Example sentences of "[num] rather [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , there are policies which may lie within the present powers of an existing local authority , although these form part of the proper subject of Chapter 10 rather than a discussion of strategy . |
| 2 | Furthermore , costs in handling cargoes , the transfer complications brought about by different lock widths and the supplementary road haulage costs , however short the distances , mean that the simple ton-mile difference between quoted road and canal rates represents a gross rather than a net saving . |
| 3 | Brian Thomas Jackson , of Danek Motors , Darlington , admitted three charges of selling the Austin Montego as a 1.6 rather than a 1.3 engine . |
| 4 | point base of ten rather than a power of two ; normally the exponent is still held in binary format . |
| 5 | In addition , his protective tattoos now confer a saving throw of 5 or 6 rather than a 6 . |
| 6 | It has sometimes been remarked that the courts test for transfer of an enterprise is an employment one rather than a commercial one . |
| 7 | In the localities innovation often preceded the 1944 Act , because it was innovation created by the conclusions of the Hadow committee of 1926 rather than a novel revision of the system . |
| 8 | These scores are pretty low , more reminiscent of a slow 286 rather than a modern 486SX . |