Example sentences of "rather [subord] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Management ’ remained in place , only now it was responsible to a government-appointed Board of Directors and ultimately to Parliament , rather than to shareholders ' representatives . |
| 2 | The recompile is said to link the application function-by-function to Bristol 's own library rather than to Microsoft 's Software Development Kit . |
| 3 | Many of these ill effects , however , are related to low socio-economic status , unemployment , poor housing and social environment , low educational achievements , lack of support and stable relationships , inexperience , isolation , depression and poor levels of attendance at antenatal and other clinics , rather than to age per se ( Wells , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | Students spent a lot of time travelling ( walking and even running ) from one lecture to another in various parts of London , and it was increasingly demanded that they should find within the walls of the College all that they required , or that they should at least pay a fee that would entitle them as of right , rather than for charity 's sake , to enter medical lectures . |
| 5 | The type of household in which the elderly person lives may , in its turn , be a function of the stage he or she has reached in the life course rather than of age per se . |
| 6 | Mitchell 's parable is specifically designed to reflect upon the problem of God 's love in the face of evil , rather than of God 's existence . |
| 7 | The Crown 's interest was above all the defence of the land rather than of villagers ' property rights . |
| 8 | Assessment of achievements in English should therefore be primarily concerned with such understanding and skills , rather than with pupils ' knowledge about and competence in using IT and media facilities as such . |
| 9 | What these sins were Roger of Howden does not tell us and any guess is bound to be a subjective one , reflecting upon ourselves and upon our age rather than upon Richard 's behaviour . |
| 10 | She began to wonder whether St Ives 's abrupt departure had n't been occasioned by her ill judged remark rather than by Geoffrey 's calling out of the quarter hour . |
| 11 | It took people a long time to understand that Education had a much broader view on Channel 4 , and that many of the things that would elsewhere have been informational , or features or factual , would actually find a home in my lot , rather than in Liz 's . |
| 12 | It is also helpful if it can be shown there have been arm 's length negotiations between management and the institutions and that the price benefit to management ( ie the fact that management acquire control of Newco but pay no more per share than the institutions and/or pay less than 50% of the price for more than 50% of the equity ) derives from those negotiations , rather than from management 's employment by Target . |