Example sentences of "rather [conj] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than taking the piece as a whole she broke it down into smaller parts and then worked on them with separate hands and at varied rhythms . |
| 2 | Driving yourself to the Alps rather than taking the tour operator 's flight has a lot of attractions . |
| 3 | It 's easiest to stay on this path rather than taking the more obvious route up the side of the burn . |
| 4 | Millward Brown use their own proprietary system of analysis — a form of mathematical modelling — to translate the data for each individual brand into a so-called ‘ awareness index ’ ; and many of their clients have fallen into the tempting habit of using this single number as a measure of the effectiveness of a commercial or campaign , rather than taking the trouble to make a more detailed study of the data underlying the index . |
| 5 | By the 1930s , when the problems of dialogue recording made it easier to bring the world into the studio rather than taking the camera to the world ( whereas in the pre-sound 1920s it was fine control of lighting that favoured studio shooting ) , moving images — then and now called ‘ plates ’ — could be projected behind the action and foreground props or sets , provided the camera and projector were ( as in the step-printer already discussed ) exactly synchronized . |
| 6 | Perhaps that role for the Scottish TUCC is being rejected because on many occasions it has been reactive rather than taking the initiative . |
| 7 | Man will voluntarily integrate his own goals with those of the organization if management works on the assumption not that people dislike work , prefer being directed rather than taking the initiative and respond only to material rewards or threats and sanctions ; but that they have needs for autonomy and independence which must be satisfied through structures of authority that allow self-motivation and self-control . |
| 8 | On 9 November , the Murder ( Abolition of Death Penalty ) Act 1965 came into effect , suspending rather than abolishing the death penalty for those categories of murder that had been capital . |
| 9 | This is what I call the strategy of non-decision , the decision that we will do nothing , that we wo n't harass the child , that we will give the child time to relax and move at his own pace , rather than determining the pace that we feel the child ought to be following . |
| 10 | Rather than sending the children out when the adults want to talk , it may be that a neighbour could make sure to include them in an outing to give the child time to talk to them . |
| 11 | A user will be presented with the option of saving as a PDF file rather than sending the document to the printer . |
| 12 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |
| 13 | You should encourage the puppy to go outside to relieve itself , however , whenever you are present , rather than using the dirt-box . |
| 14 | When asked about supplying the local community rather than using the supermarket infrastructure . |
| 15 | The workshop on lnternationalism although ’ boasting ’ an array of speakers , was then hijacked by participants selling their campaigns , rather than using the information to broaden perspectives . |
| 16 | With this in mind , a less visually seductive format might well have allowed a more readily comprehensible layout ; serious readers do not object to all illustrations being bound together rather than fragmenting the text in this way . |
| 17 | Rather than overcrowding the wallspace with closely packed displays which can result in visual muddle , it is more striking to have fewer , more defined displays that are changed quite frequently to stimulate and maintain interest . |
| 18 | The two venues held exhibitions simultaneously rather than touring the show . |
| 19 | Shouting at the two children talking when they should n't during assembly rather than praising the other two hundred for sitting quietly is typical of a pre-occupation with failure . |
| 20 | All of which is a roundabout way of saying that what matters in this world is asking the right questions , rather than knowing the right answers . |
| 21 | Regarding the second theme , market liberals concur with radical liberals like Illich that professionals and bureaucrats tend to promote their own interests rather than meeting the needs of their clients . |
| 22 | Rather than accepting the idea of a new world order based on the community of nations as expressed through the United Nations , security is to be expressed through a series of Western- dominated collective security structures . |
| 23 | The response of the social services to poor standards of parenting should be the provision of more supportive services to enable natural families to cope better , rather than facilitating the removal of children to substitute care and the ultimate separation of adoption . |
| 24 | The position may , however , be resolved in another way by allowing individuals the right to opt out , rather than requiring the relevant organisation to obtain specific permission from the person on the list first . |
| 25 | As legal aid is available for appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal , the applicant has a chance of pursuing his unfair dismissal claim rather than facing the prospect of bringing a negligence action against the adviser . |
| 26 | Rather than regarding the relationship as essentially adversarial , as did many observers twenty years ago , the issue is now one of searching for ways to allow the two parties to co-operate to promote their mutual interests . |
| 27 | Occasionally Curry used panto dame slapstick , rather than emulating the sophistication of a wealthy millionaire widow fresh from Brazil ‘ where the nuts come from ’ , portrayed sympathetically by Gabrielle Drake . |
| 28 | Trust that whatever happens is right for you , rather than wanting the experience to conform to your expectations . |
| 29 | As Cooper implied , a tutor-organiser 's success in encouraging rather than destroying the voluntary movement is largely , matter of degree — of knowing how much to do to advance the WEA here and there , while leaving as much as possible to the voluntary members . |
| 30 | Rather than destroying the original trace , it is argued , the effect of the ECS is to make retrieval more difficult . |