Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] rather [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These perceptions and feelings were to be examined qualitatively rather than by means of any standardised measures , since it was felt that such complex issues could not be ( or had never successfully been ) encapsulated in a standardised scale . |
| 2 | The steeplechase course at Auteuil is a far cry from Newbury or Cheltenham , and the runners in the four-mile Grand Steeplechase have to negotiate a bewildering variety of obstacles : some of the fences are soft privet , to be jumped through rather than over ; there are two natural brooks , including the Rivière de la Tribune — four metres of water preceded by a hedge one metre high and one metre wide ; and then there is Le Bullfinch , a rail , ditch and fence on top of a stone wall . |
| 3 | Since atmospheric perspective is disregarded also , the furthest buildings appear to be placed above rather than behind the ones in the foreground . |
| 4 | Although it sought to make schools accessible , it also held that attendance at them should be voluntary , that pupils should pay for the instruction they received , that public education should be developed gradually rather than immediately , and that , although schools would still be run by different agencies , societies and private individuals , they should teach the same things and be managed identically . |
| 5 | I hope it can be resolved sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 6 | It is an achievement to be built on rather than despised or disregarded . |
| 7 | Above everything , the view and the aim has to be looking outward rather than inward . |
| 8 | Much more cost effective is n't it if things to be done once rather than have to do reading them two or three times and generally the reason that things are repeated a number of times is that perhaps people are not really quite sure or not that that are systems , yet productivity the better trained people are people who can do things , get it right the first time and they can do more work ca n't they than somebody else you are not having to pick it up as the manager responsible and put mistakes right . |
| 9 | Maybe it could be done monthly rather than the punishingly weekly ? |
| 10 | Finally , it assumes that self development needs to be done deliberately rather than left to chance . |
| 11 | In 1856 the one sign he gave that peasants might be freed sooner rather than later was the suspension , in July , of the existing rules for recruitment into the army . |
| 12 | Retirement continued to be good … the mind is completely empty of all great thoughts , forward plans , deadlines to be met yesterday rather than today ! |
| 13 | At the same time , this point of difficulty , like the difficulty surrounding value , needs to be thought through rather than thought around , complimented and qualified by ethnography rather than simply disqualified by it . |
| 14 | Well I I prefer to be employed right rather than |
| 15 | If a number of people are present , invitations to summarize can be shared around rather than becoming the prerogative of one person . |
| 16 | The money could be allocated openly rather than through ‘ hidden tax in the form of food prices which hit hardest those least able to pay ’ . |
| 17 | We must all hope fervently that a peaceful solution will be found sooner rather than later , that lives will be saved and that great cities such as Dubrovnik do not fall to be perished , as others have . |
| 18 | He decided that temptation would have to be removed later rather than sooner . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , it is accepted that , appearing as they do in a penal statute , they fall to be construed narrowly rather than widely . |
| 20 | It is probably a minority of medieval antifeminist writing that was meant to be taken literally rather than metaphorically ; even Jerome 's model diatribe was a rhetorical exercise designed for the refutation of Jovinianus and the assertion of the value of celibacy . |
| 21 | People with less advanced HIV-related illness may tolerate zidovudine better than people with AIDS , so treatment should be started earlier rather than later . |
| 22 | The Senate , reduced from 114 to 100 seats , was to be elected nationally rather than by departments ; each of the 32 departments would elect a minimum of two members of the House of Representatives , reduced from 199 to 160 seats , with further seats allotted to each department on the basis of population . |
| 23 | It needs to be planned ahead rather than squeezed . |
| 24 | In these models the economy is assumed to be adjusting continuously rather than moving in discrete jumps at intervals ( annual or quarterly ) corresponding to the available data . |
| 25 | In many cases , the pursuers will have proceeded this far on the basis of evidence ingathered before the Summons was served and if settlement can be achieved now rather than immediately before the Proof , significant savings in costs may be achieved . |
| 26 | The lexicon storage structure can be created dynamically rather than statically . |
| 27 | Standards are likely to be levelled up rather than down . |
| 28 | It seems likely that it will be administrated nationally rather than centrally . |