Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] but rather [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The second contrasting sceptic offers not so much an argument or a question but rather an attitude . |
| 5 | 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 . |