Example sentences of "rather [subord] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It called itself the European Parliamentary Assembly and symbolically arranged the seating of delegates by political affiliation rather than by nationality . |
| 2 | The other major problem is that many applications still refer to fonts by ID number rather than by name , Aldus PageMaker is an honourable exception . |
| 3 | Defamatory comment may not be actionable if it refers to people by class rather than by name . |
| 4 | Accordingly , it is suggested that the tenant will be better off if the rent is to be determined by arbitration rather than by expert . |
| 5 | At Morgan Stanley , Merrill Lynch and Salomon , some pay has started to arrive in the form of a firm 's stock rather than by cheque . |
| 6 | He proposed a constitutional system in which the executive and legislative branches of government would be totally separate , in which the executive would be headed by a president above party politics and in a position to represent national unity and the long-term national interest , and in which the prime minister and ministers would be appointed by this president rather than by parliament . |
| 7 | Whether or not patronage is used in a party political manner , the non-departmental sector nevertheless ‘ affords the opportunity for government by co-option rather than by election or by merit appointment ’ ( Hood , 1978 , p. 41 ) . |
| 8 | At an informal meeting in Apeldoorn , the Netherlands , on the weekend of Sept. 21-22 the 12 Finance Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) together with their central bank presidents made progress in negotiations on economic and monetary union ( EMU ) , agreeing that the decision on the start of " stage three " should be made by unanimous agreement of all 12 heads of state and government , rather than by majority decision . |
| 9 | Many more came into being simply by use rather than by calculation . |
| 10 | Would the existence of the quota scheme undermine the moral argument that disabled people deserve equal treatment and opportunity as of right rather than by concession ? |
| 11 | Er , and this is , as I said , er right at the beginning , the work organiser is a way of tracking information which is best tracked by subject or topic rather than by date . |
| 12 | It enables a person to achieve results which can be achieved only through an advance commitment to a whole series of actions , rather than by case to case examination . |
| 13 | Excavation , the unearthing , examination , and recording of archaeological sites , is most people 's idea of archaeology , despite the fact that in many countries far more valuable work is done by accurately locating and plotting unknown sites , rather than by excavation . |
| 14 | This exists primarily because of the government 's desire to finance a substantial part of its expenditure by cheap money rather than by taxation . |
| 15 | Wills III , despite his position in business and his status as Chancellor of the University , preferred to go to his office at night after his staff had gone home , and to give instructions in writing rather than by word of mouth . |
| 16 | But it stipulated that cabinet decisions should be taken by majority vote , rather than by consensus as the National Party wanted . |
| 17 | One canon stipulated that the parish clergy were to avoid discussing predestination in their sermons , and leave the topic to bishops , deacons , and ‘ learned men ’ , who would approach it ‘ moderately and modestly by way of use and application rather than by way of positive doctrine , as being [ more ] fitted for schools and universities than simple auditors ’ . |
| 18 | It is convenient first to consider a jurisdictional point raised by Mr. Beloff , who submitted that the only proper mode of challenge by the plaintiffs to the validity of the notice must be by way of judicial review against the Bank of England , rather than by way of an action against the defendants for injunctive relief , since in a normal case ( i.e. one without an injunction ) there would be no question of a customer having locus in any court other than by way of judicial review . |
| 19 | The strategic planning arrangements should be linked in some way to the arrangements for transport rather than by way of a Planning Commission or Joint arrangements . |
| 20 | All of note ( see ‘ Preview ’ in this issue ) : Philips 's ‘ Insignia ’ series , which repackages much that is available elsewhere but by artist , rather than by composer or theme . |
| 21 | ‘ It is because the bibliography of theses is organized by country of origin rather than by subject that they are not more widely used . ’ |
| 22 | The first area is one that was raised by me rather than by counsel . |
| 23 | Priorities in economic policy have changed ; growth becomes more important than redistribution of wealth , and growth is encouraged by deregulation of the economy rather than by state intervention . |
| 24 | The statutory framework for pension schemes in the UK is such that the actuary 's role is largely governed by the operation of Guidance Notes issued by the Institute and Faculty rather than by legislation and regulation . |
| 25 | Afterwards , Nathan Shamuyarira , the Foreign Minister and ZANU 's information and publicity secretary , and one of Mugabe 's strongest supporters , said that ZANU would continue to press for a formal one-party system , but by means of " intensive political mobilization " of the population rather than by legislation . |
| 26 | It does reinforce the need for detailed local statistics , with ethnicity recorded by personal report rather than by country of birth . |
| 27 | Questions of fairness of the procedure will be decided by interpreting the contract rather than by reference to an external standard . |
| 28 | The loss of division potential with age in cultures of mammalian cells is caused by specific mechanisms preventing proliferation in differentiated cells , rather than by accumulation of mutations . |
| 29 | Maybe they too are rational rather than irrational , morally disreputable rather than organically abnormal , overwhelmed by adversity rather than by wickedness . |
| 30 | Information advantages are legitimately obtained by conduct which amounts to ‘ skill ’ , ‘ foresight ’ , and ‘ industry ’ ; rather than by conduct constituting ‘ secreting ’ , ‘ stealing ’ , and ‘ purloining ’ . |