Sentence examples for but rather a practical from inspiring English sources

She said the decision to sell the business was not a financial one, but rather a practical one.

Withdrawing the team, made up of technical specialists, was not a political slap at the Pakistanis, but rather a practical necessity, the officials said.

He said the decision to keep Marbury away from the team was not a disciplinary measure, but rather a practical move.

On first impression, the car interiors do not have the futuristic glamour of the French high-speed TGV or the streamlined romance of the 20th-Century Limited, but rather a practical, comfortable and rugged approximation of an airline interior.

What enables the coordination of facts in each of these domains is not a theoretical, but rather a practical idea.

The Abisaabs argue that this was not mere opportunism on the part of the communists but rather a practical adaptation to the local (Shi͑i) culture.

Despite the meaning of its name, jianai was not an overflowing of goodness or benevolence directed toward all but rather a starkly practical approach to other human beings, all of whom were to be treated as equals.

In my mind, biogas is not meant to be an end all solution to justice issues but is rather a practical solution to a set of environmental problems involved with CAFOS.

On the other hand, logismos is not identical to the technical science of number (logistic – see 3.2 above) but is rather a practical ability to understand numerical calculations, including basic proportions, an ability that is shared by most human beings.

Maybe "Seven Pounds" isn't a spiritual parable about redemption or forgiveness or salvation or whatever, but rather a collection of practical lessons.

Although De constantia was not Lipsius's most systematic or theoretical treatment of Stoic ethics, but rather a book of practical psychology, a manual for wise living, it acquired a leading position in European thought.