Putting a case more forcefully or asking for greater involvement from others is likely to get attention for your content rather than for your new style . |