Example sentences of "rather [conj] [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had endowed the marriage ( and he could never really like the fellow ) most extravagantly out of her invested money , rather than taking a dip among the jewels that she never wore . |
| 2 | THE holiday ads are tempting you away with the usual images of fun and sun but rather than taking a package why not invest in that longed-for overseas home ? |
| 3 | It now became easier to send multiple copies of papers to colleagues rather than sending a file on the circuit of an institution . |
| 4 | When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ . |
| 5 | To avoid mistakes , please would you use the new form attached to make your order , signed by your Head of Group/Sector rather than using a memo as was the case before . |
| 6 | In other words , rather than using a notepad and pen , you have the privilege of paying £100 for a piece of complicated electronics that does the same thing . |
| 7 | ‘ We can tell very quickly what 's happening , so we can tackle the problem as soon as it arises rather than using a pesticide until it fails . |
| 8 | In Lakoff 's case , it might be a reflection of her training in the Chomskyan tradition , which urges the analyst to examine her own intuitions rather than collecting a corpus of data . |
| 9 | To test whether the uptake carrier transports a pH-changing anion ( such as OH - or HCO ) out of the cell , rather than transporting a proton in , we replaced the normal Cl - ions in the pipette ( and thus inside the cell ) with other anions . |
| 10 | Only the Lithuanians accounted for so large a proportion of the population of their own republic , and the measure was widely seen as blocking rather than facilitating a transition to fully independent status . |
| 11 | More important perhaps , its role was to work ‘ with the market rather than seeking a directive role . |
| 12 | Many readers are hindered by inaudibly ‘ pronouncing ’ each word rather than scanning a group of words to get the meaning of a sentence and rapid reading classes can be helpful in correcting this deficiency . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , aim to give the dog a good run every day , rather than undertaking a marathon at the weekend , for example . |
| 14 | Replace the habit with something else rather than leaving a void . |
| 15 | The shoe feels exactly the same afterwards , which is the main reason runners want them resoled rather than buying a brand new pair . ’ |
| 16 | Consequently , rather than earning a wage , they are likely to find themselves claiming a range of benefits , grants and allowances . |
| 17 | And multi-player games are good for business : groups of friends will have to buy more than one copy of each game , rather than sharing a set of different games . |
| 18 | Through their involvement , rather than creating a platform for development , people were letting the government off the hook by attempting to find superficial and limited solutions to deep-rooted structural problems . |
| 19 | ‘ Rather than creating a chasm between purchasers and providers , we need to build bridges across the gap and enable people to move backwards and forwards from care management to service management , ’ she says . |
| 20 | This feature is predicted by the pulsating cusp model : a pulse of reconnection is envisaged as initially producing an equatorward motion of the open/closed boundary , rather than causing a burst of poleward flow ( with the boundary static ) . |
| 21 | Rather than providing a survey of English Literature , the ten units are aimed to guide students towards acquiring the linguistic and critical awareness which will enable them to read for pleasure , discuss and write about literature . |
| 22 | Until recently the arts have placed too much emphasis on educating non-disabled people rather than providing a medium for communication with each other . |
| 23 | Yet rather than forming a point between structure and agency , perhaps the role of community groups could be better represented in terms of a continuum between civil society and the state . |
| 24 | This provides what Eo calls a simple ‘ pen and paper ’ -style intuitive interface that requires simple writing gestures rather than keyboard skills to operate — for instance to delete text you simply cross it out rather than entering a command . |
| 25 | Is Labour still reflecting the ideals of the past rather than organizing a response to the problems of the future ? |
| 26 | Students are taught , for instance , to ‘ read ’ in a different way from that of everyday practice : rather than reading a text from beginning to end in the sequence in which the publisher has ordered it , they are urged to select what they want for particular purposes from different parts of the text , using the contents page , index , chapter headings etc. and moving backwards and forwards within that text and to other texts . |
| 27 | The new initiatives of the left made a start by identifying strategic sectors of the economy in which to intervene , rather than adopting a blanket approach to all firms in their area — but the problem was that the local authorities were still geographically limited . |
| 28 | That is what we seek to do , rather than adopting a defeatist attitude to the delivery of health care . |
| 29 | The book seems concerned with defending Mr Yeltsin rather than propounding a set of distinctive policies ; it gives an unsettling impression that this man does admirable things out of vanity . |
| 30 | For example , if you feel like cheese on toast for lunch , rather than having a couple of slices of toast piled with cheese , have two slices of toast , one with just a moderate layer of cheese on top , and one with baked beans . |