Example sentences of "but rather [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What must be accepted at the very basis of any enquiry is that it is not , as Taylor puts it , " a command , as in conventional search strategy , but rather as a description of an area of doubt in which the question is open-ended , negotiable and dynamic . " |
| 2 | The British crown lacked power ; Alexander III of Russia described it as ‘ hardly to be counted as a monarchy , but rather as a Crown by election ’ . |
| 3 | It seems thought will be given to playing Tony Stanger in the centre to provide a bit more physique in defence and on that theme Michael Dods could be destined to be left out , not because he has played badly , but rather as a reflection that the powerhouse physiques are prone to get the better of him in escaping tackles . |
| 4 | So what is invested as surplus-value in one production period is not seen as surplus-value in the following production period , but rather as a cost . |
| 5 | This work shows that gastric acid secretion does not decline as a result of healthy ageing , but rather as a consequence of the development of atrophic changes of the gastric mucosa . |
| 6 | It is not intended as a guide to the relative merits of competing products — Which ? magazine , with its comparative testing reports , fills that role — but rather as a guide to the tools , materials and techniques needed for home plumbing and to the various plumbing jobs around the home , including the installation of central heating . |
| 7 | Perceiving is therefore not thought of as an instant-by-instant following of a phenomenon with the senses , but rather as a condition ( conceived as an abstract before-position ) from whose existence the occurrence of the infinitive action can be inferred resultatively or factually , the latter being conceived therefore as an after-position . |
| 8 | The Nazarean Party must not therefore be seen as a separate unit , but rather as a nucleus — the equivalent of a general staff , a privy council or a cabinet . |
| 9 | Thus — and this is a critical point — refusal of consent is seen not as an assertion of will , but rather as a symptom of unsoundness of mind . |
| 10 | Ideally this does not ensue from flagrant compromises in outlook and working methods but rather as a result of being true to real aims and objectives . |
| 11 | Thse observations suggest that HCO 3 - is not absorbed directly but rather as a result of H + secretion via apical Na + /H + exchange . |
| 12 | At the heart of her case lies the claim that the merchant , like the monk , is not generous as a virtue but rather as a matter of " " calculated business policy " " , for the sake of appearing creditworthy : We may creaunce whil we have a name , But goldlees for to be , it is no game . |
| 13 | Like Sartre , he sought to constitute Marxism as a form of truth , but attempted to prove its truth not through the dialectic of history but rather as a science , authenticating Marx 's ‘ immense theoretical revolution ’ epistemologically through a demonstration of its scientificity . |
| 14 | In 1930 Nizan noted " I dislike the philosophy of oppressors because I feel that I have been the victim of oppression ; reconciliation with oppression does not strike me as a victory for freedom , but rather as a death sentence . " |
| 15 | ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls . |
| 16 | The significance of this epic was not as a record of the past , but rather as a means of ensuring the theologico-political supremacy of Marduk in the present . |
| 17 | There , despite the identical name of ‘ collective agreements ’ , it is regarded not as an adversary process but rather as a means of ensuring the full cooperation of management and workers in carrying out the economic and social plans and improving the management of undertakings ( ILO , 1980 ) . |
| 18 | Detection is important , however , but rather as a means of monitoring compliance and of enhancing prevention ; indeed the commitment to repair of a potential source of harm produces a concern for the effectiveness of enforcement procedures in securing conformity . |
| 19 | Some observers believed that the new formation should not be viewed as a permanent body , but rather as a means for the republics to escape the central power exercised by the Soviet Union . |
| 20 | As Beatson has stated , ‘ a system that uses the pragmatic approach is not using the concept of error of law as an organizing principle ’ as such , but rather as a facade behind which to weigh the relative competence of court and agency . |
| 21 | A biology of hierarchy grounded in a metaphysically prior ‘ great chain of being ’ gave way to a biology of incommensurability in which the relationship of men to women , like that of apples to oranges , was not given as one of equality or inequality but rather as a difference whose meaning required interpretation and struggle . |
| 22 | Peterle said that he did not view the planned date of Slovenia 's declaration of independence as the first day of full independence , but rather as a step in a gradual process . |
| 23 | What was overlooked in our discussion of stylistic competence is that our intuitive " placing " of a text depends not on an undifferentiated capacity to compare a text with the norm of the language , but rather on a responsiveness to a set of norms : a norm for spoken conversation , a norm for news reporting , a norm for writing diaries , a norm for historical novels , etc . |
| 24 | Here , it is not doing duty for a use of rhinoceros but rather for a mention of it . |
| 25 | Generally , in looking at style in a text , one is not interested in choices in isolation , but rather at a pattern of choices : something that belongs to the text as a whole . |
| 26 | The man spoke Imperial Gothic with no trace of the local husky accent , but rather with a kind of spooky affectation — almost , thought Jaq , an alien affectation . |
| 27 | Nobody forces you to consume the equivalent of halfa dozen eggs at one meal , but it is very easy to do so , so if you have eaten a mousseline of scallops , red mullet , and écrevisses floating in a lake of sabayon sauce , then do not follow it with a honey ice cream or one of those ali baba affairs nor with a peach charlotte containing five egg yolks , but rather with a tarte fine chaude aux pommes acidulées , which is nothing more outlandish or richer than an old-fashioned apple tart made on a base of puff pastry . |
| 28 | Usually , other world religions will be presented separately and in an open-ended approach — neither from a committed stance nor for commitment but rather with a view to fostering respect and understanding of other people 's beliefs and customs . |
| 29 | This term refers not to a single theory but rather to a set of assumptions underlying a particular approach to the study of perception and cognition . |
| 30 | Here the history of such sciences does not consist in the gradual unfolding and emergence of scientific truths , but rather of a history of ‘ veridical discourses ’ . |