Example sentences of "social rather than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I look forward to seeing you again soon , though I hope on a social rather than a professional basis . ’ |
| 2 | The clubs were interested in what was termed ‘ wholesome recreation ’ and in keeping boys and girls ‘ off the streets ’ , and they expressed their concern through a social rather than a religious ethos , placing far less emphasis on Church and Bible , preferring instead to emphasize the ‘ making of men ’ ( albeit Christian men ) . |
| 3 | However , most sociologists would argue that systems of racial stratification have a social rather than a biological basis . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Fundamentally , it is a social rather than a psychological variable , its main purpose being to enable the researcher to compare individuals in such a way as to focus on differences between them with respect to degree of integration into a set of relationships which constitute a group capable of exerting normative pressure . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Grierson ( 1961 ) has suggested that seventh century coins have a social rather than a commercial significance . |
| 8 | These are often infrastructural assets which have no determinable useful life , are not readily disposable , have no readily determinable market value , and which provide a social rather than a commercial service . |