Example sentences of "rather [conj] [prep] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notwithstanding the membership of some staunchly pro-ANZUS people ( such as Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Don McKinnon ) , the government as a whole appeared more committed to improving general relations with the USA rather than to seeking a return to the particular relationship which had been embodied within the ANZUS alliance . |
| 2 | This allows competitors to fight under virtually the same rules as their full-contact brothers , but strikes and kicks are judged more on a points system , points being awarded for perfection of technique rather than for pounding a competitor into the ground or knocking him out . |
| 3 | In a recent speech , Colette Flesch , Director-General of DGX , said the EC should ‘ concentrate its co-operation and support on intelligent development of cultural projects integrated into national , regional , and local development policy ’ , rather than on financing a few big prestige projects , or simply subsidising the old Communist subsidies system which those countries can no longer afford to finance . |
| 4 | But in a wage labour economy the labourer was freed from such constraints ; he was now dependent on employment opportunities on the market rather than on inheriting a small holding , and tended to reach a maximum income relatively early . |
| 5 | This will include the power to reduce expenditure in any one of these areas in order to devote more funds to another , for example , by choosing to spend money released by a staff vacancy on educational equipment rather than on recruiting a replacement . |
| 6 | He was not quick to anger and confrontation ; shocks caught up with him slowly and he usually faced them in solitary depression rather than by throwing a scene . |
| 7 | This has been done in a similar fashion to Martin 's approach , where the fret ends are chopped off square and then individually rounded , rather than by running a fret file down the sides of the neck and lopping all the ends off at a 45 degree angle . |
| 8 | The problem with these diseases is that they are diagnosed on the basis of indirect evidence of infection rather than by identifying a specific microorganism . |
| 9 | The farm worker has himself contributed , though as often as not by leaving the industry rather than by joining a trade union . |
| 10 | This often makes the new law ineffectual in the prevailing conditions , rather than in producing a solution . |
| 11 | We suggest that the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association should use its energy and funds to support research to evaluate the effectiveness of screening , including the psychosocial aspects , rather than in promoting a so far unvalidated programme . |