Example sentences of "[v-ing] rather [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This inherent uncertainty , coupled with the possibility of fines and private actions , could risk inhibiting rather than promoting competition . |
| 2 | Some others , though , among them the winner in Paris in two Sundays ' time , will be mysteriously gathering rather than losing strength . |
| 3 | Instead of quitting the music business she should have learned to use it for singing rather than mouthing off at every opportunity . |
| 4 | As Cooper implied , a tutor-organiser 's success in encouraging rather than destroying the voluntary movement is largely , matter of degree — of knowing how much to do to advance the WEA here and there , while leaving as much as possible to the voluntary members . |
| 5 | As the Shipping Federation got into gear in supplying " free labour " , the emphasis quickly changed to encouraging rather than discouraging foreign seamen recruitment and entrance fees were reduced . |
| 6 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 7 | Without such a review there is a serious danger that existing documentation problems may simply be automated along with the data , thus perpetuating rather than resolving them . |
| 8 | The craftsmen knew , for instance , the precise critical angle beyond which an elephant-grass roof will begin absorbing rather than rejecting rainwater . |
| 9 | A recent critic complained about the ‘ clichés , the daft , ghosted ‘ star names ’ columns , the silly photos ( remember Ian Botham as ‘ Rambo ’ ? ) , the creation of heroes and villains , the concentration on the star or the result of the moment , the search for conflict , the trivialization of sporting women , the insularity ( beyond Dover , forget it ) , the emphasis on spectating rather than participating , the dearth of analysis , the marginal treatment of those who do n't quite ‘ make it ’ . |
| 10 | If you 're administering , you might as well administer something that is new and challenging rather than doing something I had been doing all my life . |
| 11 | Remove the top by twisting rather than cutting , pulling off any brown or damaged leaves . |
| 12 | ‘ We should all be regarded as people of faith who are pilgrims together and as we seek to understand and appreciate each others traditions and values then we shall be gaining rather than losing . ’ |
| 13 | They speak of opting out in the primary , secondary and further education sectors ; as for social services , they speak of monitoring and enabling rather than providing . |
| 14 | We hoped our approach to the curriculum would be seen as enabling rather than restricting , a starting point for teachers in their discussions with their colleagues , not a strait-jacket . |
| 15 | Compromises are possible , among other reasons , because objectives are expressed in satisficing rather than maximising terms , and by making use of organisational slack . |
| 16 | In authentic discourse , titles sometimes serve to arouse interest by disguising rather than revealing either content or discourse type . |
| 17 | David Lapworth says the new gear box makes the car easier to drive because the driver is able to concentrate on driving rather than worry about gear changes . |
| 18 | Canny Ulster investors showed their preference for saving rather than spending during the recession , putting £204m into the societies ' coffers last year , compared to £175m in 1991 and just £61m in 1990 . |
| 19 | Take special care with long quoted passages ( more than a couple of sentences or more than a few lines of a poem ) , as a lengthy quotation which is not then followed by detailed analysis and discussion is probably being used ( illegitimately ) as a way of replacing rather than supporting your argument ; you should guide your readers through the significance of what you have selected for their attention . |
| 20 | You may also have to give up bath oils and foams if they are irritating , and in fact showering rather than bathing could prove very helpful . |
| 21 | Sir Edmond intended that the bulk of the work should fall upon his " right especial and tender loving friend " Sir Reginald Bray ; the other four executors — Geoffrey Downes of Pott Shrigley ; Thomas Rich , Mercer , his son-in-law ; John Shaa , his nephew ( but conventionally styled his " cousin " in the will ) ; and Julian , his wife — had the function of approving rather than initiating . |
| 22 | You know it will be your turn to talk in a few minutes , so you can put all your energy into listening rather than trying to spot a chance to throw in your contribution . |
| 23 | One of the reasons for owning rather than borrowing textbooks is that they need to be marked to get the best out of them . |
| 24 | One suspects that , rather than deconstructing the process of voyeurism — ‘ the gaze ’ — they succeed very much in the way a faded Edwardian photograph succeeds , transporting us back to a specific moment in time , fixed in the honeyed glow of nostalgia ; their presence is reassuring rather than unsettling . |
| 25 | In the course of the book Nash seems to adopt a rather detached stance on the above matters , describing rather than criticising , and mentioning rather than challenging the given situation . |
| 26 | You were supplementing rather than competing with other musical institutions and also indirectly benefiting other orchestras ? |
| 27 | On the other hand , the Labour leadership battle has thrown wide open the question of trade union influence and the party is now more interested in regulating rather than renationalising industry . |
| 28 | All right then — ’ he edged closer so that he was whispering rather than shouting over the juke-box ‘ — here 's the nastiest rumour I 've ever heard about Steenie — really nasty rumour . |
| 29 | We therefore included the case in our analysis for the post-Black period 1984–90 as this information should be regarded as testing rather than generating the Seascale hypothesis . |
| 30 | Bonington , by contrast , worked almost entirely within existing visual traditions , perfecting rather than expanding long-established conventions of rendering landscape . |