Example sentences of "he [verb] rather [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , where the tenant is likely to give discounts to certain customers ( eg those who pay by credit card , or employees ) , or where he is likely to have sales or special offers , his advisers should attempt to ensure that it is the amount he receives rather than the full retail price which is to be included in the calculation of turnover . |
| 2 | Will he commission a report to consider in detail and with expertise the fluctuations to which he referred rather than , as he has , jumping to his own conclusions about why such fluctuations should exist ? |
| 3 | It was there as confirmation of the course he sailed rather than as an ever-present guide , as were the slowly changing figures on the Loran 's small screen on the bulkhead beside the companionway . |
| 4 | The person who no longer believes will blame what he believed rather than the way he believed , and the rationalization this involves means that the chances of his reconsidering belief in the future are greatly diminished . |
| 5 | He sighed rather when he opened Dora 's Dolls ' House . |
| 6 | He lengthened rather than quickened his pace — difficult to detect from behind — stepped into the alley and sprinted as hard as he could . |
| 7 | I hated it when he bribed rather than tipped , left without saying goodbye or arrived without saying hello , all perfectly acceptable in his world , but not in mine . |
| 8 | Sometimes I thought that what was so outstanding was how he taught rather than what he taught , but then one realised that the two were inseparable in their effect , that this was the quality of the medium who spoke to each one of us who was present but who did not selfishly intervene . |
| 9 | It was the questions he implied rather than their apparently subjectivist formulation that ensured his place in current history . |
| 10 | Then the influence that he exercised rather than his generosity , became the talk of the town . |
| 11 | He felt rather than saw the two girls glance at him appraisingly but took no notice . |
| 12 | His voice softened when he saw her reaction and became more confident , as though he could now say what he wanted rather than what he ought to say . |