Example sentences of "rather [conj] provide a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the view of general manager Alan Sinclair , most agents in Britain lean too heavily towards the mass marketing of packages rather than providing a proper travel service . |
| 2 | Rather than providing a survey of English Literature , the ten units are aimed to guide students towards acquiring the linguistic and critical awareness which will enable them to read for pleasure , discuss and write about literature . |
| 3 | These are self-report inventories where the testee has the possibility of cheating in that he can respond with an answer which he considers will give him a good score rather than providing a completely truthful one . |
| 4 | Rather than providing a rounded history of the revolution , historians with libertarian sympathies have concentrated on various specific themes in the revolution . |
| 5 | Until recently the arts have placed too much emphasis on educating non-disabled people rather than providing a medium for communication with each other . |
| 6 | ‘ It would seem the people of Middlesbrough are about to lose a valuable free open space for the sake of an enterprise aimed primarily at commercial profit rather than providing a sports facility , ’ she said . |
| 7 | The whole process of review makes considerable demands ( Bell 1988:231 ) : the aim is to produce internal school development rather than to provide a mechanism for external accountability . |
| 8 | In these , interactive videodiscs have been commissioned to address a single , bespoke purpose rather than to provide a product speculatively for a wide range of possible customers . |
| 9 | Because tranquillisers simply mask symptoms rather than provide a cure , you may need to seek help to deal with the problem which caused you to need the tablets in the first place . |
| 10 | Nelson says he has striven to maintain that balance rather than provide a recording of the set pieces interspersed with insubstantial spoken passages . |
| 11 | Such a definition tries to indicate an approach , an attitude , rather than provide a litmus-paper test . |
| 12 | Although this subjectivity is not boundless , because of the audit function and accounting standards , nevertheless it can be used to distort accounting information rather than provide a ‘ truer ’ picture . |