Example sentences of "[noun prp] rather than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also asked him to look at the Twyford Down plan with a view to having a tunnel under the Down rather than a cutting . |
| 2 | Mortimer , armed with a Browning rather than a rifle , called out orders to his squad , and directed them to positions around the two-storey customs building . |
| 3 | By normalizing its relations with China , South Korea accepted the Chinese position that Taiwan was a province of China rather than a country in its own right . |
| 4 | It 's not beyond the wit of the Tories to move in European people into the country , into this country in certain seats from the right in Europe to make sure those seats are won for them again , and I think it 's an extremely dangerous precedent to allow European voting if you 're not , if you 're just resident within Britain rather than a citizen . |
| 5 | He did not register much surprise at this important discovery , but it needs to be borne in mind that he supposed that he had reached islands near the eastern shores of Asia rather than a land mass inaccessible to the descendents of Noah ! |
| 6 | Blunt established his playing qualifications with the Green Wave — the nickname of a university team in New Orleans rather than a synonym for nausea . |