Example sentences of "rather [subord] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had acknowledged similar courtesies a number of times since riding out , and guessed that it was the sable hat of a Khan which he carried in his hand which was attracting recognition , rather than his actual eminence . |
| 2 | Cooney always seemed a reluctant fighter , a man more pushed into the business by parental desire and promoters who saw the advantage of his size — 6ft 7in — rather than his personal predicament . |
| 3 | Cooney always seemed a reluctant fighter , a man more pushed into the business by parental desire and promoters who saw the advantage of his size — 6ft 7in — rather than his personal predicament . |
| 4 | In the first place , as has been shown above , de la Broquière 's comparison of the Mufti with the Pope suggests a personage whose main characteristic was his spiritual rather than his temporal authority , a description which fits Fahreddin Acemi more closely than it does Molla Yegan . |
| 5 | Up to a point this claim is justified , although a more interesting comparison might be with Alvin Toffler 's Third Wave , rather than his Future Shock This comparison , however , brings out some of the weaknesses as well as the strengths of Naisbitt 's study . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | The reasons against Philip are later ( and probably less honestly ) stated to be his own guilt and actions rather than his Staufen ancestry . |
| 8 | Since he does not recognize what he is doing , he blames God rather than his faulty picture , little realizing that God is not like that at all . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Balliol appears to have had his eye on his English lands rather than his Scottish inheritance , but his claim to the Scottish crown was encouraged by the disinherited lords who now paid court to him . |