Example sentences of "rather [subord] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cost , not quality , ideology not competence , delivery for profit rather than service for people — those are the slogans that we have had from this regime . |
| 2 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 3 | It is best to use lime rather than cement for this type of infill |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Females tend to disperse themselves among the males but in cases where a male has an especially good territory a female may opt to breed with him even if he already has a mate , rather than go for one without . |
| 6 | Savile Row tailor R.J.W. Gieve suspects that it was an attitude born of the realization that the tailor would probably wait for his money rather than press for payment and jeopardize goodwill and the prospect of future orders . |
| 7 | Dressmakers who might prefer to sell a valuable piece of material rather than settle for the modest profit of making it into a dress . |
| 8 | Maybe because this is a personal mission rather than travel for its own sake , Naipaul is equally honest and painstaking in his analysis of other Indian issues . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And if the robot control function requires a signal filter , it would seem sensible to incorporate the filter block as part of the DSP recognition software rather than reach for discrete analogue components . |
| 13 | His front leg was paralysed from an old road accident , our vet guessed the owners had abandoned her rather than pay for the amputation . |
| 14 | But he says he 'll go to court rather than pay for the round which works out at £17.50 a measure . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 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 | If a firm expects to be rationed in the future in the goods market , it is more likely to increase its current sales rather than produce for inventories . |
| 19 | War may not be an overall preference ( Lenin was particularly fond of Clausewitz 's remark that the aggressor would prefer to walk in and occupy a foreign territory peacefully rather than fight for it ) ; but if it is the most effective way of achieving an aim , it is necessary to pursue it . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Other UN agencies started to throw money at the problems of the territories , for example both Unicef and UNDP provided money for activities selected and overseen by the Israeli authorities , thus — however innocent the intention — allowing aid to become an instrument of control rather than support for independent development . |
| 22 | Medieval man was not appreciative of antiquity or great art — so lack of wealth rather than concern for conservation is the reason for survival ; the same applies for any period . |
| 23 | However , imperfectly practised , this approach at least recognises that health care intervention must supplement that of the parents rather than substitute for it . |
| 24 | In rainy weather , they sometimes concentrate on the less nutritious foods rather than search for more fruit , but in fruiting trees seem not to pay much attention to other frugivores though they eat most , and that wastefully . |
| 25 | Friends believe he may take the post rather than wait for a by-election to resume his career . |
| 26 | We made the decision to go despite the lack of an organized UK presence — we are on-air with a new series running from January to March 1991 and we wanted to make contacts before then , rather than wait for MIP-TV to come around in April . |
| 27 | Rather than wait for a third guy , Lee sets his ball down quick and hits it . |
| 28 | It may happen sometimes that the patient may wish to end his life , rather than wait for death . |
| 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 | Ben and Elizabeth found themselves doing what many others did in a similar predicament — rather than wait for banns to be read , they married by licence . |