Example sentences of "rather than [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nature rarely operates in straight lines , and these should be confined to the boundaries of the garden — bamboo screens , pantiled walls — rather than intrude into the garden itself . |
| 2 | They too have children , with similar needs , but they are allocated much less because , rather than staying on the dole , their parents wished to return to college and get qualifications to get them back into work . |
| 3 | Fortunately rather than staying in the main house , she was able to stay with her sister Jane and husband Robert who , as he was a member of the royal Household , enjoyed a grace and favour cottage on the estate . |
| 4 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 5 | Mind you , this is not quite as unsatisfactory as the ‘ Piano Quartet ’ set where it would have been just possible to confine Op. 26 and Op. 60 to the second disc , rather than breaking after the magical slow movement of the earlier of these two works . |
| 6 | President Jesse Jackson 's reforming US administration offered encouragement rather than sending in the marines . |
| 7 | She 's all grey , rather than freckled at the moment , but this chick is still something very special to staff at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust . |
| 8 | At all times one is aware that the artist is also a composer — the conviction with which she untangles some of the more complicated , almost obscure pieces , has an unquestionable authority ( the enormous B flat minor Fugue from Book Two instantly comes to mind in this connection ) , whilst the famous pieces are often presented in a totally different manner — the A minor Prelude and Fugue ( Book One ) will surprise many as the Prelude is fearful and serious ( rather than light with the usual staccato touches ) , whilst the Fugue has clipped articulation at the end of each subject entry . |
| 9 | If in doubt , it is always better to go out slightly under powered and be able to get back , rather than struggle from the outset . |
| 10 | Instead , they want to waste the next decade poring over the details of economic and monetary union rather than dealing with the real issues confronting Europe . |
| 11 | It has also concentrated on recording policy making rather than dealing with the voluminous series of ‘ particular instance papers ’ ( pension records , social benefit files , medical disability records , etc ) which form the basis of much quantitative social science research . |
| 12 | I do not know what the hon. Gentleman means , but I regret that , as ever — and typically of Labour Members — the hon. Gentleman seems to glory in gloom and despondency in identifying the more negative aspects of things , rather than looking at the positive . |
| 13 | Because of the changed security situation and that type of er conflict not being envisaged in the same way now , what we felt was important was to be able to operate er apart from main operating bases , but also from sort of general purpose erm strips , flying clubs and those type of smaller airfields and therefore rather than looking at the damaged runway situation , we looked at the smaller strips and took a length that we could sensibly operate from erm and took that as the yardstick but clearly notwithstanding that , there is the prospect of damaged runways and therefore the slight relaxation would also apply to damaged runways but perhaps damaged to a lesser extent . |
| 14 | Rather than looking at the proposal we decided that it was so that 's what we did really and that 's why , if you have a look down there right , so all we 're doing then we 're working through the resources and allocating them room numbers erm and then when that 's done so that 's what we did for each of the little rooms . |
| 15 | ‘ She wanted to be doing things like playing on her home computer rather than looking after the rest of the family . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman should perhaps concentrate on feeding his sheep rather than intervene in the debate at this stage . |
| 17 | To treat it separately would be to risk giving rise to the misconception that it should be separately timetabled , taught and assessed , rather than integrated in the speaking , listening , reading and writing activities of any English lesson . |
| 18 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 19 | It might be easier if we all presented a resume of ourselves rather than waited for the questions ! |
| 20 | When painting during redecorating , I 've sometimes had to remove a telephone cable and staples from the skirting , to make a neat job of it , rather than paint over the cable . |
| 21 | If resources are to be used to increase pensions , should they not be used to target those in greatest need , rather than spreading across the board and benefiting both rich and poor ? |
| 22 | Such macho tendencies are potentially limiting , rather than enriching for the boys who read such stories , and serve to perpetuate the myth of the ‘ boys do n't cry ’ syndrome . |
| 23 | Another American firm , McDonnell Douglas , has a smaller product range , and by the mid-1980s was wondering whether to get out of the industry entirely rather than compete in the next generation of civil airliners . |
| 24 | The proportion of responders achieving independence from parents rose with age and suggests that independence is delayed rather than prevented by the presence of cystic fibrosis . |
| 25 | The Maccabees fought rather than acquiesce in the placing of a statue of Zeus in the Temple . |
| 26 | Caught between the preaching of the Roman catholic clergy and appeals from protestants and liberal Roman catholics — including Dr FitzGerald — not to constitutionalize the issue , it would appear that many voters simply stayed away rather than vote against the proposal . |
| 27 | Any chance of a Government defeat when the white paper is debated in the Commons on Monday has now been averted with even the majority of hardcore rebels threatening to abstain rather than vote against the Government . |
| 28 | All right then — ’ he edged closer so that he was whispering rather than shouting over the juke-box ‘ — here 's the nastiest rumour I 've ever heard about Steenie — really nasty rumour . |
| 29 | If you are a well-known personality , attractive looking and charming , you will find your task much easier : people tend to respond to such individuals rather than reacting to the content of their message . |
| 30 | Indeed one of them would insist on crossing the road rather than walk past the animal . |