Example sentences of "but rather [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a natural similarity but rather sex stereotyping that prompts the comparison between men and fierce animals or women and helpless children . |
| 2 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
| 3 | The goal of tolerance and mutual respect is not one , all-embracing religion , but rather unity in diversity . |
| 4 | Her options are not precisely heterosexuality and lesbianism , but rather seduction and chastity . |
| 5 | This may not be out of unwillingness but rather ignorance on the part of parents : they do not know how to go about encouraging such skills . |
| 6 | but rather painting divorced from all other considerations ' . |
| 7 | I say ‘ gently ’ because a tense diligence is harmful both to our heart and to our task and is not really diligence , but rather over-eagerness and anxiety . |
| 8 | The first ( and most diagnostic ) is the presence of bedding — not a duvet and pillows , but rather grass , dead leaves or other vegetation that the occupants have collected to cushion and insulate their chambers . |
| 9 | In terms of the basic values being transmitted in the process of political socialization , the most significant feature is not change but rather continuity . |
| 10 | I would want to argue that if our goal is a religious situation in which women and men are accounted equals , we shall need to promote not continuity but rather discontinuity with the past . |
| 11 | IBM said this does not mean equity exchanges , but rather co-operation — using the factories to full capacity . |