The phrase "a yes rather" is not correct and does not appear to be usable in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or unclear expression, and without additional context, it is difficult to determine its intended meaning.
Example: "I was expecting a yes rather than a no from the committee."
Alternatives: "a yes instead" or "a yes rather than".
For example, the question "does he earn more than $100,000?" requires only a "yes", rather than the actual figure.Assuming web users accept the changes, the outcome could be more privacy online rather than less.
The legislation, which is headed to Governor Jerry Brown's desk for approval by the end of this month (his office declined to comment), effectively requires the presence of a "yes" rather than the absence of a "no" – or else withholds funding from the nation's largest state school system.
When you see how rabidly these men rail against the idea of affirmative consent – of obtaining an enthusiastic "yes" rather than the absence of a no – you realise that a lack of consent is part of the appeal.
No, you find the person you're with is beginning to take on a mysterious and, yes, rather unscientific relationship with you.
One of the things that lay behind the Wells, Rich, Greene campaign was an approach in which the advertiser attempted to come to a kind of implicit understanding with the viewer that most advertising was, yes, rather a nuisance, and that in return for deciding to buy Benson & Hedges 100's the viewer would be spared a hard sell for the brand over the tube.
So I'm instructing people to try and find a way to say yes, rather than finding ways to say no".
It's quicker, easier, there's a prejudice towards saying yes, rather than 'we'll check'," he said.
A cynic might even say the primary goal in offering this money is to trick wavering Republican senators or to give them an easy excuse for voting yes, rather than to provide health insurance for the people who stand to lose it should the Senate bill become law.
In a statement, Leo Hindery Jr., the chairman of YES, said "we hope that today's decision might spur Cablevision to finally negotiate in good faith with YES, rather than requiring a continuation of the litigation".
Responses were chosen from a Likert scale with 5 options: "yes," "rather yes," "rather no," "no," and "does not apply".
California imposed the nation's first state-mandated affirmative consent standard for colleges in 2014, requiring schools to determine consensual sexual activity based on the idea that "only yes means yes" rather than whether an alleged victim said "no".
