Example sentences of "[vb -s] rather [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem was that the premises of his own theory required the answer to this question to remain always in abeyance , while his text enacts rather than resolves the equivocality of the choice which it sets up . |
| 2 | The realisation that the transition from exclusion to inclusion is a slow manoeuvre and that community care evolves rather than happens became clear soon after Elizabeth and Helen arrived at their new home . |
| 3 | The overall aim is to ensure that the welfare state encourages rather than penalizes personal initiative . |
| 4 | ‘ Decisions are best when everyone contributes rather than having them imposed from above . |
| 5 | Tt so that th the er there 's that aspect to it , which I think er complements rather than contradicts the , the ideological pragmatism one . |
| 6 | Providing oral substitutes such as Methadone perpetuates rather than reduces the addictive disease and all its attendant risks . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You will be better off saying your piece and seeing what happens rather than keep bottling things up . |
| 9 | Mr Livingstone attributed Labour 's defeat to an economic policy hidebound by the need to defend the level of sterling inside the European exchange rate mechanism and an unwillingness to finance Labour 's spending commitments from defence cuts rather than tax increases on middle income groups . |
| 10 | Now it repels rather than beckons , and Hong Kong has destroyed another of the fine colonial buildings of the territory . |
| 11 | The Northamptonshire Nonconformist listed three reasons for the ‘ decline ’ they saw in Nonconformity : the first was ‘ a cultured ministry which repels rather than attracts [ for ] it shoots over the heads of the people ’ ; the second was a ministry which disregarded the central truths of the Gospel in favour of ‘ the latest theories of the … |
| 12 | Beneath the castle he proposes to open a bay in the woods and build there a cottage that ‘ will give an air of cheerfulness and inhabitancy to the scene which would without it be too sombre , because the castle tho ’ perfectly in character with the solemn dignity of the surrounding woods , increases rather than relieves the apparent solitude ’ . |
| 13 | You might be wondering why a word mask merely reduces rather than eliminates the word-superiority effect , since it effectively short-circuits the operation of the target word 's detector . |
| 14 | Even such a sensitive cultural critic as Steven Marcus in The Other Victorians relies on a Freudian explanation , which by and large distorts rather than clarifies . |
| 15 | As you know , I have been wildly opposed to PEPs since their introduction , in part because I 'm a great believer in removing tax breaks rather than distorting the investment climate by introducing new ones . |
| 16 | This demands that the listener gives the speaker their full , undivided attention , and that she or he summarises , paraphrases , clarifies and interprets rather than directing through responses . |
| 17 | This is partly because as a harder metal it makes a more secure setting for valuable stones and partly that being a white metal it reflects rather than competes with the brilliance and lustre of diamonds . |
| 18 | Petrol does not naturally contain lead , and it is added in order to prevent ‘ knocking ’ ( to ensure that petrol burns rather than explodes ) ; it is also added to lubricate the car 's engine valves . |
| 19 | — ‘ High forest ’ refers to management aims rather than present condition , so that a young plantation is included in the ‘ high forest ’ category . |
| 20 | From a Marxist viewpoint , market exchange under capitalism may appear as an area of individual freedom and choice ; but in reality the commodities exchanged there constitute an alienated and uncontrolled social force whose existence dominates rather than liberates the lives of those who produce them . |
| 21 | Second , the expression of aggression and its consequent momentary release of tension strengthens rather than weakens the tendency to behave aggressively ( see page 80 ) . |
| 22 | Consequently such apparently irrational attribution of responsibility exhibited by criminal law strengthens rather than weakens the claim that criminal law may be understood as positive morality . |
| 23 | The insight that references to the outer world encroach upon , or are necessarily " always already " in the figure of metaphor — that metaphor works metonymically — is offered in support of the conclusion that the figural dimension subverts rather than co-operates with Marcel 's valorisation of the inner world . |
| 24 | It would be like the attempt to look directly at the sun that dazzles and finally blinds rather than enlightens . |
| 25 | Indeed , it reinforces the status quo , closes off discussion and analysis , and restricts rather than expands popular consciousness . |
| 26 | sharpening perceptual skills so that categorization follows rather than precedes the search for clues . |
| 27 | Initiates rather than completes . |
| 28 | As far as I am aware , no other country , certainly none in which my company operates , so prizes the stiff upper lip , rigid control of emotions , and ‘ politeness ’ which conceals rather than reveals , than the British . |
| 29 | Secondly , the professional may insist upon controlling the work that he or she does rather than allowing the administrator to impose control . |
| 30 | The argument is , and I accept the fact , that bowlers probably prefer their keepers standing back taking catches rather than looking for rare leg-side stumping opportunities . ’ |