Example sentences of "rather [subord] have [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I figured that rather than have a tape and a black and white photo , I would have a CD that would be in colour . |
| 2 | It is better to take this decision at the outset rather than have a poorly planned attempt backfire on the parents . |
| 3 | Better to have it from someone you know and respect , rather than have a customer complain . |
| 4 | If you would prefer to renew your licence starting a new period , rather than have a duplicate or replacement showing the same period as the original licence , you may do so on payment of the full licence fee . |
| 5 | Roosevelt objected to these rules , which limited his powers in foreign policy , but he accepted them rather than have a battle with Congress . |
| 6 | In terms of legislative proposals , lobbying the assembly is more important in the United States , especially for groups wishing to exercise a negative or veto power to stop a proposal rather than have a new proposal passed . |
| 7 | Trusts within this locality , er are , a little bit further afield than , than , are actually looking a towards Patient Focused Hospitals , where in actual fact everything , every , every treatment a patient is dealt with on the ward , rather than have a skilled nurse undertaking part of the treatment , there will be multi-skilling so er the member of staff will be multi-skilled to perform almost every single aspect of erm care directly on a ward . |
| 8 | But on the other hand we thought I suppose oh good riddance you know er rather than have a few er namby-pamby people you know sitting on the fence , we might be better off without them . |
| 9 | In my professional view , cos if the new settlement has to be in is ch is i has to be within the greenbelt then it 's better to go for peripheral development rather than have a new settlement in the first place . |
| 10 | So what you need to do is rather than have a big block of writing okay which is going to look not really in the format of this kind of newspaper is it ? what you tend to get in the tabloids is loads of these little ones . |
| 11 | Rather than have a set of isolated jigsaw pieces we are now able to start putting them together . ’ |
| 12 | Well I said you 're going towards Hollyhead I 'm going towards North Wales why not en-route let's find somewhere and stop and have a meal there , rather than have a meal in Chorley and have to drive all the way down . |
| 13 | The stimulus in the 1930s was , again , the cinema ; for patent reasons , some studios preferred to distribute their films with separate disc soundtracks , rather than have the sound printed optically on the film itself . |
| 14 | I think perhaps the most important thing is that voluntary agencies should do what they believe is right , and not allow their own objectives to be distorted , simply because a , of particular flavours , which is why I 'm saying let us grab the agenda and write the agenda , rather than have the agenda set for us by other people . |
| 15 | Will you agree that we do that , rather than have the same thing coming up time after time . |
| 16 | He took some time because he jacked up the chair on books to make good the missing leg , rather than have an unsuspecting colleague collapse . |