Sentence examples for and possibility rather than from inspiring English sources

They talk in terms of probability and possibility, rather than certainty, and they tend to use words like "however," "but," "although" and "on the other hand" when speaking.

In any case, West Germany was a finalist, as the more cunning of the bookies had been telling us from the beginning, and we were poised, the following evening, to see what happened between England and Portugal, both teams smacking of human unpredictability and possibility rather than of the well-drilled quasi-militarism of the Russians and the Germans.

Why aren't we trying to build monuments to hope and possibility, rather than tributes to our collective failures?

In 1998, I created the US-Ireland Alliance, a non-profit organization with the aim of building relationships based on contemporary realities and possibilities rather than a constant obsession with the past.

Instead, let's work for a positive and accepting future of possibility, rather than the hostility that has been shown today.

His way of talking about prospective parenthood is very vague and resembles a future possibility rather than a concrete intention or plan: "maybe in ten years, when I am 40 and secure in my professional life and when I am able to offer something to the child".The need for security and stability for Lars is fundamental for both the economic and the socio-institutional spheres in his life.

Consumers felt it was important to be able to discuss their feelings and then make their own decision; 88% of consumers endorsed the item "The first aider should accept the suicidal feelings for what they are and discuss suicide as a possibility rather than an unthinkable act".

Back in late 2009, when a bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was a distinct possibility rather than the stuff of a mad promoter's dreams, I prepared a rough draft of a feature with the headline, 'Boxing's last great fight?'.

Hence the freedom of expression supported by the harm principle as outlined in Chapter One of On Liberty and by Feinberg's offense principle is still a possibility rather than a reality.

Yet according to the Pentagon, Saudi Arabia has only signed letters of offer and acceptance for $14.5 billion in purchases, with the balance seen as a possibility rather than a reality.

Although this is clearly a technical possibility, rather than something Signal has set out to actively support and encourage.