Example sentences of "rather [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Ladybird New Testament the story is similarly altered to include a dream rather than a vision : One day Peter went up on the roof of the house where he was staying in Joppa to pray . |
| 2 | Discussions of plays , for instance , can often be seen to be founded on the undeclared assumption that a dramatic figure represents a self ( rather than a vehicle for dramatic ideas ) . |
| 3 | For example , collocations extracted from the domain of Banking may be of little use when processing a medical report , since words like ’ charge ’ behave differently when used to describe a type of payment rather than a type of nurse . |
| 4 | It will be noticed that in all of this the term " correlate " is being used in a way consistent with our previous uses of " event " , " cause " , " condition " , " causal circumstance " , and " effect " : not for a type of thing , but for a thing itself , more particularly an individual property or set of such properties rather than a type . |
| 5 | To use the term " event " for a token rather than a type is ordinary . |
| 6 | She adopted a nurse role rather than a wife . |
| 7 | I mention these matters because they show that to accept the Woolwich principle in one or other of its forms would appear to involve a choice of what the law should be rather than a decision as to what it is . |
| 8 | On the other hand , and directly related to the latter , whereas in the known sector females were three times more likely to have been introduced to heroin by their partner rather than a friend , amongst the snowball females , just as many females were introduced by a friend as by a partner . |
| 9 | ‘ If it helps you make up your mind , Mrs Diamond , I should tell you that I 'm a friend of Heather 's rather than a friend of her family … if you see what I mean . ’ |
| 10 | Intimacy is a living experience , rather than a state which we can arrive at . |
| 11 | Taking controlled deep breaths will calm you down and get you into a more relaxed rhythm rather than a state of uncontrolled panic . |
| 12 | Therefore the lists of reasons below are merely an indication of the range , rather than a ranking . |
| 13 | It is regarded as an area of concern , rather than a school subject . |
| 14 | It is best lubricated with wax , rather than a water misting system . |
| 15 | The big difference of course between Designaknit Professional and a charting device , is that Designaknit Professional is a computer program rather than a knitting machine attachment . |
| 16 | What prompts a sanctioning rather than a compliance response is not who does the law enforcement so much as the sort of behaviour which is subject to control . |
| 17 | In caring for a doll or in constructing conversations between soft toys or puppets , children explore how it feels to be a parent rather than a child , a nurse rather than a patient , a teacher rather than a pupil . |
| 18 | It treats the elderly relative like a stray domestic animal , to be ‘ looked after ’ rather than ‘ cared for ’ , and ‘ offered a home ’ rather than a share in the life of the family , as someone who has something important to contribute . |
| 19 | Sometimes I think you 're an accountant rather than a copper . ’ |
| 20 | The English education system is a narrowing down , rather than a broadening out : disciplines outside one 's own are not looked upon as worthwhile or potentially interesting , but as completely outside one 's own sphere of practice ; subject specialization reveals ‘ difference from ’ rather than ‘ communality with ’ . |
| 21 | Jane saw her degree as a process of narrowing down , rather than a broadening out ; it shut out the creative , ‘ qualitative ’ aspect of her nature , and presented her with a set of rules and definitions which she had to conform to , or reject , but which she could not challenge . |
| 22 | In this sense , a physics degree can indeed be a narrowing down rather than a broadening out . |
| 23 | Their determination was to confront their oppressors and overturn their prerogatives rather than a sharing of power , even by mutual agreement . |
| 24 | On Jan. 28 Brooke stressed that " we are talking about a possibility rather than a probability " of talks . |
| 25 | If a Shusui 's Doitsu scales are going to turn greyish black , rather than a sky blue , or if a Kumonryu is going to lose all its black and turn into a valueless Doitsu Shiromuji , it will have done so in adolescence . |
| 26 | Action to deal with offenders was to be taken on a voluntary rather than a court basis where possible . |
| 27 | The inner city becomes a problem of space rather than a problem in space . |
| 28 | Any approach that makes doubt a problem of faith rather than a problem of knowledge is wrong . |
| 29 | Bilingual children should be considered an advantage in the classroom rather than a problem . |
| 30 | But if the cultural materialists tend to place a politics rather than a problem as the starting point of their enquiry , they do emphasize the deployment of specialized knowledges in the service of the popular political struggles of today . |