Example sentences of "rather [conj] the other [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty years on , the phrases which she saw as indicating a deformation of values have become commonplace in the Thatcherite academy , where contemplation is regarded as idleness , rather than the other way round , and Leavis 's abominated ‘ technologico-Benthamism ’ is firmly in the saddle . |
| 2 | As Edward Pechter puts it , ‘ History does not tell us what the text is , because we decide what history is , and then put history into the text , rather than the other way round . ’ |
| 3 | Sir : Mr Stephen Campbell ( letters , 5 October ) asks if he is alone in thinking that personal injury awards should be increased in relation to libel awards rather than the other way round . |
| 4 | It is in this context that Marx and Engels finally turn the tables on the ideas of philosophers who , like Hegel , had argued about the primacy of ideas , especially the idea of the State , as though these ideas had formed the processes of history rather than the other way round . |
| 5 | They can be seen at No. 6 Via Guastella , a street named after the college rather than the other way around . |
| 6 | The aim of the game being to find out ways in which they do things better than you do rather than the other way around . |
| 7 | It seems to me that he tries the Bible before the bar of his own mind rather than the other way around . |
| 8 | I AM a fan and an observer of dogs and before the avalanche descends on me I must shout that , like Chris Joyce , our US Editor , I am well aware of the case against dogs but also know that the relationship is to human advantage rather than the other way round . |
| 9 | The conclusion the doctors reached , given the apparently poor response to food testing , was that the psychological problems were affecting the bowel , rather than the other way round , in the majority of patients . |
| 10 | ( It must also be said that only about one in ten of the adult population in Britain in teetotal and it could be that at least some people in this group are unwell , rather than the other way round . ) |
| 11 | However , James Valentine of the University of California suggests worms may have evolved from arthropods ( jointed-legged creatures ) rather than the other way around , because they had cavities in their middle layer ( known as coeloms ) which they used as skeletons to support themselves when burrowing . |
| 12 | Make the dog wag the tail rather than the other way round . |
| 13 | Under the deal , the Community will have to prove that it should take the decision , rather than the other way round as originally feared . |
| 14 | Throughout the post-war period , the policy has been to allow the exchange rate to adjust to costs rather than the other way round . |
| 15 | After considerable discussion Mr Jones accepted the possibility that Olwyn perhaps did need love and attention but that it was just as likely she needed it because she behaved badly rather than the other way round . |
| 16 | The approach would have to come from they rather than the other way around . |
| 17 | Warden was enjoying himself in the background : it was a new experience to see someone else tackling Buchanan rather than the other way round . |
| 18 | He argues that it is TNC 's approach to assessment which has determined the approach to curriculum , rather than the other way round . |
| 19 | It is probably better to think of team teaching as one eventual culmination of resource-based learning rather than the other way about , and some schools will usefully move towards it by stages rather than in one giant leap . |
| 20 | Unlike those stressed above , these are questions about the impact of social policy upon economic policy rather than the other way round . |
| 21 | whether , conceptually , it would be helpful to try regarding the house as an extension of the car , rather than the other way about , and experimenting with an internal trim based upon black simulated leather , with built-in ashtrays ; |
| 22 | In this situation production responds to the demands of marketing rather than the other way round . |
| 23 | The organisation serves the individual rather than the other way round . |
| 24 | It may also be more accurate to say that the user responds to the system rather than the other way around . |
| 25 | This is that living organisms exist for the benefit of DNA rather than the other way around . |
| 26 | It could be argued from this , that er , Wilson 's father began to identify more of his son rather than the other way round . |
| 27 | Tha that 's how from it , but certainly er the dog has sided with the woman and thrown the man out rather than the other way round . |
| 28 | He says the idea is to bring the water to the pupil rather than the other way round . |
| 29 | And under a procedure known as ‘ reversal of the burden of proof ’ the defendant would have to prove he did not commit the damage rather than the other way round . |
| 30 | We 're out to pass you really , but we we wo n't unless it 's worth it , but erm the emphasis is on trying to find something there to give a mark to sort of thing rather than the other way around . |