Example sentences of "rather [conj] [vb infin] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand and enjoy Versailles , several days are necessary : rather than make several trips from a Paris base itself , it is better to stay in the town . |
| 2 | At 2 p.m. , rather than face more questions from the femme ménage , she ladled the food that had been left for her to eat into one bowl and carried it some way down the hill to a place where she knew it would be picked up by stray dogs and cats . |
| 3 | But rather than offer more praise , we would like to offer something else . |
| 4 | Rather than answer this question , Marjorie reverts to an earlier one . |
| 5 | The tenor of the above letter seems to endorse rather than diminish that inference — Ed . |
| 6 | In other words , Sergeant Wilson ( who has since left the force ) agreed to compromise to enhance his career opportunities rather than present any challenge to the system . |
| 7 | Rather than categorise these structures I shall describe briefly just one community , the Patels , and by tracing the changes in their dowry system , follow the changes in the position of Patel women . |
| 8 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 9 | The Tern Valley business park , Chairman , the er , the management board met to have a look at the site , we 're getting some demand for some smaller plots have turned down , and there is the proposal that was considered by the , the management but was turned down , to put in a little round , er , so we could rate some of the plots at the bottom of the site in , to er , mark out the plots rather than pull any plots erm , if the construction of them would be funded from , from selling plots in that area . |
| 10 | In addition , the access and use of the medical services reinforce rather than counteract this tendency . |
| 11 | But rather than meet this challenge , entitlement theorists simply take for granted that if original acquirers deserve any rights they deserve the full rights of liberal ownership , and hence assume , rather than demonstrate , the legitimacy of that which has to be justified : the institution of private property . |
| 12 | To gain the maximum benefit from each interview ( if you are aiming to learn a proper selection technique rather than treat each interview selection as a one-off event ) you should do a thorough follow-up . |
| 13 | Rather than waste much time searching for a single , unambiguous statement specifying multimedia on which everyone will agree , we will aim instead for a working understanding of the term . |
| 14 | The penalties against fat women are so extreme that women continue to starve themselves and buy useless diet products rather than endure such humiliation and exclusion . |
| 15 | McKean and Murray have now scored doubles at three major events — the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona , the 1990 European Championships in Split and now Toronto — but rather than give each other confidence by their successes , Boyle believes it 's more a case of ‘ anything you can do , I can do better . ’ |
| 16 | Carrie would have died rather than say these things but Nick would n't be embarrassed : he could say them without turning a hair ! |
| 17 | had supported League of Nations sanctions against Italy and Cripps resigned from it rather than accept this decision . |
| 18 | Q I have been having trouble with my Knitmaster Transfer Carriage and I always seem to get dropped stitches ; these then run down the knitting and it would be quicker to transfer the stitches by hand rather than use this gadget . |
| 19 | Taking the election results as his guide , he should decide on a step-by-step approach , building on the fragile trust that does exist rather than risk another failure . |
| 20 | In this respect , many of us in fact reform and bend English to our needs rather than allow that language to impose itself on our realities . |
| 21 | Several of them thereupon left their carriages and placed their heads on the rails vowing that , rather than allow another train to pass by they would sacrifice their lives . |
| 22 | She opened her mouth to argue further , being plainly in the mood to announce she was leaving her job rather than allow any arrangement to succeed , but something about McLeish 's expression checked her and she agreed meekly . |
| 23 | ( ‘ Might it not be safer and better in future to do business for her openly , for 10% or 15% rather than take such risks and worries which are very trying ? ’ . ) |
| 24 | If possible , give individual care rather than take several people to bed at the same time . |
| 25 | Rather than remove these reminders of Glasgow 's past , the city 's planners wisely insisted that the facade survived not as a real building but almost as a museum exhibit whose Stones of Venice had appeared two years earlier . |
| 26 | This is because some disinfectants serve to reinforce rather than overcome such scents which are not discernible by our noses . |
| 27 | They do not have to be repaid and may be awarded to those leaving hospital or residential care , or to help people to continue to live in the community rather than enter such care . |
| 28 | Rather than enter this fray it could be better to wait and see what the outcome of the vote is . |
| 29 | Rather than reference each part of the protocol , the relevant articles are to be found in the bibliography . |