Example sentences of "rather [subord] [verb] [adj] ones " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the idea of ‘ community ’ , they argued that the Council 's policy would undermine existing communities rather than create new ones . |
| 2 | Shoe manufacturers , who are in the business of selling shoes rather than repairing old ones , understandably guard such items jealously . |
| 3 | Rubber reins are quite simple to recover and be careful prodding with the needle you can stitch the rubber into the reins through the original holes , rather than making fresh ones which would weaken the reins . |
| 4 | Alternatives to custody are more likely to pull into the system , new populations rather than reduce incarcerated ones . |
| 5 | Now , Colonel Bumford is very typical of the type of regular officer , who is so orthodox and cautious , he finds it safer to put off making decisions rather than risk wrong ones . ’ |
| 6 | Modern linguistics has taken an entirely different road , rejecting the historicist and evolutionist interests of the mid-nineteenth century perhaps with excessive violence , and to this extent the main development of philology in our period worked out known principles rather than anticipating new ones . |