Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] rather [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucille thought the girl and the cavalry officer made a very fine couple , but she wished the girl would smile rather than hold her face in such a cold and supercilious expression . |
| 2 | Mahathir said that the formation of such a group would benefit rather than stifle world trade . |
| 3 | If the hon. Gentleman would listen rather than talk , he would learn that the price formula for gas has also been revised : where it was minus 2 on the controllable costs it is now going to minus 5 — another tough target . |
| 4 | A former Labour Prime Minister got that far in his thinking in the 1970s when he pointed out that one could not have high inflation and lots of employment and that high inflation would reduce rather than increase the number of jobs . |
| 5 | Parents ' reports of birth weight and gestational age are sufficiently accurate for analysis and not necessarily worse than hospital case notes ; lack of accuracy would decrease rather than increase the strength of the observed associations . |
| 6 | If there was a ‘ fundamental disequilibrium ’ , then the appropriate action was a devaluation of the currency since temporary finance would delay rather than solve the basic problem . |