Example sentences of "[prep] rather than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The idea is that articulate language is a barrier to rather than a medium of communication and that if only this barrier could be removed , human beings would revert to a golden age of wordless , heartfelt communication . |
2 | Can the combination of both inward and outward investment be made complementary to rather than a substitute for domestic investment ? |
3 | Education must be an adjunct to rather than a substitute for psychotherapy , but it is worthwhile if it does no more than alert the patient to the dangers of behaviours such as laxative misuse . |
4 | All this suggests that the allowance system was a response to rather than a cause of the relief burden . |
5 | To operate in the PC environment you may additionally need a windowing environment like GEM or Microsoft Windows , an EGA or Hercules card and matching screen , a mouse and , in some instances , an AT rather than a PC . |