Example sentences of "rather [conj] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving yourself to the Alps rather than taking the tour operator 's flight has a lot of attractions . |
| 2 | Millward Brown use their own proprietary system of analysis — a form of mathematical modelling — to translate the data for each individual brand into a so-called ‘ awareness index ’ ; and many of their clients have fallen into the tempting habit of using this single number as a measure of the effectiveness of a commercial or campaign , rather than taking the trouble to make a more detailed study of the data underlying the index . |
| 3 | Perhaps that role for the Scottish TUCC is being rejected because on many occasions it has been reactive rather than taking the initiative . |
| 4 | Man will voluntarily integrate his own goals with those of the organization if management works on the assumption not that people dislike work , prefer being directed rather than taking the initiative and respond only to material rewards or threats and sanctions ; but that they have needs for autonomy and independence which must be satisfied through structures of authority that allow self-motivation and self-control . |
| 5 | By the 1930s , when the problems of dialogue recording made it easier to bring the world into the studio rather than taking the camera to the world ( whereas in the pre-sound 1920s it was fine control of lighting that favoured studio shooting ) , moving images — then and now called ‘ plates ’ — could be projected behind the action and foreground props or sets , provided the camera and projector were ( as in the step-printer already discussed ) exactly synchronized . |
| 6 | Rather than taking the piece as a whole she broke it down into smaller parts and then worked on them with separate hands and at varied rhythms . |
| 7 | He chose to move towards God rather than continue the journey deeper and deeper into the trap of himself . |
| 8 | It has preferred to follow rather than lead the majority of the industry 's employers and seems to have interpreted its own role as that of a safety net to protect the worst-exploited workers . |
| 9 | Thus the hospitals , schools and universities should learn how to help these conscientious citizens to provide financial assistance rather than expect the Treasury to be constantly replenishing their begging-bowls . |
| 10 | Rather oddly , in the context of a crisis in which the abolition of the House of Lords was under consideration , it seems to have been assumed that this reservation would present a realistic safeguard against a majority party in the House of Commons seeking to keep its government in power indefinitely rather than face the country . |
| 11 | Occasionally , rather than face the underwriting costs , purchasers may make the rights issue at a deep discount . |
| 12 | Rather than face the revolution that was simmering under the surface of German political life , they were more than happy to divert attention away from the real cause of the problems in the east and to let the Poles appear to be the troublemakers . |
| 13 | Secondary school classes have also grown , with more pupils staying on rather than face the dole queue . |
| 14 | She might prefer to accept that rather than face the horror of the idea of her husband , the King of Scotland , being thrown into a pit among commoners . ’ |
| 15 | In Britain , all bands are made up of burly chaps whose pent-up emotions cause them to split up by post and be rude to the bass player in print rather than face the separation . |
| 16 | Lineker , on the other hand , took his decision having already played in two World Cups , deciding it was in his best interests to seek a fortune playing in Japan rather than face the prospect of losing his status and even his England place as his legs began to fail him . |
| 17 | Most of us will try anything rather than face the pain , yet that is the only way out of it , and tears and weeping are an essential factor in the cure . |
| 18 | Rather than face the shame of interrogation , the Phoenix King took poison . |
| 19 | Some Tories even forecast that Mr Major would quit voluntarily rather than face the humiliation of a Tory leadership challenge . |
| 20 | Some Tories even forecast that Mr Major would quit voluntarily rather than face the humiliation of a Tory leadership challenge . |
| 21 | I think I was just miserable , and it was far easier to believe the reason was something I could do something about , rather than face the fact that my depression was very complicated , based on things like my family not having much money , and feeling very isolated and different from the kids at school . |
| 22 | It is , however , likely that the audible beat was intermittent rather than constant , and that it functioned mainly to co-ordinate the chorus and dances on stage , rather than to control the solo singers or instrumentalists . |
| 23 | On 9 November , the Murder ( Abolition of Death Penalty ) Act 1965 came into effect , suspending rather than abolishing the death penalty for those categories of murder that had been capital . |
| 24 | The view was that radio should always speak with the same voice as the Government , aiming to educate and improve rather than entertain the public . |
| 25 | Judges can order reporting to be postponed until the end of the trial , and should where necessary use this power rather than exclude the press . |
| 26 | This is what I call the strategy of non-decision , the decision that we will do nothing , that we wo n't harass the child , that we will give the child time to relax and move at his own pace , rather than determining the pace that we feel the child ought to be following . |
| 27 | A user will be presented with the option of saving as a PDF file rather than sending the document to the printer . |
| 28 | The difference is that Orton 's pastiche is comic but in a way which interrogates rather than presupposes the norm . |
| 29 | You should encourage the puppy to go outside to relieve itself , however , whenever you are present , rather than using the dirt-box . |
| 30 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |