Example sentences of "rather [conj] [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | To do the project justice and allow time for the respondents ' concerns to be dealt with , this amount of time is required rather than sending all surveys out in one block . |
| 2 | Rather than pile all the bodies into one large mass grave , Davis had had his men dig serried rows of shallow graves and lay the bodies into them as they were , without coffins , which would have taken far too long to make . |
| 3 | rather than walk all the way from Woolworths . |
| 4 | Can I make a suggestion rather than re-numbering all those , its going to be quite a long job , is that from what I can see at the moment there is no reason why that ca n't be added on as a last sentence to nine anyway , cause nine says you records the outcome of the enquiry , . |
| 5 | First , instead of the size of the pool being determined solely by the demands made upon it by the local authorities , the global sum to be spent on advanced further education would be determined by the AFEC in consultation with the DES after it received estimates of expenditure from the local authorities in respect of the provision of higher education within their boundaries , on the grounds that the local authority would behave more responsibly if it paid a proportion of the cost rather than reclaiming all of it from the pool . |
| 6 | Rather than waste all of the oak in the old days here have , have faced it |
| 7 | I mean rather than do all the photocopying or whatever . |
| 8 | That particular party broke up at five , and two guests were persuaded to go to bed rather than drive all the way back to West Meath . |
| 9 | Rather than explore all the possible pathways we need some method of ordering the search . |
| 10 | The aim was to confine attention to people who had frequent contact with the dementia sufferer , rather than interviewing all nearest relatives , who might or might not have contact with him or her . |
| 11 | Why do animals perform their restrained ritual contests rather than fighting all out straight away ? |