Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] rather [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anything , they should be expanding rather than removing it . ’ |
| 2 | So check from time to time whether pictures should be retaken rather than reordered . |
| 3 | Either it is an instance of a proof by reductio ad absurdum , in which we assume something true in order to prove it false ; or it is a way of exposing a paradox within the concept of knowledge , for the sceptic can surely insist that if a central concept such as that of knowledge can be used to take us validly from true premises to a false or impossible conclusion , something is wrong with the concept ; there is probably some internal tension which should be exposed rather than swept under the carpet . |
| 4 | Mountbatten 's personal view was that the new nationalist movements should be appeased rather than suppressed and that the old colonial powers should settle for the best deal that they could get , pledging independence in the near future and thus , he hoped , preserving the greater part of their economic advantages . |
| 5 | In family counselling , regardless of the starting point , difficult issues should be tackled rather than left because it is considered ‘ kinder ’ to do so . |
| 6 | These issues implied that a CPIS should be designed rather than a manual system . |
| 7 | Understanding should be fostered rather than censorship . |
| 8 | The other school believes that the traditional skills of the paste-up artist should be retained rather than sacrificed on the altar of automation . |
| 9 | The distinction between the two is linked to men 's belief that women are after emotional closeness as much as physical pleasure , and that women regard the sexual act as something that should be protracted rather than completed as briskly as possible . |
| 10 | In the former camp , organisations such as the Council for the Protection of Rural England vigorously protest at any threat to the Green Belt and argue that derelict , or ‘ brown ’ sites within it should be restored rather than handed over to developers . |
| 11 | The insistence that ‘ person ’ should be used rather than ‘ man ’ , has produced endless jokes about Manchester being renamed Personchester or Mr and Mrs Freeman renaming themselves Mr and Mrs Freeperson . |
| 12 | A counsellor concluded that professionals ‘ Have conditioned themselves to believing that the disabled person is the person who should be helped rather than the helper . ’ |
| 13 | They should take responsibility for designing shifts and accept that shifts should be changed rather than discarded if they do not work . |
| 14 | But there are reasons to wonder , or even to suggest that the goal of International Relations should be understanding rather than explanation . |
| 15 | First , the issue must be one on which attitudes are widely formed ( and the vast majority of issues fail such a test ) ; second , opinion on the issue must be skewed rather than evenly balanced ; and third , the public must see the parties differently in relation to the issue . |
| 16 | Thus the principal focus was to be on examining ways in which higher levels of discipline might be achieved rather than analysing the causes of indiscipline . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll be competing rather than just surviving this season and the game against Wigan will be a indicator of what we are up against . |
| 18 | To this effect , it suggested that as a general rule the police should be able to arrest an individual without a warrant if the crime which was suspected was one for which the individual could be jailed rather than simply fined . |
| 19 | Also throughout the branches of physical geography it was necessary to convince members of other disciplines that physical geographers had a contribution to make and this had to be done by showing what could be done rather than by simply stating in advance that a physical geographer had much to contribute . |
| 20 | His legislation , however , was designed to provide the conditions in which self-help and independence could be attained rather than to redistribute wealth and opportunities from rich to poor . |
| 21 | The remainder of this chapter will review the nature and activities of these neighbourhood groups in an attempt to understand better the nature of the North Side Revitalization Program delivery , to trace out the mechanisms by which social polarisation may be exacerbated rather than alleviated . |
| 22 | He will hear evidence and submissions from each party ( although these may be written rather than oral ) and is bound to make his decision solely on the evidence presented to him . |
| 23 | The oppression of Black communities which justifies policy intervention but barely touches on policy implementation may be mirrored rather than challenged in the nebulous realm of academic research . |
| 24 | But this ignores two vital facts : first , that doubt itself is not the denial of faith , and second , that if they are pursued doubts may be resolved rather than deepened so that faith is confirmed and not denied . |
| 25 | In Rick Batey 's review of the Alvarez Scoop guitar , he found a good basic instrument whose success in the UK may be impeded rather than enhanced by its outlandish appearance . |
| 26 | With good reason some senators argued that the position of the president in these vital matters would be strengthened rather than weakened . |
| 27 | This would mean re-examining the current grouping of units of production into larger enterprises , but the point is that ‘ enterprises ’ , as groupings of operating units , would be reconstructed rather than simply dismantled into small independent components . |
| 28 | My presumption is that there is a suggestion that development would be facilitated rather than hindered by the removal of the greenbelt protection . |
| 29 | In that way , she argued , speculation about the marriage would be dampened rather than intensified . |
| 30 | ‘ If we think back to what I said earlier , perhaps understanding as such would be disabling rather than helpful . |