The phrase "as familiar rather" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or improperly structured expression, and it is unclear when it could be used without additional context.
Example: "He is as familiar rather with the topic as she is." (This example still lacks clarity and correctness.)
Alternatives: "as familiar as" or "more familiar than".
But they are clearly, totally original, welcome evidence that it is possible to make creative juxtapositions of the culturally familiar rather than, as usual, piling on the clichés -- a distinction that may seem relatively subtle on paper, but that dramatically sets Mr. Chômet's work apart.
As dawn broke – grey, misty and familiar rather than the brave, new one of nationalist dreams – it was time to take stock.
As a result the movie feels familiar rather than revelatory — a collection of ideas about the experience of Muslim immigrant women rather than a series of observations grounded in the experience of a particular woman.
As familiar as his name is, more people probably know Mr. Foreman as the affable grill pitchman of the 1990s rather than the ornery heavyweight boxing champion of the 1970s.
This reflects an affinity for the familiar, rather than for provenance.
However, females did demonstrate a preference for familiar rather than novel play partners.
Do families simply embrace the oddities of a loved one as familiar and "normal" rather than try to get them help?
Not the harsh social landscape of modern Britain -- which functions as a convenient, familiar backdrop rather than a fully imagined environment -- so much as Mr. Considine's wearying reliance on the link between misery and authenticity.
Thus, 45 GPs were defined as familiar and 44 as not familiar with global CVR.
These may strike many of you as rather familiar 23 years later, but we should remember that the pollsters introduced a series of post-1992 reforms that were meant to redress these problems.
