Example sentences of "rather [conj] [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than eliminate any further jobs on top of the 1,000 that the company has budgeted to shed this year , IBM UK Ltd chief executive Nick Temple is expected to ask senior staffers to bear some of the pain and accept pay reductions — and it could happen : Temple has been telling anyone who will listen that if IBM UK makes a penny profit this year , it will be the most amazing turnround in corporate history . |
| 2 | VSAM uses a modified form of B-tree , so that the number of keys and pointers is the same , and index entries are greater than or equal to the keys pointed to rather than taking some intermediate value . |
| 3 | I say metamorphosing because it is our firm intention to continue the natural development process which has been going on in recent years , rather than make any radical changes just because we are now a university . |
| 4 | Up to and including the 1988 social security changes , the basic policy response to the growing numbers of lone-parent families has been to add to or modify the existing system of benefits rather than make any fundamental changes . |
| 5 | When I lost a temporary job in a local Traffic Office , I packed my things rather than face another bleak winter and with seven shillings and sixpence in my pocket I went to some friends in south-east London . |
| 6 | Sean wished that he had gone down to Birdie Mac 's and knocked on the door for a bar of Kit-Kat , anything rather than face these two . |
| 7 | Rather than swallow any more of what to him was the worst kind of mealy-mouthed claptrap , he gave up the vital therapy of letter writing and lapsed into total silence . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to see more of that , ’ said Allan , ‘ People looking for an answer from TOP first , rather than trying some other way and only using the philosophy as a last resort . |
| 9 | In other words , rather than set these antithetical approaches against each other as one might have expected , Foucault suggests that they are part of the same mutation . |
| 10 | One of his most senior colleagues , Mr Michael Heseltine , the Environment Secretary , indicated that , if the Tories were the biggest party in a hung Parliament , Mr Major would draw up a programme of legislation and put it to the vote in Parliament rather than seeking any formal deal with the Liberal Democrats or Ulster Unionists . |
| 11 | Rather than drawing some evolutionary ladder or tree , the best representation is a sort of multi-twigged bush . |
| 12 | Can I make a suggestion rather than re-numbering all those , its going to be quite a long job , is that from what I can see at the moment there is no reason why that ca n't be added on as a last sentence to nine anyway , cause nine says you records the outcome of the enquiry , . |
| 13 | Foucault is critical of such a theory not just because it is based on a science/non-science distinction which for him is simply the product of a particular discursive formation which claims access to the real , rather than involving any epistemological questions of truth or objectivity , but also because it produces the notion of ideology as a secondary mediation ( as in Althusser 's interpellation ) in an inside/outside structure between the determinants of power and the individual subject . |
| 14 | Rather than devoting any more space to criticizing a theory based on nineteenth-century science , it would seem more profitable to follow Freud 's example in going to our current knowledge of the biological basis of sleep in building a psychological model of what dreaming really is . |
| 15 | So rather than use this overworked word a more precise description of the artist 's style and concepts will be attempted with the help of his own text . |
| 16 | As you know Mr Mayor , we are inside the chamber , do n't believe in spending any more than is absolutely necessary in any part of any budget so rather than spend any extra money we are proposing an extra twenty thousand be taken out of the public conveniences budget . |
| 17 | But rather than address these basic problems , politicians look for the quick ‘ fix ’ — anything that sounds good in a sound-bite will do . |
| 18 | The same computer techniques could be more usefully employed in standardising the printed word during transition , and the public would become acclimatised through everyday reading rather than need any special training . |
| 19 | So convinced were they of this ultimate victory , that ever since Christians have laid down their own lives on the line rather than renounce this hard-won faith . |
| 20 | She gave him a gracious little nod , determined to die first rather than do any such thing . |
| 21 | Rather than do this piecemeal over several years , Mr Moore chose to complete the process in five months flat . |
| 22 | Angus Crichton-Miller , managing director of the Rank Organisation 's holidays and hotels division and a member of the study group said : ‘ It is not an efficient system to have such changes between busy and quiet periods and it would be better if we could flatten prices over a longer season , rather than have such high-peak-season prices . ’ |
| 23 | In order to help accommodate the costs of the Navy 's new carrier , CVA 01 , and Polaris , and the RAF 's TSR 2 , such projects as the Army 's Blue Water artillery missile were cancelled in August 1962 ; and , despite the pressure on Army manpower , it was decided to run down the Gurkhas from 14,600 to 10,000 rather than cut any more British battalions — a decision that had to be reversed nine months later to meet the needs of the Borneo campaign . |
| 24 | Should not he announce that he will withdraw those parts of the Bill and give people seeking political asylum the same rights to legal advice as anyone else would have , rather than introduce this appalling system under which they will not have the same equality before the law ? |
| 25 | Mungo wanted to ask about the dead girl , but rather than risk another deep frost , he said : |
| 26 | As stated earlier , rather than attempt such difficult tasks as counting all ‘ illegal drug users ’ , ‘ regular drug users ’ or ‘ non-medical drug users ’ , we decided to count all ‘ problem drug users ’ . |
| 27 | Monsignor Garlato , chairman of the body which advises the Vatican on its artistic patrimony , has told a conference in Perugia that the Church should sell at least ten percent of the 95,000 ecclesiastical buildings in Italy rather than see these redundant places of worship fall down . |
| 28 | Some individuals would prefer to avoid stress rather than seek any other goals . |
| 29 | Although certain qualifications will need to be made to this picture , it seems best to think in terms of a basic two-party system , with certain exceptions , rather than seek another explanatory model for political conflict under William and Anne . |
| 30 | EUP is planning to consolidate its current output rather than launching another major expansion , but there is no lack of challenge in David Martin 's job . |