Example sentences of "rather [conj] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shouting at the two children talking when they should n't during assembly rather than praising the other two hundred for sitting quietly is typical of a pre-occupation with failure . |
| 2 | All of which is a roundabout way of saying that what matters in this world is asking the right questions , rather than knowing the right answers . |
| 3 | The position may , however , be resolved in another way by allowing individuals the right to opt out , rather than requiring the relevant organisation to obtain specific permission from the person on the list first . |
| 4 | As Cooper implied , a tutor-organiser 's success in encouraging rather than destroying the voluntary movement is largely , matter of degree — of knowing how much to do to advance the WEA here and there , while leaving as much as possible to the voluntary members . |
| 5 | Rather than destroying the original trace , it is argued , the effect of the ECS is to make retrieval more difficult . |
| 6 | Always choose a permanent ink rather than buying the cheapest you can find . |
| 7 | The firm reckons that discounters will eventually end up cannibalising each other 's market share rather than damaging the bigger chains . |
| 8 | Had he and the Bishop already decided even before Spruce came that they would set Theodora on ( one , after all , of their own kind and bound by clerical obedience ) rather than helping the normal , if crude , processes of the law ? |
| 9 | But if Dr Mumby 's right , Turtle fans may find that rather than helping the good guys , they could instead get a cow bunger clobbering from the Turtle team by turning into the baddies . |
| 10 | I found myself working twelve to fourteen hours a day , barely coming up for air , and looking forward to finishing the book so that life could begin again — rather than enjoying the day-by-day process of writing , and living life to the full . |
| 11 | In the video Jones is , in the main , observing rather than advocating the ruthless antics of the hard men . |
| 12 | It is clear that the lessons of ‘ 92 have not been learned and again Managers would appear to be telling Senior Management what they want to hear , rather than reflecting the real situation . |
| 13 | His touch was the touch of an artist , inspecting his work , his craft , rather than honouring the dead woman . |
| 14 | Attention is being given to grass-roots structures , which the election revealed as over-grown rather than bearing the green shoots of healthy activity . |
| 15 | Are you still arguing with your finance function about whose numbers are accurate , rather than discussing the real issues of motivation , development , and cost effectiveness ? |
| 16 | In a high-context culture business meeting , for instance , the parties may spend much more time establishing friendship and mutual trust rather than discussing the particular item of business . |
| 17 | Rather than expressing the individual reality of the speaker who happens to utter them , these ‘ personal ’ aspects of language testify to a certain self-consciousness or reflexivity within language itself . |
| 18 | Sixteen pubs and a nightclub are taking part in the scheme , being regarded as a preventive measure rather than replacing the normal reporting of incidents to the police . |
| 19 | This enables several users to work simultaneously on the same document by locking on to the section relevant to them , rather than accessing the entire thing . |
| 20 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising such a point , rather than displaying the ridiculous opposition that we have seen from Labour , which still seems pledged to getting rid of some of the finest schools in the state education system . |
| 21 | Wisely , three representative images are chosen for detailed state by state analysis , rather than encumbering the whole catalogue with such voluminous information . |
| 22 | But , because the hammer points towards the player , the rotation of the key moves the check away from the hammer when the key is played , rather than bringing the two closer together . |
| 23 | The criticisms made by the informed opinion of Her Majesty 's Inspectors have been that too often the curriculum is narrow and pedestrian rather than promoting the full development of individuals . |
| 24 | Rather than carrying the usual disclaimer about the characters bearing no relation to living persons , the introduction said that these were real stories from Eleanor 's life . |
| 25 | Rather than selecting the particular class of political events as the stuff of history , and then seeking to explain it by appealing to the play of national and personal interest , the Annales school advocates eclectic research into such diverse topics as economics , populations , social institutions , technologies and climate , designed to contribute to a complete picture of social life . |
| 26 | Courts and tribunals became concerned with restoring co-operation among disputing parties by seeking out the sources of disputes , and by revealing truth rather than identifying the stronger case . |
| 27 | All attention could now be given to negotiation and to preparing for war rather than continuing the sterile debate on how it had all come about . |
| 28 | Rather than having the unskilled parts of the operation — the lifting and placing — performed by the robot , and the skilled part — the welding — performed by the welder , the opposite solution was adopted . |
| 29 | In his review for Vanity Fair Pare Lorentz argued that all the minor characters in I am a Fugitive were caricatures and that the film had been spoilt by the director 's decision to make the fugitive a hero and to tell the story through him rather than making the actual prison system the central focus of the film . |
| 30 | Only last month , my council applied for extra funding for another eight young people to be retained in the constituency rather than making the futile trek southwards . |