Example sentences of "rather than [art] small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If expense must be curtailed , then it is probably better to have a plentiful supply ( at least 100 ) of two or three sorts rather than a small quantity of many ; it can be exasperating to have insufficient blocks of a kind to complete a construction . |
| 2 | The letter bomb attacks have been linked to last Wednesday 's elaborate bomb hoaxes at the offices of leading oil companies in Aberdeen and police believe that a rogue loner , rather than a small terrorist group , is responsible . |
| 3 | At the age of eleven I became an errand boy for a working tailor , and every Saturday , and perhaps on an evening in the week , delivered the suits and costumes that he had made , though often the finished article was well behind the promised date , so the errand boy received critical comments rather than a small tip . |
| 4 | Normally you will want to use full side-slip for a few seconds rather than a small amount of slip for a much longer time . |
| 5 | ‘ If we have to cut , we will make a large number of small cuts , rather than a small number of large cuts . |
| 6 | The defences could have been protecting an Imperial establishment rather than a small town . |
| 7 | Many of the share purchasers now were large institutional buyers rather than the small saver or investor , the ‘ little man ’ or aged widow beloved of government propaganda . |
| 8 | Odder , though , that the killer , assuming there is a killer , did n't use it to dry himself rather than the smaller tea towel . ’ |