Example sentences of "but rather [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far better , then , not to plant the worthless white mulberry , but rather to take the king 's money and plant instead the almost identical black mulberry , Morus nigra , which since Roman times had borne delicious crops of long , purple fruit . |
| 2 | The Guidelines issued by SCOTVEC to panel members explained that the main purpose of a validation event was not to scrutinise in detail the documentation but rather to use the information provided to enable an informed discussion about the proposal to take place . |
| 3 | If this interpretation is correct , curriculum managers who wish to manage the curriculum in the sense of modifying it so that it is better adapted to the needs of real children and a real society , will be best advised not simply to resist and criticise , but rather to use the power that many people at all levels of the system actually have . |
| 4 | Such anecdotes can not be a basis for generalisation , but rather illustrated the response of particular children to their own improved or deteriorating vision . |
| 5 | The " ontological " version , as we saw , involves an assumption that existential propositions , in the final analysis , can be reproduced in terms of propositions that do not explicitly assert but rather presuppose the existence of certain ontological objects . |
| 6 | My purpose in this series , however , is not to write about specialised shots , but rather to put the spotlight on faulty shots , and explain how to overcome them . |
| 7 | Todd 's work was not introduced here to present his conclusions as uncontestable ‘ facts ’ — for there is much to debate regarding the nature of his sweeping generalizations — but rather to illustrate the importance of aspects of diversity which are not directly linked to either or both of the physical environment and the world of work . |
| 8 | Less costly , but not entirely satisfactory , is the practice of making every fourth tankful leaded petrol , which protects the valve seats but rather defeats the object . |
| 9 | So sometimes they-will not carry-out the work themselves , but rather drive the car to a specialist centre and charge for the time . |
| 10 | Thus the shipyards were not ‘ location ally concentrated ’ when they were part of a nationalized structure , but rather represented an example of the ‘ cloning branch plant spatial structure ’ in which there is a separation between head office administration and control and branch administration and control . |
| 11 | In practice , the courts do not like to rely on unreasonableness alone but rather to base the decision on the fact that irrelevant considerations have been taken into account , etc. ( see Bromley London B.C. v. GLC ( H.L. , 1983 ) . |
| 12 | Not to encroach upon this paper 's wonderful racing pages but rather to hymn the beauty of the noble steeds . |
| 13 | We teach a subject not to produce little living libraries on that subject , but rather to get a student to think mathematically for himself , to consider matters as an historian does , to take part in the process of knowledge-getting . |
| 14 | Rather , ‘ the Museum does not intend to sponsor a particular aspect of modern art , but rather to make a report to the public by offering material for study and comparison ’ . |
| 15 | In Indonesia , Gabon and Syria LASMO has no ownership interest in oil and gas reserves , but rather has the right to receive production and/or revenues from the sale of oil , condensate , gas , liquefied natural gas and petroleum gas in accordance with PSCs and other agreements . |
| 16 | However , the controversy obscured the clear military fact that Operation ‘ Apache Snow ’ was not intended to hold territory , but rather to keep the NVA occupied and thereby prevent it moving into the coastal provinces . |
| 17 | They have often not promoted the idea that human nature is basically sound if encouraged , but rather emphasized the need for a concept of divine grace . |
| 18 | Here , Valium was prescribed not to substitute heroin as such , but rather to help the user overcome problems related to withdrawal , principally sleeplessness . |
| 19 | Consequently , Jessop argues , the extension of the welfare state had no effects on deprivation but rather encouraged the politicisation of various groups in urban areas , for example squatters , tenants ' rights and welfare rights groups . |
| 20 | Exclusive possession as a concept for identifying tenancies does not drive a coach and horses through the Rent Acts but rather puts the cart before the horse : a phrase used to describe the collective rights of the tenant is inappropriate as a test of whether a tenancy has in fact been created . |
| 21 | However , we had previously shown that a 2.3kb HNF-L promoter fragment linked to the Thy-1 gene was not expressed early in development , but rather mimicked the expression pattern of the Thy-1 gene ( 28 ) . |