Example sentences of "rather [subord] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is regarded as an area of concern , rather than a school subject . |
| 2 | The big difference of course between Designaknit Professional and a charting device , is that Designaknit Professional is a computer program rather than a knitting machine attachment . |
| 3 | What prompts a sanctioning rather than a compliance response is not who does the law enforcement so much as the sort of behaviour which is subject to control . |
| 4 | If a Shusui 's Doitsu scales are going to turn greyish black , rather than a sky blue , or if a Kumonryu is going to lose all its black and turn into a valueless Doitsu Shiromuji , it will have done so in adolescence . |
| 5 | Action to deal with offenders was to be taken on a voluntary rather than a court basis where possible . |
| 6 | With the recent mushrooming of the AA 's commercial interests was it not in danger of becoming a big shop rather than a service organisation ? |
| 7 | However , if a taxpayer is preparing to carry out IHT planning by giving property to a trust then he should still consider setting up an overseas trust rather than a UK trust . |
| 8 | Up to now it has been run as a cost centre rather than a profit maker , but the Broadcasting Act specified change . |
| 9 | This , rather than a Macaulayish enthusiasm for the export of parliamentary institutions , was the motive for his advocacy , through Congress , of political reform : British authority was to be given a human face by allowing qualified Indians some share in the running of the country . |
| 10 | The survey also considers that accounting for signing-on fees is non-standard and patchy : ‘ Our view is that signing-on fees are more akin to an emolument of a player rather than a transfer cost . |
| 11 | This is an interesting case to examine , of course , because in Problems of Social Policy Titmuss presented it as a clear example of a policy change engendered originally by the social debate on evacuation , and then given sudden new urgency by the ‘ decisive ’ influence of Dunkirk in July 1940 ; a marked change in government thinking — a new acceptance of the milk-in-schools scheme as a universalist social service rather than a relief measure tainted with Poor Law associations — took place ‘ five days after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk ’ . |
| 12 | Except from a brief outburst from Sonny ( when Pat urges him to face reality , he protests , ‘ Reality is not life ! ’ ) , you would never know this play was the work of a poet rather than a TV comedy writer . |
| 13 | Instead , Jo maintains close ties with three schoolfriends and a handful of others who willingly accept her as a person rather than a TV personality . |
| 14 | As far as is possible it is preferable to charge the actual cost incurred rather than a percentage assessment to the cost accounts . |
| 15 | Will it not encourage the image of a model singing rather than a singing model ? |
| 16 | Lack of money is holding them back — new sounds have to come from fresh effects pedals rather than a sampling machine — but the ambitions are burning : ‘ I do n't think we actually achieve the crossover , ’ admits Sam , with a who-gives-a-flying- f— -shrug , ‘ but that 's certainly what we want to do . ’ |
| 17 | Most private schools are thought to have some level of bad debt , like any business , but in the past those debts have been chased by a stiff letter from the school 's solicitor rather than a debt collection agency . |
| 18 | Meredith McGrath ( who was ranked as high as 28 back in November 1990 ) was found on a basketball court rather than a tennis court . ’ |
| 19 | However , the People 's Assembly on May 12 voted that the Committee should be a state rather than a government body . |
| 20 | During Worswick 's time there , Harwell — as part of the AEA — made the transition to a trading fund ( effectively a nationalised company rather than a government department ) , an experience that taught him a great deal about finance . |
| 21 | Because it was organised by local people rather than a government agency it ensured a wide attendance of local people and created an atmosphere in which serious debate could take place . |
| 22 | ‘ In the long-run I 'd like to be looked on as a composer rather than a stick player . |
| 23 | Prayer rugs , for example , are never referred to as carpets , and anything employing a hunting design would ten to be called a hunting carpet rather than a hunting rug . |
| 24 | As I have elaborated elsewhere , the early agricultural divine monarchies seem to recapitulate , albeit in purely cultural forms , the natural conditions of that primeval existence : for instance , an economy based on grains ( domesticated rather than wild ) , a social structure centred around one dominant , tyrannous male and his harem ( now a human state rather than a primate group ) , and — at least in the case of some ancient Egyptian dynasties — even the recruitment of apprentice heirs-apparent ( the institution known as coregency ) . |
| 25 | He asserted that the spread of home and shares ownership was causing an enterprise culture to take root in which more indigenous companies will spring up , creating the opportunity for Scotland to become a headquarters rather than a branch economy . |
| 26 | In a keynote speech on the economy , the Scottish Secretary will set out his desire to see Scotland develop into a headquarters rather than a branch economy . |
| 27 | She had a slim , girlish figure with small breasts like little apples , and thighs like those of an athlete rather than a glamour girl . |
| 28 | And if skills associated with the new technology are specific to a particular occupation rather than to a firm , why should either employer or employee prefer a long-term contract with one employer rather than a consultancy contract for a particular piece of work ? |
| 29 | This was the one occasion when I missed the clearer control which a conductor , rather than a performing director , could have brought . |
| 30 | The anonymity of the studio rather than a Glyndebourne ambience — I realize there would have been huge problems with taking the performances live , but I 'm not sure Henry Wood Hall was the ideal solution . |