Example sentences of "rather [conj] fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1913 he had attacked Frazer for attempting to explain the savage using the ideas of modern life , offering interpretation rather than fact . |
| 2 | The game 's real magic resides in bias and illusion rather than fact . |
| 3 | These dirty , uncaring individuals daily supply undeniable ammunition for the anti-dog brigade , leading to hysteria surrounding toxocariasis based on prejudice rather than fact . |
| 4 | Sadly , all these claims in the past were based on fiction rather than fact — certainly not on any established medical fact ! |
| 5 | This is obviously fantasy rather than fact . |
| 6 | ‘ You Be My Friend ’ is more flailing fun , with farting guitar from grotesque Manics reject , Crispin , and ‘ Pink Flower ’ begins rabidly before drifting off into the Eeky Squeaky Ooky Kooky Land where the other songs — and I use the term out of tradition rather than fact — live . |
| 7 | In common with so much of this history of respectable fears , we find ourselves once more in the realm of feeling rather than fact , for although Baden-Powell never tired of claiming that Scouting could reach the Hooligans , on the available evidence it would seem that the movement 's major recruiting base was among middle-class and lower middle-class youths , rather than among slum youth . |
| 8 | Yet faith rather than fact is what such a belief is built on . |
| 9 | What determines whether people see a glass as half-full or half-empty is mood rather than fact , and change in mood often defies quantification . |
| 10 | Of course many of the stories are hyperbolic , but Tomlinson 's arguments against Barts and other threatened hospitals are specious and are based on prediction rather than fact . |
| 11 | ‘ We have not researched the phenomenon extensively , ’ Malengin replied ponderously , ‘ but there are certain aspects that speak of legend rather than fact . ’ |
| 12 | Pupils could be asked to pick out or underline all the things which suggest bias or which are opinion rather than fact . |