Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Some individuals would prefer to avoid stress rather than seek any other goals . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 , . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If possible , give individual care rather than take several people to bed at the same time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We see here the familiar Hindu approach of assimilating many gods into one underlying Deity rather than rejecting some gods in favour of others . |
| 17 | The same computer techniques could be more usefully employed in standardising the printed word during transition , and the public would become acclimatised through everyday reading rather than need any special training . |
| 18 | First , instead of the size of the pool being determined solely by the demands made upon it by the local authorities , the global sum to be spent on advanced further education would be determined by the AFEC in consultation with the DES after it received estimates of expenditure from the local authorities in respect of the provision of higher education within their boundaries , on the grounds that the local authority would behave more responsibly if it paid a proportion of the cost rather than reclaiming all of it from the pool . |
| 19 | Where the person ‘ is not in a position to express a view , the least unsatisfactory test is to ask what one would choose for oneself : would I choose death rather than have that sort of life ? ’ |