Example sentences of "rather [subord] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the debate has related to reducing waiting times for surgery rather than for outpatient appointments . |
| 2 | Various contraceptive methods have always been known , from abortion to coitus interruptus , and by the eighteenth century condoms were available , though they seem to have been usually used as safeguards against venereal disease rather than for birth control . |
| 3 | They have made it their business to gain real knowledge in the political sphere , because they belong to a great consumers ' organisation with the definite purpose in view of production for use rather than for profit , and of the development of a higher and nobler system of society . |
| 4 | The Schneiderei 's six-member managing committee of writers , musicians and visual artists ( Margaret Bozionek , Heinz Conrads , Jutta Rinas , Ingrid Roscheck , Manos Tsangaris and Thomas Witzmann ) abhor the description ‘ alternative ’ , but the collective 's soft-sell policy by which works are sold to further the gallery 's own activities rather than for profit has helped it to weather the uneasy times faced by traditional commercial galleries . |
| 5 | I would call it the instinct for survival rather than for selfishness . |
| 6 | It 's one of the things I try to do for selfish pleasure , glorious , indulgent , selfish pleasure , rather than for money . ’ |
| 7 | Students spent a lot of time travelling ( walking and even running ) from one lecture to another in various parts of London , and it was increasingly demanded that they should find within the walls of the College all that they required , or that they should at least pay a fee that would entitle them as of right , rather than for charity 's sake , to enter medical lectures . |
| 8 | The same applies to a business executive needing a foreign language for specific rather than for holiday purposes . |
| 9 | It can also appear in more sophisticated writing , used for effect rather than for simplicity : |
| 10 | Charts and other similar devices often prove of more use in trying to analyse facts from your own figures , rather than for presentation purposes . |
| 11 | Most shaikhs collected for welfare purposes rather than for compensation . |
| 12 | His recipes , some his own and many collected from his friends and contemporaries , were put together in the form of a private notebook rather than for publication . |
| 13 | He should be encouraged to think of sport as healthy exercise done for fun , rather than for competition . |
| 14 | She links the growing concern about lack of residential accommodation due to social services policies of closure with the growing number of disabled children attending residential schools , primarily for residential care rather than for education . |
| 15 | In The Fire of Love he writes : Nowadays too many are consumed with a desire for knowledge rather than for love , so that they scarcely know what love is or what is its delight . |
| 16 | The new Transaction System from Micro Focus Plc ( CI No 2,166 ) represents a major departure for the Newbury , Berkshire company that up to now has been famed for its Cobol products and development tools rather than for production system software — but the market for Unix transaction processing systems is still wide open because scarcely any have been sold as yet . |
| 17 | The system represents a major departure for the Newbury , Berkshire company that up to now has been famed for its Cobol products and development tools rather than for production system software — but the market for Unix transaction processing systems is still wide open because scarcely any have been sold as yet . |
| 18 | Thus most of the redistribution of wealth has probably affected wealth used for consumption rather than for production . |
| 19 | In what ways are the temperatures and the rainfall better suited for the successful growth of grass rather than for cash crops of wheat ? |
| 20 | At its simplest , countertrade is the exchange of goods for goods , rather than for cash . |
| 21 | All the rest , save one , have been demolished and that block is now used as a neighbourhood local authority services centre ( housing management , social services , etc. ) rather than for housing . |
| 22 | But it had always used its copious data for control rather than for information . |
| 23 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
| 24 | Classic examples of the use of crops for industrial purposes rather than for food are : the production of ethanol for fuel from sugar cane in Brazil and from maize in the USA , and alcohol from potatoes . |
| 25 | A title in the ‘ guide to the literature ’ mode , since it outlines the structure of the subject literature and gives examples , but does not attempt comprehensive listings of works , For students of librarianship , rather than for stock revision . |
| 26 | Services have thus frequently emphasized the need for custody , punishment and control rather than for rehabilitation and reintegration . |
| 27 | Here family labour is employed , usually under the direction of a senior ( and usually male ) member of the household , and production is primarily for use rather than for sale , although the latter may be economically essential . |
| 28 | In the end , however , and in spite of Acheson 's approval the policy Planning Staff paper ( PPS 51 ) remained , as Robert Blum puts it , a non-policy paper : for information rather than for action . |
| 29 | This , however , is an argument against rather than for community based learning . |
| 30 | It tends to be to be for local production rather than for export . |