I'd rather do this job

[azz]

a. There are quite a few people they'd rather inspect their factory than me.
b. There are a lot of people they'd rather inspect their factory than me.


Are the above sentences grammatically correct?
Are they natural?

Both seem grammatical to me, but a bit awkward. I find then a bit too complex.

Many thanks.

 

[tedmc]

They are both run-on sentences.

Is this what you mean in the second part?
Given the choice between inspecting their factory and inspecting you, they prefer the former.

 

[Rover_KE]

Changing they'd to who'd would make them grammatical, but still awkward and unnatural.

 

[azz]

Thank you both so much.

How about

a1. There are quite a few people they'd rather inspected their factory than me.
b1. There are a lot of people they'd rather inspected their factory than me.


I am not sure I have not made things worse, but
c. They'd rather other people inspected their factory than me
seems fine to me.

So I thought maybe there is a way to get from (c) to (a) and (b)

Many thanks.

 

[tedmc]

(c) is much better. To add the part about many people, you can say:

They'd rather other people, whom there were many to choose from, inspected their factory than me

 

[teechar]

Try:
There are quite a few people, other than me, who they'd rather inspected their factory.

Note (and consider omitting) the highlighted parenthetical text.