Example sentences of "rather [conj] [verb] another " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I lost a temporary job in a local Traffic Office , I packed my things rather than face another bleak winter and with seven shillings and sixpence in my pocket I went to some friends in south-east London . |
| 2 | InterCity had to solve the problem of getting its passengers from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury and chose to do so by hiring a bus rather than paying another railway sector to do the job . |
| 3 | Mungo wanted to ask about the dead girl , but rather than risk another deep frost , he said : |
| 4 | Taking the election results as his guide , he should decide on a step-by-step approach , building on the fragile trust that does exist rather than risk another failure . |
| 5 | Several of them thereupon left their carriages and placed their heads on the rails vowing that , rather than allow another train to pass by they would sacrifice their lives . |
| 6 | Although certain qualifications will need to be made to this picture , it seems best to think in terms of a basic two-party system , with certain exceptions , rather than seek another explanatory model for political conflict under William and Anne . |
| 7 | EUP is planning to consolidate its current output rather than launching another major expansion , but there is no lack of challenge in David Martin 's job . |