Example sentences of "rather [conj] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shabby ghosts of the Forster coterie waft out once more to pool their romantic gossip ; Forster himself shuffles forward to complain that Joe 's doings with one brawny menial have so put him off the lower classes that he has been obliged to travel first rather than third-class on a railway journey , and once again the air is full of that peculiarly spiritless twitter about guardsmen , homosexual tea parties and cure for pubic lice . |
| 2 | There are many reasons why , in the early nineteenth century , different considerations would intrude on the modelling of a dissected female body rather than that of a male , but one conclusion we could draw from these figures is that the human norm is male , and the only reason to look at female bodies is for that which makes them female , i.e. the reproductive system . |
| 3 | It is twenty times faster , has a larger memory , is thousands of times more reliable , consumes the power of a light bulb rather than that of a locomotive , occupies 1/30,000 the volume and costs 1/10,000 as much . |
| 4 | To what extent might companies buy in maintenance from the machinery suppliers ; to what extent might workers become skilled at the repair and maintenance of particular machines rather than skilled at a particular aspect of a machine 's functioning , rather like the situation already obtaining with the repair and maintenance of household equipment such as washing machines , or office equipment such as photocopiers ; and to what extent might companies take over the training of skilled workers , giving them courses specifically suited to the requirements of their own production systems and certificating them within house ? |
| 5 | On the contrary , unions appear to have been more effective and even the loss of trade union membership may be a consequence of the inability of the unemployed trade unionists to pay their unions fees rather than due to a loss of sympathy with the unions . |
| 6 | Better results are obtained by rooting them singly in 2in pots rather than several to a larger pot . |
| 7 | ‘ ECT is usually left to junior members of the staff … with little training and guidance ’ , A leading psychiatrist in the field told New Scientist that ‘ the commonest misuse of ECT is on people who are really unhappy , distressed or sad , rather than ill with a depressive illness . ’ |
| 8 | A small sharp nose was imbedded between pudgy cheeks on which the threads of broken veins were emphasized rather than disguised by a thin crust of make-up . |
| 9 | But this means to say that he has no rule that takes him one way rather than another in a new case . |
| 10 | We see this as sufficient justification to go ahead at a pilot level of say eight student places ( rather than 15 for a later course with two lecturers ) , but also a warning that considerable effort will have to be put into consulting with partners both to incorporate their main concerns , and to advertise the course . |
| 11 | It is our interests , rather than those of a degenerate and selfish minority , that the police should protect ; and if the law at present does not allow them to do so then the law must be changed . |
| 12 | Finally , rather than stereotyping scientists as capitalist Frankensteins , making monsters for commercial gain , a more constructive approach would be to consider how the allocation of resources can be altered to meet the needs of the public majority rather than those of a minority in power . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) Then again it is regarded as doubtful whether there really is a specific quality of pleasure , and even of pain , which covers all experiences that people either want to have or avoid , and it is thought obviously desirable that people should have experiences they want rather than those with a certain quality . |
| 14 | The reason we are reminded of these historical episodes , rather than any of a hundred others , comes clear only with the surprising and congested line that closes the quatrains about the Wars of the Roses : ‘ But oblivion , not thy forgiveness , FRANCE ’ . |
| 15 | Too much sunlight might impress upon me the idea of how much more agreeable it would be out of doors rather than hunched over a sheet of almost blank paper . |