Example sentences of "rather [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all we knew that subsidy did n't exist to subsidise empty seats but rather the necessary and new ideas that were wanted at the time . |
| 2 | For the Third World or rather the underdeveloped world these questions have existed for the greater part of this century . |
| 3 | However insignificant , they still do n't deserve to be thrown out with the bathwater , or rather the pond water . |
| 4 | It 's no accident that Svidrigailov is the only one in the novel to handle yellow paper money , just as it 's no accident that children are frightened of him and run away ‘ in indescribable terror ’ because ( so we understand in our bones ) they smell death on him , or rather the unattachment to life which defeats even Sonya Marmeladov . |
| 5 | This makes the transitions less well defined and subject to jitter in rather the same way as a multivibrator will jitter if the initial approach to transistor turn-on is not rapid . |
| 6 | But it is another matter to use these ideas , or rather the names of their originators , primarily as weapons against an insular establishment . |
| 7 | One thinks rather the better of Phyllis Bottome for wanting to believe that what had to happen could in fact have been averted . |
| 8 | Unfortunately the tone in which they are expressed , and the language they are couched in , prevent our taking them in that way , and recall for us rather the heads of Auden 's indictment : ‘ lazy … too easily bored … persuaded beyond argument … ’ |
| 9 | Another way the AX deceives is by the noise it makes , or rather the lack of it . |
| 10 | He never rehearsed the performance , but rather the technique of the music , leaving his emotional response to the inspiration of the concert and expecting a well-prepared orchestra to be entirely responsive to this . |
| 11 | The man who has achieved that — and has record profits of $4.8bn in 1988 to prove it — is the GM chairman Roger Smith , hardly a charismatic revolutionary , but rather the quintessential GM company man down to his sober suits and clean-cut features . |
| 12 | But the residents are the problem , or rather the lack of them . |
| 13 | Within the Tory Party , what ultimately matters is not how many friends you have , but rather the power and strength of your enemies . |
| 14 | Shakespeare and Racine — or rather the developments which led up to them — each found his own reason . |
| 15 | So the confession of vulnerability does not involve a more thoughtful relationship to homosexuality ; rather the reverse . |
| 16 | The point here is not to exonerate the violent behaviour of certain Liverpool supporters but rather the reverse , i.e. to emphasize the potentially fatal risks which are being run each week in stadia where large and rowdy confrontations of young spectators take place . |
| 17 | This last comment does n't mean that we can strap on our sixshooters and holsters , but rather the guns of the artillery are on call if we should have a chance to use them . |
| 18 | The RUC sergeant went forward and arrested the man , who turned out to be the bank security guard who was rather the worse for drink , and had forgotten to lock the door ! |
| 19 | A series of screenings were arranged in 1912 to ‘ demonstrate the high qualities of the British film ’ , and they proved rather the opposite . |
| 20 | Julie Owens , 30 , personnel assistant ( right ) : ‘ I 'd rather the skirt was a bit longer and I prefer a court shoe . |
| 21 | The Akali Dal , or rather the faction of the much splintered Sikh movement which swept the November poll in Punjab , was formerly in the forefront of the campaign for a separate homeland . |
| 22 | Sad really , but I 'd rather the impotent ramblings appeared in the Spectator and left the Guardian to those of us who enjoy reading it . |
| 23 | Although the passion-merchant , the soul man , is in pursuit of some sort of authenticity , a confirmation of his depth of feeling , his is not his own voice , is rather the convention , a tear-jerk reaction . |
| 24 | But there was no sign of backing down , rather the reverse . |
| 25 | The third problem is the Security Council , or rather the latterday powers that want permanent seats on it . |
| 26 | In other words , the new company would start life structured in rather the same way as BP , with a Government shareholding but without the Government taking any part in the business . |
| 27 | I am not talking about that kind of quietness ; rather the loneliness of people who feel quite cut off from God , from others , from society . |
| 28 | It is not the purpose of this book to study these problems , but rather the changes that in an earlier century began to alter our attitude towards death . |
| 29 | To this great current of faith , life in this world was not an end in itself , but rather the prelude to the life to come . |
| 30 | Death , too , was not the end , but rather the beginning of a new phase of existence . |