Example sentences of "rather [conj] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Poor Law had been designed to prevent rather than to relieve unemployment and relatively few ‘ able-bodied ’ men had ever resorted to it . |
| 2 | For decades the main aim of every enterprise was to meet or exceed government-set output targets rather than to improve production methods . |
| 3 | These development controls do give the planners an influential role in local development , even though the powers are mainly negative , comprising the ability to refuse rather than to initiate development . |
| 4 | The point is that financial management in the 1990s requires librarians ( and all other service managers ) to provide a justification for funding bids , rather than to expect money to be granted as of right . |
| 5 | His legislation , however , was designed to provide the conditions in which self-help and independence could be attained rather than to redistribute wealth and opportunities from rich to poor . |
| 6 | In 1859 , when the Origin of Species had come out , the evidence from fossils was suggestive but very incomplete : geologists had sought to characterize strata by their fossils rather than to follow family trees through from early times to the present . |
| 7 | For example , the days of dull , impenetrable forms that seemed designed to obscure rather than to convey information are passing . |
| 8 | Their aim is to provoke change rather than to enhance awareness . |
| 9 | The principal objective of the system of supervision with the Appointed Actuary is to give emphasis to the importance of providing fair value for consumers of life assurance products and ensuring their security , rather than to provide protection for the insurance company . |
| 10 | Over the years , sensitive tutor-organisers , with the personality to work harmoniously with Federation and branch officers , have consistently been able to promote rather than to threaten voluntaryism . |
| 11 | The need for some form of state regulation to mitigate the worst consequences of economic and social arrangements is accepted ; for example , income distribution policies aim to reduce poverty rather than to achieve equality . |
| 12 | He wrote recently in the GEC Journal of Science and Technology : ‘ It can be demonstrated that it is significantly cheaper to store fuel for medium to long periods and then to commit it directly to a geological repository , rather than to commit fuel to the reprocessing cycle . ’ |
| 13 | Which shows that perhaps a misindica In this situation perhaps the men are seeking agreement rather than the women are , because the women seem to be doing it to actually show concern , rather than to seek agreement , which does n't Turns a lot of the traditional thing about tag questions on it head . |