Example sentences of "[noun sg] but rather [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | According to this school of thought there is neither the domination of an officer nor a member elite but rather the domination of an officer-member elite ( see Saunders , 1980 ) but this joint-elite model can be criticized because it often assumes that , important as leading officers and councillors are , they have a monopoly of decision-making influence . |
| 4 | However , the decline in regular formal inspection did not mean the abandoning of inspection but rather the development of a variety of types suited to particular purposes . |
| 5 | Very often it is not the toy by itself that will provide a mathematical experience but rather the way in which it is being used either on its own or in conjunction with other things . |
| 6 | This was not a one-off experience but rather the culmination of many experiments , much discussion and thoughtful provision of leading ideas by the teacher . |
| 7 | It must be stressed that the courts are not challenging the merits of the decision but rather the power of the body in question to reach that particular decision . |
| 8 | My contention is that the main cause of the British predicament has not been the British economy but rather the decline of sterling and the failure of British policy to adapt to that decline … . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | MATURITY IS : Recognising that it is not a commitment to self which brings happiness in life but rather a commitment to others . |
| 11 | Recall from Figures 15–6 and 15–8 that the efficient quantity of pollution is not zero but rather the level at which the social marginal cost of cutting back pollution equals its social marginal benefit . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |