Example sentences of "than [vb infin] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than imitate the blanket policy operated by other publishing houses , a few publishers cater for more specialised needs , such as Taizé chants or responsorial psalmody . |
| 2 | Rather than build the compound tree from the actual strings that form the compound , the tree is built from the root-indices . |
| 3 | But Sir Bob wants it to build on what BR has already achieved rather than restructure the rail service . |
| 4 | How could grown men and women risk excommunication , persecution , and even burn themselves to death rather than see the altar procession move from left to right , the number of alleluias cut from three to two , and the number of fingers used in making the sign of the cross raised from two to three ? |
| 5 | Rather than follow the family tradition of joining the Navy — and he has a suitably brisk and military manner — David French 's original inclination was to become ordained . |
| 6 | However , he sought to establish University Extra-Mural Groups or Societies rather than use the County Federation of WEA branches in the promotion of extension classes through gaining support of Women 's Institutes and other voluntary organisations . |
| 7 | He asked if residents wanted a new cemetery in Alresford , rather than use the Winchester cemetery . |
| 8 | The reasons for using some form of external assistance in recruiting key people are often quite clear : the confidentiality , the know-how and the experience are all obvious factors ; why bring in a headhunter rather than use an advertising consultant is sometimes more difficult to explain . |
| 9 | But the road that ran from the town , called Théovard , by-passed Les Glycines five hundred yards to the north , and we dismounted rather than run the motor cycle over the pitted lane . |
| 10 | ONE OF Czechoslovakia 's most prominent dissidents , Stanislav Devaty , has gone underground rather than face an appeal hearing which could have confirmed a 20-month jail sentence . |
| 11 | Secondary school classes have also grown , with more pupils staying on rather than face the dole queue . |
| 12 | This is due to the seasonal nature of so much agricultural work , which makes it cheaper for the company to employ labourers during the planting or harvesting rather than maintain a labour force throughout the year . |
| 13 | A beneficent deity , Kukulkan was once held to have been a king from another land , who arrived in Yucatan by sea and elected to stay rather than risk the return voyage . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been using a Les Paul Gold Top for a long time — a ‘ 59 reissue with P-90s — but I 've got this unfortunate habit of getting pissed off onstage and tossing the odd guitar , so rather than risk the Gold Top any more I 've bought one of these new Hamers , which is styled after a '50s Les Paul Special . |
| 15 | ‘ People who 've lost a Rottweiler often want another adult dog , rather than encourage the puppy market . |
| 16 | An added precautionary measure is to form Newco specially for the management buy-out rather than acquire a shelf company , because a shelf company 's accounting period may have commenced at a time when its Memorandum of Association does not reflect the relevant purpose test , for example , where a general trading company is purchased and turned into a holding company . |
| 17 | Rather than view the Sancton-Baston pottery as the products of individual potters or workshops ( Myres 1969 ; 1977 ) , the fact that five sets of dies were cut to produce a minimum of nine vessels suggests that the decoration of the pottery may have had a totemic significance to individual families . |
| 18 | She would walk , in lashing rain , a howling wind , rather than pay a bus fare . |
| 19 | A London based international construction company closed down all its operations in Northern Ireland rather than pay the protection money required . |
| 20 | Of course at this stage , rather than pay the cancellation charge , the buyer might as well take delivery . |
| 21 | I suppose in a way it 's a bit like the tail wagging the dog to a certain extent , whereby the er larger institutions rather want to get their two pence worth , er rather than let the Engineering Council take over . |
| 22 | Rather than operate a borehole pump whenever water is needed , the usual arrangement is to pump water from the borehole at regular intervals to a tank or distribution reservoir on high ground or on top of a water tower . |
| 23 | It is essential that management reward rather than punish the risk taking required in abandoning the old and trying the new . |