Example sentences of "rather than [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be easier if we all presented a resume of ourselves rather than waited for the questions ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The 15th was an obvious birdie hole but Wadkins thinned his drive and , after much deliberation , decided to lay up rather than go for the carry . |
| 4 | A statute of 1388 attempted to reinforce the Statute of Labourers , the measure enacted to control wages after the Black Death of 1348–49 , but attempts in 1389 to put it into practice showed that men were trying to shake off the stigma of villein tenure , even at the cost of taking a cash wage worth less in real terms than the combination of cash and food which they had been paid previously , insisting on working by the day rather than contracting for a yearly wage , and exploiting the possibility of alternative employment ( 65 , pp.92–5 ) . |
| 5 | Rather than achieving for the sheer stimulation , or intrinsic worth of the achievement , they are driven in a never-ending competition ‘ to be someone ’ . |
| 6 | Dressmakers who might prefer to sell a valuable piece of material rather than settle for the modest profit of making it into a dress . |
| 7 | The birds do n't help themselves because when they are frightened they fly into the air and circle around rather than head for the trees . |
| 8 | The West had now to adapt itself to a lengthy period of Cold War competition with the USSR rather than prepare for an imminent crisis . |
| 9 | You are to make yourself the master of a particular sub-topic or sub-sub-topic rather than prepare for the year 's examination in the whole subject . |
| 10 | Rather than striving for an impossible , and ultimately sterile , objectivity , scholars will increasingly need to follow Mary Louise Pratt 's example in admitting their own ideological commitments in order to promote the development of research . |
| 11 | When he hired a taxi to take her to Eastbourne for the day ( the same man who took a bus to the theatre , rather than pay for a cab ) she jumped out at the lights near Oval cricket ground because she was so disturbed by his erratic behaviour . |
| 12 | His front leg was paralysed from an old road accident , our vet guessed the owners had abandoned her rather than pay for the amputation . |
| 13 | But he says he 'll go to court rather than pay for the round which works out at £17.50 a measure . |
| 14 | Those who live near Yorke Square car park fear drivers will park around The Green and up the narrow nearby streets rather than pay for the car park . |
| 15 | This occurs when a firm continually has to ‘ look over its shoulder ’ and concentrate on short-term performance targets in order to try and maintain its share price , rather than planning for the future . |
| 16 | Rather than dying for a reason she does n't comprehend . ’ |
| 17 | There was a time , let it ever be remembered , only about 400 years ago , when our fathers were ruled over and tyrannised and when men like Calvin , Knox , Cranmer , Ridley and Latimer broke rather than bend for the Gospel and liberty . |
| 18 | Afterwards he 'd sworn he would prefer to see any child of his six foot under rather than taken for a nun . |
| 19 | Pregnant women whose babies are overdue may be better off being induced rather than waiting for a spontaneous birth . |
| 20 | Other recent flotations might just represent companies ' taking advantage of windows through which to de-gear , rather than waiting for the exits that offer the optimum long-term return . |
| 21 | Although enrolled student numbers increased during the period in all types of classes , membership of the WEA gradually declined , an indication perhaps that it was more for personal educational value rather than support for a wider social movement that adults attended District classes . |
| 22 | Amateurs wanted to get off to the country for the weekend rather than performing for the benefit of playing spectators . |
| 23 | Friends believe he may take the post rather than wait for a by-election to resume his career . |
| 24 | Rather than wait for a third guy , Lee sets his ball down quick and hits it . |
| 25 | How much better it is to remove trees carefully rather than wait for a gale to do it in an uncoordinated way . |
| 26 | It was a silent final , one of the decisive points being David Smith 's decision to quietly take an easy single at the fourth end rather than wait for a more decisive 2 at the later end . |
| 27 | Rather than wait for an employment appeal tribunal , they went on strike . |
| 28 | So also , where an impoverished family left their accommodation on receipt of a distress warrant for rent arrears rather than wait for an eviction order , they were held by the House of Lords to have become homeless intentionally and this encouraged local housing authorities to require such orders before accepting such homeless applicants . |
| 29 | Rather than wait for the release of the third cinema outing , Ocean have written an excellent multilevel extravaganza , incorporating and improving on existing styles from the other two RoboCop games . |
| 30 | Taylor wishes that in Sweden he had substituted the frustrated Gary Lineker with the pace of Tony Daley in the second match against France , rather than wait for the third and final game against Sweden to bring the curtain down on his captain 's international career . |