Sentence examples for but rather an essential from inspiring English sources

These are not fringe benefits, which can be jettisoned for the lure of jobs and money, but rather an essential part of the social contract between citizens and the state.

It seems to have bought the line of David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founder, who once argued, "the increase of the Jewish birthrate is not an imperialistic need, but rather an essential component of the survival of the people".

It's not something to be done after all is said and done, but rather an essential component of thriving personally and professionally.

The helix α-4 mutations analyzed in this study do not impair toxin assembly in a pre-pore structure, but rather block an essential conformational transition of the assembled complex necessary for membrane insertion and pore formation.

It's to risk implying that anti-civilian violence is "un-American" but not "un-Iraqi," and that these designations aren't historically contingent but rather have an essential truth.

This, I'd suggest, is what motivated Coleman:  the desire to take Angelou seriously, not as legend but rather as an essential voice in the community.

He was, rather, an essential component of a solid, conventional rearguard in the days when defenders seemed bolted together like table footballers and there were no sprints upfield to provide crosses.

Yet without upgrading to the new visual technology, Sony's latest isn't essential, but rather a powerful luxury item with great potential.

Thus, vulnerability, dependency, and need should be understood not as deficits or limitations, but rather as essential human qualities requiring an adequate political response.

The idea seemed to be that Tom Wolfe had captured not the vicissitudes of the monied classes, or the spirit of the greatest city on earth, but rather the essential cynicism and greed of a peculiar era in the nation's history.

The mutant Cry1Ab-D136N/T143D in helix α-4, analyzed in this study, was previously shown not to impair toxin assembly in a pre-pore structure, but rather to block an essential conformational transition of the assembled complex necessary for membrane insertion and pore formation [8].