Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] rather a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The AJR is not itself a remedy but rather a procedural umbrella under which any of the prerogative orders can be sought . |
| 2 | Bolinger ( 1974 : 86-7 ) seems to side with Palmer and Higgenbotham , for he maintains that the to infinitive evokes not a perception but rather a fact : The passive tends to be used in situations where the interest is not in perceptions but in impersonal facts — for example , in the testimony of a witness who says He was seen to stoop over and pick up some object , and then stuff it in his pocket . |
| 3 | Likewise in ( 36 ) saw evokes not mere visual perception but rather an inference which the speaker has drawn about the character of the people in question on the basis of what he has been able to observe of their behaviour or even of their appearance , and so could be said by someone who had only seen a photograph of them . |
| 4 | A recent large randomised study in India found no such effect but rather an apparent slight excess of deaths in the supplemented group . |
| 5 | By totalization , therefore , Sartre does not here mean anything like a predetermined end or final closure of a totality but rather a process of mediation among the parts , where each is determined by the other . |
| 6 | The second contrasting sceptic offers not so much an argument or a question but rather an attitude . |
| 7 | It 's not a single canyon but rather a branching series of gorges covering a large tract of land . |
| 8 | The slow deliberacy with which the wife commences her reply , with not a hint of offence in her reaction but rather a hint of care in selecting the right mode of reply , emphasizes her willingness to converse on the topic : So does her subsequent appropriation of a rhetorical device , the occupatio , a statement emphasized by the speaker feigning unwillingness or lack of freedom to express it : The monk too takes a moment 's pause before replying : again seeming to digest the implications of the wife 's words , or ( and ? ) to express , silently but with an eloquent action , astonishment at the wife 's ready invitation to him to continue to converse on this topic . |
| 9 | This can be diagrammed in the following way for the early interception : and as follows for the final one : The to infinitive , therefore , is not strictly speaking a verb but rather a syntactic construction : it involves two parts , the infinitive , a verbal form which evokes a representation of an event produced by means of the verb system , and to , a preposition which indicates a relationship between the place in time where the support has to be situated to begin actualizing the infinitive 's event ( occupied by the representation of non-ordinalized person incorporated within the infinitive ) and some other prior place in time which the support is also represented as occupying or having occupied previous to the realization of this event . |
| 10 | If there was not much coherent intellectual opposition to the left 's proposals , this by no means signified tacit support but rather a belief that the pressure of ‘ realities ’ in government would soon dispel the fancies of opposition . |
| 11 | It was realized , however , that physical efficiency depends on the tasks individuals have to perform and in itself is not a Yes No variable but rather a continuous one . |
| 12 | These hints had their final expression in an astonishing personal letter written by Knox to Mary on 26 October 1559 , claiming that ‘ if it be the office of a very friend to give true and faithful counsel to them whom he sees run to destruction for lack of the same , I could not be proven enemy to your Grace but rather a friend unfeigned ’ — even if moderation was never Knox 's strong suit and so , unable to keep up the quiet tone of the letter , he felt impelled to throw in a postscript : ‘ God move your heart yet in time to consider that ye fight not against man , but against the eternal God , and against his Son Jesus Christ , the only Prince of the kings of the earth . ’ |
| 13 | Rask , after all , did not involve the government but rather a private-sector company as the transferor . |
| 14 | The Helsinki ‘ Final Act ’ was not a binding treaty but rather a series of pledges . |
| 15 | MATURITY IS : Recognising that it is not a commitment to self which brings happiness in life but rather a commitment to others . |
| 16 | A similar conception of the role of sociology ( though with a more ‘ radical ’ political orientation ) is held by certain contemporary sociologists who want sociology to be not simply a discipline which analyses and explains social life but rather a vehicle for changing society , a discipline committed to the extensive alteration of existing social structural arrangements . |
| 17 | The overall shift has not been so much from agriculture to manufacturing but rather a steady rise in the service industries , and a fall in primary industries . |
| 18 | The search and creation of the sex beast by the popular press is not usually a gross misrepresentation but rather a selective portrayal of specific facts . |
| 19 | Unlike most industries the pharmaceutical industry does not have a simple , direct relationship with the customer but rather a complex interaction with the medical profession , the health care system and the general public . |
| 20 | ‘ Mission is never a destruction but rather a taking up and building afresh . ’ |
| 21 | No , it 's not about taking chances in the commodities market but rather a kind of theatre of concern about human potential in our era of heightened environmental concern . |
| 22 | During the past year there have been few remarkable changes in the desktop publishing market but rather a definite shift of emphasis . |
| 23 | The defendants argued , inter alia , that there was no reliance on the seller 's skill and judgment but rather a reliance by the buyer on his own understanding of the manufacturer 's instructions . |
| 24 | It is thus a defence to show that the reason for the alleged act of discrimination was not the plaintiff 's disability but rather an inability to perform the work in question . |
| 25 | The fallibility of all knowledge is not a sign of its deficiency but rather an essential characteristic of knowledge , for every knowledge claim is part of a system of signs that is open to further interpretation and has consequences that are to be publicly tested and confirmed . |
| 26 | He indicated that the validation would not be an inquisition but rather a process of evaluating our proposal on its merits and also producing constructive and supportive criticism where necessary . |
| 27 | The most dramatic new facility is the blend tool which is not a kitchen utensil but rather a means of modifying one form or colour into another . |
| 28 | On both sides it was understood that Cagney was not just a man off the New York street but rather a remarkable screen performer . |