Example sentences of "rather [conj] [prep] other [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This positive shift in investment occurred not only in one or two large industries but for all industries — a fact which strengthens the view that the shift was due to regional policy rather than to other factors . |
| 2 | the research topics lend themselves to publication in Nature rather than to other journals ; |
| 3 | the research topics lend themselves to publication in Nature rather than to other journals ; |
| 4 | Indeed , differences over time and differences among hospitals , regions , and populations may be due to the proportion of primiparous women in the study group rather than to other variables . |
| 5 | Through clientelism , the allegiance of the peasant is to his patron rather than to other peasants , so that it is more difficult for solidarity between those in the peasant class to develop . |
| 6 | The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the profound failure of British law and practice in this regard , concentrating mainly on telephone-tapping rather than on other forms of interception . |
| 7 | The emphasis is on the vocabulary rather than on other aspects of language and there is a tendency to focus on the high style . |
| 8 | This occurs primarily with alcohol rather than with other drugs . |
| 9 | The Navigation Acts were complicated and applying the regulations would have been harder if there had been a great deal of trade between the colonies , but in the seventeenth century most of the trade of each colony on the American mainland or in the West Indies was with England rather than with other colonies . |
| 10 | It remains to be seen how successful this drive will prove because governments have to convince young people of the attractions of scientific and industrial education vis-à-vis the humanities and the social sciences as well as of the advantages of employment in industry and trade rather than in other sectors of the labour market . |
| 11 | Rather as with other areas fundamental to the operation of the unconscious , artefacts may resist conscious articulation and in a sense be embarrassed by language . |