Example sentences of "rather than a true [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was approximately one fifth full size , but was a working mock-up rather than a true scale model . |
| 2 | It acts like a masculinized female rather than a true male . |
| 3 | This is because Rooms is an application , rather than a true shell , and needs Program Manager in order to run . |
| 4 | It must not be concluded that the Sahara was well watered in the Pleistocene : it probably had a hot steppe type climate rather than a true desert climate as at present . |
| 5 | It was a supplement for the ‘ deserving poor ’ , rather than a true pension . |
| 6 | Little wonder that the savage Saxons regarded Christianity as a Frankish method of suppression and control rather than a true religion in its own right . |
| 7 | When she was released she had gained some weight , but it was fear of rehospitalisation rather than a true recovery that kept her from losing all the weight again . |
| 8 | Semper 's book was a pioneering study of animal ecology , but it was a forerunner rather than a true foundation-stone upon which others were to build . |