Example sentences of "rather [conj] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Education may enhance the ability to produce justifications , rather than eliminate racism tout court . |
| 2 | Some of the younger , more ‘ liberated ’ men did admit that women sometimes wanted to have sex rather than make love , but this was a fairly rare occurrence . |
| 3 | Rather than continue north , and being aware of the presence of high ground in the vicinity , the pilot elected to turn onto an easterly heading , and follow the A66 along the valley towards Penrith . |
| 4 | Carlson was aware of conflicting reports : that Bourbollon had been assassinated earlier in the day ; that he had committed suicide rather than face capture by freedom fighters . |
| 5 | These were quite large , and some prisoners chose to share with two others rather than face solitude . |
| 6 | When approached ‘ face to face ’ by a senior US officer , two rebel officers said they wanted General Noriega to retire within Panama , rather than face drug trafficking charges in the US . |
| 7 | You encourage them to turn to romance rather than face reality . |
| 8 | If , rather than face unemployment , you would at least be prepared to consider staying on with a reduced salary or a lower level of seniority , you should make that clear . |
| 9 | To conclude I think that we should go along rather than hope sort of an aspect of Conservative philosophy which is that people should be encouraged to earn money and they should be encouraged to save money and that therefore in this case this means proposing this Conservative motion , though I hope they will actually have the common sense to withdraw it . |
| 10 | When the effect of an additional task is to disrupt rather than facilitate performance then the two tasks are said to compete for the same " functional space " within the hemispheres . |
| 11 | Benzodiazepines are just one example of the many drugs which have proved over the years to cause rather than cure illness . |
| 12 | But a curious deterrence this , which aims to restrain states only to unleash peoples , to intensify rather than mitigate conflict and make the world safe for revolution rather than order . |
| 13 | For example , rather than cover item by item the information given to new residents and staff with questions such as ‘ Do you tell them where the post office/bed room/toilet/ etc is ? ’ , it was necessary to ask the broader question of ‘ What information is given to newcomers ? ’ , resulting in a discussion about an informative brochure that everybody received on arrival at the EPH . |
| 14 | BELOW Puppies will often relieve themselves more readily on an area of short grass , rather than bare concrete . |
| 15 | If the ’ prudence ’ concept is followed there should be a tendency to undervalue rather than overvalue stock in the building industry . |
| 16 | Even if we admit that an element of calculation usually enters into racist practices , rather than blind hatred , it is clear that this model ignores the deeper reaches of the racist imagination , the structures of feeling and phantasy which are embedded in even the most rationalized forms of racist argument and action . |
| 17 | As a result of these tendencies , the market structure of the eurobond market has generally been categorised as competitive — although such aspects as product differentiation , growth maximising strategies and the inability of a firm to gain infinite demand for its services if it sells at below market prices suggest imperfect rather than perfect competition ( firms do not compete on price alone ) . |
| 18 | In particular , it suggests that many of the explanations which children produce at school will be produced in response to the teacher 's test questions , and so will serve to display rather than transmit knowledge . |
| 19 | We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route . |
| 20 | As in the reign of Alexander II , repressive measures against rebellious students and outspoken journals tended to exacerbate rather than quell criticism . |
| 21 | On the one hand it led to the concept of art education rather than craft training , with the professor-student relationship substituted for that of the master-apprentice . |
| 22 | ‘ As a retailer , naturally I would prefer to see added value rather than price cutting , ’ she adds . |
| 23 | Rather than analyse speech mathematically it is possible to do much of the work electronically . |
| 24 | Because MPG6 attempts to meet rather than manage demand , both will be required . |
| 25 | Because MPG6 attempts to meet rather than manage demand , both will be required . |
| 26 | I suspect this is due to faster paper loading rather than print speed . |
| 27 | The fact that it was shown that corporal punishment in a school tended to exacerbate rather than diminish misbehaviour was the principal reason for reform . |
| 28 | Clearly the great advantage of thinking about your visual as well as your verbal behaviour is that you can choose visual behaviours which help rather than hinder progress towards your objective . |
| 29 | The data underline the fact that you are more likely to succeed with people if you think about your behaviour and select and use behaviours that help rather than hinder progress towards your objective . |
| 30 | Perhaps some Koi keepers still need to be convinced that they can add to the well-being of their beloved stock by removing pesticides , metals , and such horrors as chloroform from their water , but those who have invested in a tapwater filter , often cheap when compared to the value of their fish , have seen results that demonstrate , without any doubt , that there is much to be gained by permitting the fish to live in conditions which help rather than hinder heir survival . |