Example sentences of "rather [conj] as a result " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the crowd being the most volatile in the Caribbean — rioting held up play for 25 minutes during the Test against India in 1989 -there might be some trouble but only if the West Indies are faring badly , rather than as a result of any anti-South African sentiment . |
| 2 | To a certain degree such borrowings have continued , often prompted by the same underlying sense of insecurity which seeks the new or the modern uncritically rather than as a result of any conscious selection of educational objectives or examination of alternatives . |
| 3 | However , floating has occurred previously , as in 1973 , because of a breakdown in fixed exchange rates rather than as a result of a collective decision based on an assessment of its relative advantages . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the majority of farmers engage in landscape change as a result of the economic constraints imposed upon their farming practice rather than as a result of any personal whim . |
| 5 | In fact very few of them are , just as very few of the total number of people who get drunk are alcoholic and very few of the total number of fat people are compulsive overeaters — many are simply fat as a result of greed or lack of care rather than as a result of compulsion . |