Example sentences of "rather [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a sad fact that most professionals do what interests them , rather than what most needs doing . |
| 2 | She wants to live with foster parents rather than her four brothers and sisters and mother . |
| 3 | Yet coupled with the seizure of Polish territory in 1772 it helped to emphasize Prussia 's affinities with her eastern rather than her western neighbours . |
| 4 | Staff should be trained to spot and interpret residents ' wishes from their behaviour rather than their spoken words if communication is difficult . |
| 5 | He suggests that their orientation is towards the perceived therapeutic needs of the patient rather than their legal rights . |
| 6 | They assessed life events using the Holmes and Rahe checklist which ranks events according to the life change involved rather than their negative implications , and therefore includes seemingly positive events such as marriage . |
| 7 | Thus , the activities of different Myc+Max dimers primarily reflect the equilibrium between Myc+Max and Max+Max complexes rather than their absolute efficiencies ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 8 | The imminence of a Labour government may have persuaded some of the middle class to consult their interests rather than their tender consciences , and so return to the Tory fold . |
| 9 | This reinforces the view that what upset the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords in Bromley v. GLC was , above all , the way in which the Labour majority went about implementing their election promises rather than their statutory powers to do so . |
| 10 | Comparing Ohmann and Halliday as representatives of these two schools of thought , we can establish approximate correspondences as follows : OHMANN ( 1964 ) HALLIDAY ( 1970 ) ( A ) " content " ( A ) Ideational function ( phrase structure ) ( B ) " expression " ( B ) Textual function ( optional transformations ) ( C ) — ( C ) Interpersonal function ( The equivalences here are very approximate , and are based on what Ohmann and Halliday actually do in their analyses , rather than their theoretical positions . |
| 11 | Social relations rather than their cultural vestments have priority . |
| 12 | Their Lordships also upheld the trial judge 's refusal to allow the defendants to put any evidence before the jury about why they believed that nuclear weapons , rather than their own actions , were ‘ prejudicial to the safety … of the State ’ . |
| 13 | Pay in 1990 will reflect the firm 's profits in 1989 , rather than its current losses . |
| 14 | The bureaucratization of the party was first made a target of criticism by Trotsky , who drew attention to the way that , under Stalin , the party functionaries rather than its representative elements had come to control the party and how these functionaries had become indistinguishable in their political interests from the functionaries of the state apparatus . |
| 15 | Dexter noticed his boss did not suggest Lancaster address her by her Christian name in return : she only encouraged such informality from the victims of crime rather than its possible perpetrators . |
| 16 | Lenin , however , though resorting to organizational expedients in later life , knew that the crucial factor in the equation was the class position ofthe bureaucracy rather than its institutional relationships to parliaments , soviets and political parties . |
| 17 | Zero Mostel told the chairman , ‘ My dear friend , I believe in the antiquated idea that a man works in his profession according to his ability rather than his political beliefs . ’ |
| 18 | It is unfortunate that the considerate father who aims to prevent his daughter becoming the victim of a faithless fortune-hunter or the testator eager that his possessions should not fall into the hands of his widow 's second husband rather than his own children should find that the trust he sets up may well bear double liability to tax , both when the funds are settled in trust and when they are paid out . |
| 19 | When Mr Major learned the result , he acted as if he had seen Chelsea win the Cup rather than his own MPs come so close to humiliating him . |
| 20 | In this way , protected by a structure created by a skilled therapist , we can cower in fear , howl with anger , weep with panic , rend our clothes in guilt and let go any need to hold on to feelings which belong to our past rather than our present lives . |
| 21 | Use our titles and authority position , rather than our own skills , to get what we want . |
| 22 | just one question that I was n't able to put on the Committee 's behalf , but I think it is something that we would be very grateful for a short written comment and that is the information that your members , that the members of the pension funds actually er rather than your annual members as well in that context actually receive annually and whether you feel that is satisfactory . |
| 23 | Rather than your black ones ? |