Example sentences of "rather [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholas Winterton , who is planning to abstain in next week 's vote , described it as a short-term fix rather than a long-term solution . |
| 2 | In the late seventies there was a great deal of fearful speculation that Soviet oil production would peak in 1980 and that the Communist bloc would soon become a net importer rather than a net exporter of oil . |
| 3 | Furthermore , costs in handling cargoes , the transfer complications brought about by different lock widths and the supplementary road haulage costs , however short the distances , mean that the simple ton-mile difference between quoted road and canal rates represents a gross rather than a net saving . |
| 4 | In her reply , Heim stresses the uncertainties of the case , and emphasises the possibility that Mr X 's apparent subnormality may have been linked to dyslexia , rather than a low IQ . |
| 5 | ‘ There were lots of reasons for choosing that race rather than a higher profile one . |
| 6 | Although his commitments and the size of his salary only allow him to pay the £15 monthly premium rather than a higher amount , he regards DOUBLE PAYMENT as a very low-cost way to both save the future and guarantee a large cash sum for his family if they have to claim . |
| 7 | In the private service sector , where trade unions are less active , temporary workers often do not receive the same level of fringe benefits as permanent workers ; and in some organisations and industries they are paid at a lower rate — for example the statutory minimum rather than a higher , collectively bargained rate — than are comparable permanent workers [ see Chapter 7 ] . |
| 8 | This achieves a delicate sheen rather than a strong lustre . |
| 9 | Utah and Nevada were up for grabs since the Turner-Harvest-Ramirez and US Cav joint action put the Western Maniax out of business , and Jazzbeaux thought the ‘ pomps could gain something from a quick fight rather than a long war . |
| 10 | If such a team is used the required man-hours can be optimised by using the Delphi method rather than a long series of group meetings . |
| 11 | However , this seemed to be more a short term way of preserving individual pride rather than a long term alternative : ultimately they wanted to enter mainstream society , have a job and ‘ settle down ’ . |
| 12 | In spite of these inconveniences , and their exploitation by British policy , it was the collapse of Spanish authority rather than a creole revolution which began the processes by which the Empire was destroyed . |
| 13 | Using a fake scent for the hounds to track rather than a live fox would take the blood out of this sport and opposition would cease . |
| 14 | If " Creole " is a second dialect rather than a second language , delaying its acquisition until adolescence will still have a limiting effect on how well it can be learned . |
| 15 | Flowering bulbs will last much longer in a cool room or position rather than a hot one . |
| 16 | However , they felt frustrated by teaching in a comprehensive school rather than a selective school and by what they saw as the poor quality of the pupils . |
| 17 | Increasingly , experts are seeing computer crime as a people rather than a technical problem . |
| 18 | However , as we have seen in Chapter 3 , clinical aromatherapy ( without the use of massage ) can work wonders if applied in a holistic rather than a symptomatic way . |
| 19 | The result therefore is a zero-sum rather than a positive-sum outcome . |
| 20 | What I 've put down here is the way you alter that simple description to give you a continuous weight rather than a binary weight . |
| 21 | Kazakhstan conceded the issue of federal taxation in June , however , and on July 25 the Russian Federation agreed that a fixed percentage of taxes raised from enterprises by the RSFSR government ( rather than a predetermined amount as earlier demanded ) would go to the union budget . |
| 22 | The response of the law-enforcement agencies is taken by some writers as further evidence that this violence against women is considered legitimate and that the state should , therefore , be considered a patriarchal institution rather than a neutral body . |
| 23 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 24 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 25 | Such integration may be seen as reinforcing an allegiant rather than a neutral or alienated orientation to the political system . |
| 26 | Tsunami is aggressively priced at $179 apiece in quantities of 10,000 and will be freely available to all comers rather than a proprietary Sun technology . |
| 27 | Throughout its inter-war history , the Conservative Party owed a great deal to Stanley Baldwin who , as Middlemass and Barnes have suggested , was a political giant rather than a political pigmy . |
| 28 | ‘ The world crisis is thus in my view basically a moral rather than a political or economic crisis . ’ |
| 29 | He considered that it was his primary duty to be a divine and theologian rather than a political bishop . |
| 30 | He said that in 1975 we had a referendum in which it was suggested that it was an economic and trade rather than a political matter . |