Sentence examples for believes rather than from inspiring English sources

It sanctions, by implication, a future judge's deciding a case on what he or she believes rather than on what is perceived from legal authorities.

It's a milieu that only came into existence in the last half century; a function of history, she believes, rather than class.

Mr. Giuliani was also viewed more than any of his rivals as a candidate who will say what he believes rather than what he thinks audiences want to hear.

And only one-third of Republican respondents said that Mr. Bush says what he truly believes, rather than what people want to hear, a suggestion that the attacks Mr. McCain made on him last week, and that Mr. Gore has begun to pick up, had taken hold.

He believes rather than powers Wales has been lacking in imaginative policy ideas.

He therefore believed that religious language is confessional – a confession of what someone feels and believes – rather than consisting of claims to truth.

Why, we voters plead, can't candidates just say what they believe rather than what they think we want to hear?

The Oscar and critical praise heaped on Leto was basically for backing up what people believe rather than portraying an emotionally real character".

Quoting the American cartoonist and author James Thurber, he wrote: "…most people want to believe rather than to know, to take for granted rather than to find out".

It reflected the willingness of people in ideological echo chambers to believe what they want to believe rather than check or evaluate sources.

Confirmation bias, for another example, inclines humans to look for confirmation of what they already believe rather than for evidence disproving it.