Example sentences of "[noun] rather [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of his most senior colleagues , Mr Michael Heseltine , the Environment Secretary , indicated that , if the Tories were the biggest party in a hung Parliament , Mr Major would draw up a programme of legislation and put it to the vote in Parliament rather than seeking any formal deal with the Liberal Democrats or Ulster Unionists . |
| 2 | The other answer is that erm certainly some trials have been done with patients not being diagnosed by a computer , but by giving initial information like their age , their date of birth , erm where the pain is , etc. erm actually interacting themselves with the computer , and studies have shown curiously that patients actually prefer to use a computer rather than to give this information to a doctor . |
| 3 | Why do animals perform their restrained ritual contests rather than fighting all out straight away ? |
| 4 | To gain the maximum benefit from each interview ( if you are aiming to learn a proper selection technique rather than treat each interview selection as a one-off event ) you should do a thorough follow-up . |
| 5 | The penalties against fat women are so extreme that women continue to starve themselves and buy useless diet products rather than endure such humiliation and exclusion . |
| 6 | In other words , Sergeant Wilson ( who has since left the force ) agreed to compromise to enhance his career opportunities rather than present any challenge to the system . |
| 7 | Hilton stresses that a quickened sense of the inner meaning of the Incarnation can not be forced ; it is essentially experienced as a gift and those eager to know God should always try to work with the grain of their own particular natures rather than force any prescribed activity : " take esili wolen come " ( 53.637 ) . |
| 8 | She opened her mouth to argue further , being plainly in the mood to announce she was leaving her job rather than allow any arrangement to succeed , but something about McLeish 's expression checked her and she agreed meekly . |
| 9 | The Tern Valley business park , Chairman , the er , the management board met to have a look at the site , we 're getting some demand for some smaller plots have turned down , and there is the proposal that was considered by the , the management but was turned down , to put in a little round , er , so we could rate some of the plots at the bottom of the site in , to er , mark out the plots rather than pull any plots erm , if the construction of them would be funded from , from selling plots in that area . |
| 10 | Many would also argue that this process has continued into the community , with a greater proportion of people with complex care needs now remaining in the community rather than entering some form of residential care . |
| 11 | They do not have to be repaid and may be awarded to those leaving hospital or residential care , or to help people to continue to live in the community rather than enter such care . |
| 12 | In this respect , many of us in fact reform and bend English to our needs rather than allow that language to impose itself on our realities . |
| 13 | Well I thought if I get one this size , that will do for a few weeks rather than take some of them home and mess about better than there 's a big packet like a big one at home I 've just opened this morning so it 's |
| 14 | Some individuals would prefer to avoid stress rather than seek any other goals . |
| 15 | When I lost a temporary job in a local Traffic Office , I packed my things rather than face another bleak winter and with seven shillings and sixpence in my pocket I went to some friends in south-east London . |
| 16 | EUP is planning to consolidate its current output rather than launching another major expansion , but there is no lack of challenge in David Martin 's job . |
| 17 | ( ‘ Might it not be safer and better in future to do business for her openly , for 10% or 15% rather than take such risks and worries which are very trying ? ’ . ) |
| 18 | New ways of delivering legal advice and assistance are being explored by the Legal Aid Board including schemes which will franchise certain work to specific firms or agencies rather than making such advice available from any solicitor ( Smith , 1989 ) . |
| 19 | Monsignor Garlato , chairman of the body which advises the Vatican on its artistic patrimony , has told a conference in Perugia that the Church should sell at least ten percent of the 95,000 ecclesiastical buildings in Italy rather than see these redundant places of worship fall down . |
| 20 | That particular party broke up at five , and two guests were persuaded to go to bed rather than drive all the way back to West Meath . |
| 21 | Mr. Allen : Will the Hon. Gentleman consider using some of the time of those operators for the installation of a fax machine which could be used collectively by right Hon. and Hon. Members rather than duplicating many times a facility that could be provided and serviced by one additional member of staff , or even by current members of stall ? |
| 22 | Can I make a suggestion rather than re-numbering all those , its going to be quite a long job , is that from what I can see at the moment there is no reason why that ca n't be added on as a last sentence to nine anyway , cause nine says you records the outcome of the enquiry , . |
| 23 | Q I have been having trouble with my Knitmaster Transfer Carriage and I always seem to get dropped stitches ; these then run down the knitting and it would be quicker to transfer the stitches by hand rather than use this gadget . |
| 24 | In view of the absence of any clear ethical code for linguists working with human subjects , what follows should be interpreted as an attempt to air the major issues rather than to prescribe such a code . |
| 25 | If possible , give individual care rather than take several people to bed at the same time . |
| 26 | The danger is to exaggerate their importance , as it seems clear that their actions tended to give the final blow to communities which were already in decay rather than to destroy those which were flourishing . |
| 27 | InterCity had to solve the problem of getting its passengers from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury and chose to do so by hiring a bus rather than paying another railway sector to do the job . |
| 28 | So convinced were they of this ultimate victory , that ever since Christians have laid down their own lives on the line rather than renounce this hard-won faith . |
| 29 | We see here the familiar Hindu approach of assimilating many gods into one underlying Deity rather than rejecting some gods in favour of others . |
| 30 | However , it may be in your best interests to make full use of all the options rather than miss some of them out . |