Example sentences of "but rather by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These ends were to be achieved not by direct government action but rather by government support of unofficial or semi-official bodies such as societies and religious missions . |
| 2 | Analysis at this level of detail is not usually attempted by direct observation but rather by film or video analysis . |
| 3 | The wider impact of this decision was to define the scope of judicial review not in terms of the source of the power being exercised but rather by reference to the functions of judicial review and its appropriateness in particular cases . |
| 4 | It distinguishes the classes of society not by reference to the contrasted roles of employer and employee , but rather by reference to their usefulness . |
| 5 | Furthermore , many absences from services in the post-Reformation period were occasioned not by apathy or reluctance to forgo a morning 's work or relaxation , but rather by ill-health or family commitments ; when William Kirke of Stow-cum-Quy in Cambridgeshire , for example , was hauled before the church courts for absenteeism , he informed them that at the time his wife had been ‘ lying in childbed and also his children wanted succour ’ . |