Example sentences of "rather than a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Yarlott , business unit manager for Intuit 's UK arm , claims that the company spent two and a half years making sure it would be a genuine British product rather than a hastily localized version of the US product . |
| 2 | This was certainly brought home to me when , by taking the long way round Australia this year , i.e. buying a round the world ticket to the Australian Open , rather than a straight forward London–Melbourne return , with a stop-off in Sydney for the New South Wales Open , I saved The Daily Telegraph , which is naturally as cost conscious as any other company in these difficult financial times , a considerable amount of money . |
| 3 | It may be regarded as a set of techniques , rather than a theoretically predetermined system for the writing of linguistic ‘ rules ’ . |
| 4 | As in woman-centred feminism generally , woman-centred psychology often defends itself as an effective , rather than a theoretically rigorous , means of resistance , and makes theory a utilitarian adjunct to this aim . |
| 5 | should we say , complaints of a casual nature , rather than a particularly serious nature ? |
| 6 | ‘ AN ADEQUATE rather than a particularly inspired Smiths single that still shreds the rest of the week 's pop dross . |
| 7 | One suspects that the ‘ old ’ Banks might have put Prentice in the arms of a real aunt , rather than a politely honoured friend of the family , and there are fewer than usual Gothic touches . |
| 8 | True proportions are denied in favour of an intuitive rather than a rigorously intellectual style . |
| 9 | Usually only a small number of different operation code field sizes are used , rather than a completely variable field size . |
| 10 | However , in the pond , the aim to produce clean , algae-free water rather than a completely sterile , bacteria-free environment . |
| 11 | We can develop a proactive rather than a simply reactive approach to the development of IT resources . |
| 12 | I say a reasonably just society , rather than a reasonably just law , for consent to obey the law expresses an attitude not to the law but to the society whose law it is . |
| 13 | In other words — in , to be precise , the words of the public relations bureau of the Cucumber and Tomato Marketing Board — the tomato which commands the highest price is an all-purpose ( or is it non-purpose ? ) product ; " not every mouth " and I quote " can afford to choose caviare instead of kippers or an aristocratic difficult low yielding variety of tomato rather than a less fastidious tomato with a heavy yield . " |
| 14 | Sex differences themselves are frequently seen as a nuisance , rather than a potentially interesting topic . |
| 15 | He saw the opportunity to play the peace card and the moderate rearmament card at the same time , fortified by the prospect that in times of trouble the public would prefer to vote for an established Government rather than a peculiarly unknown opposition . |
| 16 | Some sources have a subtle rather than a very strong and obvious bias . |
| 17 | A tube 's output is governed by its length , so if you need bright illumination ( perhaps for marines , or a deep , planted tank ) you need extra lights , rather than a more powerful tube . |
| 18 | Both Marryat and O'Brian chose to write historical adventure rather than a more sober kind of historical fiction because of an abiding interest in human nature . |
| 19 | The monthly fall , which after seasonal adjustments was 0.8pc , confirmed the previous month 's record drop was due to a distortion rather than a more general malaise . |
| 20 | The choice of 1985/6 , rather than a more recent period , is deliberate , since the comparisons over time made later in this chapter would be precluded by the discontinuity introduced for 1986/7 , through the dismantling of the major Metropolitan Authorities , such as the GLC . |
| 21 | Who does that rather rigid policy secure the right balance , rather than a more sophisticated policy that could be sensitive to the competing merits of predictability and flexibility case by case ? |
| 22 | Try to provide just a welcome pat when you return home or first thing in the morning , rather than a more exuberant greeting . |
| 23 | For these to be useful to schools , teachers need to find economical ways of distinguishing authorised from unauthorised absence , of distinguishing ‘ real ’ from condoned absence and to look for patterns of absence taking actual pupils as the starting point rather than a more generalised attendance rate . |
| 24 | Assuming that this ( rather than a purely descriptive correlational approach ) characterizes our general orientation , we turn in chapters 6 and 7 to look at principles of handling linguistic variables . |
| 25 | If talking Patois is best analysed as a social activity rather than a purely informational one , then the narratives by Susan and Stephen can be said to be exceptional in that they do not involve any other participants from the same speech community . |
| 26 | The law and procedure of his court have an international rather than a purely English character ; it administers a law which is to be found in the medieval maritime codes , such as the Laws of Oleron and the so-called Law of Rhodes ; in the background , as a supplementary law , is the Civil or Roman law . |
| 27 | Today we use the word ‘ meditation ’ quite differently : in Hilton 's time it meant study rather than a purely contemplative exercise . |
| 28 | The presence of springs and these finds appear to suggest the centre of a healing cult , rather than a purely domestic villa . |
| 29 | They also desired to emulate that other class for whom time and birth had provided legitimacy , and for whom wealth appeared as a natural attribute rather than a possibly transient accretion . |
| 30 | Thus they are a fraction of the ruling class in the sense both that they belong integrally to it , directly serving the dominant social order , and that they are a coherent division of it , defined by the values of a specific higher education : the possession of a general , rather than a merely national and class-bound , culture ; and the practice of specific intellectual and professional skills . |