Example sentences of "[noun pl] rather [subord] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because the government 's objectives relate to the welfare of New Zealanders rather than making a profit . |
| 2 | Many fans drift into and out of groups rather than making a gradual progress . |
| 3 | They are asking clusters to pull together their existing key databases rather than implementing a full networked database , a task that is still very hard to manage . |
| 4 | Discretion will allow officials to exercise some autonomy in their work and may allow the official to respond to the individual needs of clients rather than applying a set of standard rules . |
| 5 | In Lakoff 's case , it might be a reflection of her training in the Chomskyan tradition , which urges the analyst to examine her own intuitions rather than collecting a corpus of data . |
| 6 | In the view of general manager Alan Sinclair , most agents in Britain lean too heavily towards the mass marketing of packages rather than providing a proper travel service . |
| 7 | Along with Clary , however , Merton tends towards discussions about his auntie 's table napkins rather than cracking a string of Stalinist corkers . |
| 8 | Only late in his life did he undertake an analysis of the economic basis of imperialism , and even then he brought together a number of particular observations rather than formulating a specific alternative to the Marxist theory , such as Schumpeter produced at about the same time . |
| 9 | From the early 1920s Chiang devoted much of his attention to suppressing his communist rivals rather than forming a united front with them to resist the Japanese , but they established a strong base in the northwest following the Long March of 1934 . |
| 10 | more time spent on devolution resulted in less time spent ‘ running ’ the school — teachers expected to spend their time educating the pupils rather than running a business ; |
| 11 | Prison officers are now salaried and take time off in lieu rather than accumulate high earnings on overtime ; they can purchase their own houses , and they can be promoted to governor grades rather than remaining a secondary uniformed branch . |
| 12 | It now became easier to send multiple copies of papers to colleagues rather than sending a file on the circuit of an institution . |