Sentence examples for but rather before from inspiring English sources

The Yemenis "will appear not before a military tribunal but rather before a civil court, giving the public the chance to observe the case," the diplomat said.

Australians have had great success saving their homes: a fire front passes in a matter of minutes, during which time the house shields those inside from the heat, and research has shown that houses usually catch fire not as the front passes but, rather, before or after, when wind-borne embers settle on it.

However, we did not conduct a prospective study but rather before and after cross-sectional studies, meaning that we cannot comment on the incidence of death or loss to follow.

This was not a randomized controlled trial but rather a before-after controlled trial, with all the limitations inherent with such a study design.

Notably, Peterson didn't group birds taxonomically--which was how it had always been done before--but rather with other, similar-looking birds, in order to highlight subtle distinctions.

We need to consider the possibility of another way, another option, another path for the human race to follow...one in which we do not bow before the laws of science, but rather bow before the laws of love.

Over the past decade of working with our business coaching clients we've learned one very important lesson - the time to focus on retaining your key team members isn't after they've been approached by a sexy suitor, but rather years before they ever get approached.

These data collectively suggests that the three core clock genes have not been lost in the moss, but rather appeared before, or simultaneously, with the emergence of the vascular plants.

Do not drop your jaw as you sing, but rather drop before.

I discovered that the reason it was easier to learn the material this second time around was not necessarily because I had learned it before, but rather because I now had a "big picture" perspective and could place each piece of information within the context of the entire course.

In Australian ecosystems, bushfires have long played a crucial role in burning through established vegetation to clear the way for new growth, and Western Australia is taking the same view of the energy infrastructure wiped out by the Yarloop bushfires in January – don't replace what was there before, but rather introduce the energy systems of the 21st century.