Example sentences of "rather [conj] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incongruities and idiosyncrasies were seen as strengths not as weaknesses , as indicators of a capacity for quiet change rather than as evidence of a tendency towards obfuscation . |
| 2 | And yet the stance of Quebec nationalism is that of a people in headlong retreat before historical forces which threaten to overwhelm it ; a movement whose very advances are viewed in terms of potential weakness rather than as success . |
| 3 | Shakespeare gets a fair crack of the whip , but as text samples to be read , examined closely , and evaluated , rather than as monolith . |
| 4 | If proven that it constitutes Treasure Trove ( i.e. it was buried with the intention of later removal , rather than as part of a funerary burial ) , it is most likely to be retained by the Crown for the British Museum and the finder paid a sum equal to the market value of what is retained . |
| 5 | In public law , on the other hand , rules of standing are seen as rules about entitlement to complain of a wrong rather than as part of the definition of the wrong . |
| 6 | There was , however , overlap between the Stanley connection and the royal household , which confirms that the Stanleys were seen as part of the royal affinity rather than as part of Gloucester 's . |
| 7 | ‘ DBS was planned in terms of an economic competition with other European or American projects rather than as part of a communications policy : the problem was approached with a concern with the conduits not with the programmes , with the technologies involved , not with the services . |
| 8 | We consider that tribunals should properly be regarded as machinery provided by Parliament for adjudication rather than as part of the machinery for administration . |
| 9 | In such definitions , ‘ race ’ is still conceived as a false representation of reality rather than as part of the process of constructing an operative symbolic and social reality : literally , a common sense . |
| 10 | Equally , local training events for church musicians or workshops in the use of ‘ renewal music ’ are likely to receive their support from people who have an interest in them , rather than as part of a co-ordinated pattern of training for parish organists or directors of music . |
| 11 | The fact of class conflict is not denied , but is seen as only one of several sources of conflict within society ; and perhaps most crucially of all , the stratificationalist approach to class is unlike the Marxist approach in that it is used in a fairly ad hoc way as an analytic tool , rather than as part of an integrated sociohistorical theory . |
| 12 | When pupils return to school from the Delphi unit it is because the pupils themselves wish to ( in Roger 's words ‘ the problem solves itself ’ ) or because the staff are anxious to ‘ relieve the pressure ’ in the unit rather than as part of a scheduled policy of reintegration . |
| 13 | On the contrary , features and limbs are perceived in isolation without relation , as fragments rather than as part of a totality . |
| 14 | Some changes in practice , and in ways of delivering services , did take place , but usually as the result of initiatives by individual social workers or managers rather than as part of an overall department plan . |
| 15 | There was , however , overlap between the Stanley connection and the royal household , which confirms that the Stanleys were seen as part of the royal affinity rather than as part of Gloucester 's . |
| 16 | Well I I do think that varies and I think there is some excellent practice in many schools with teachers who are both very good at doing this sort of thing and put great value by it erm perhaps in their individual style , rather than as part of the curriculum erm but certainly there does seem to be a lack of awareness , and certainly where it comes to providing the funding for that , to bring into the school curriculum the sort of understanding about human development and erm aspects of emotional life which affect all of us throughout our life experience and affect our ability to perhaps erm enter into erm adult life with the sort of confidence and erm capacity for developing our potential that we would like all of our coming generation to be able to have . |
| 17 | The emphasis is ours , bewildered by the way in which the Times adduces such facts as evidence of how ‘ people from a humble background ’ can progress in modern Britain , rather than as proof of the persistent importance of inheritance and class . |
| 18 | The mark-up acts in this respect like an excise tax T x , and the fact that the monopoly profit accrues to entrepreneurs , rather than as revenue to the government , does not make any difference in view of the assumption about the demand side . |
| 19 | Since the main function of bone collecting by porcupines seems to keep their incisors in good condition rather than as food , it does not seem likely that small mammal bone could serve any useful purpose from the porcupine 's point of view . |
| 20 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |