Example sentences of "rather [conj] [vb base] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than do a keyhole job on Loyd , TODAY asked him to choose his ideal home from the hundreds of celebrity houses he has visited . |
| 2 | If — as appears to be the case — detected offenders typically start from a position of social disadvantage ( which means that the obligation to obey the law weighs more heavily upon them than on others ) then punishment will tend to increase inequality rather than do the opposite . |
| 3 | Better to have it from someone you know and respect , rather than have a customer complain . |
| 4 | Roosevelt objected to these rules , which limited his powers in foreign policy , but he accepted them rather than have a battle with Congress . |
| 5 | If you would prefer to renew your licence starting a new period , rather than have a duplicate or replacement showing the same period as the original licence , you may do so on payment of the full licence fee . |
| 6 | Rather than have a set of isolated jigsaw pieces we are now able to start putting them together . ’ |
| 7 | Well I said you 're going towards Hollyhead I 'm going towards North Wales why not en-route let's find somewhere and stop and have a meal there , rather than have a meal in Chorley and have to drive all the way down . |
| 8 | I figured that rather than have a tape and a black and white photo , I would have a CD that would be in colour . |
| 9 | I think perhaps the most important thing is that voluntary agencies should do what they believe is right , and not allow their own objectives to be distorted , simply because a , of particular flavours , which is why I 'm saying let us grab the agenda and write the agenda , rather than have the agenda set for us by other people . |
| 10 | The stimulus in the 1930s was , again , the cinema ; for patent reasons , some studios preferred to distribute their films with separate disc soundtracks , rather than have the sound printed optically on the film itself . |
| 11 | Nihilism , however patrician , and aestheticism , however gilded , jar today , so that rather than provide an essay on art for art 's sake , or a game on life succumbing to art , Prowse emphasises the morality tale , the Faustian parable , the meditation on degeneracy and corruption . |