Example sentences of "rather [conj] animal " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRITAIN 'S official drug safety committee is reviewing warnings to diabetics after deaths of patients taking insulin from human rather than animal sources . |
| 2 | The dissection of human rather than animal corpses became important to this new status . |
| 3 | If animals are not included in the farm , then green manures , such as beans or peas , are used to form the nutrient base of the soil , rather than animal manure . |
| 4 | It is also sensible to eat foods of vegetable origin in preference to those of animal origin , to use vegetable oils rather than animal fats , and to use natural , cold-pressed vegetable oils rather than the commercially produced , processed oils . |
| 5 | The most easily dyed materials are wool and silk ; cotton and linen are difficult as they are made primarily of cellulose , being obtained from plants , rather than animal protein , and are better reserved for the time when experience has been obtained with dyeing wool . |
| 6 | Johnson , outlining a preference for vegetable derivatives rather than animal , said , ‘ I have often thought , that , if I kept a seraglio , the ladies should all wear linen gowns , or cotton — I mean stuffs made of vegetable substances ’ and declared a hatred for silk : ‘ you can not tell when it is clean . ’ |
| 7 | Because Swans have belonged to the crown since Henry the eight 's day Dines was prosecuted for criminal damage to property … rather than animal cruelty which carries a lesser penalty . |