Sentence examples for but rather given from inspiring English sources

The prospect was that Neon would not be admitted to any "formal proper research programme" but rather given "unproven treatments".

The sad fact of Laura isn't what it reveals of its author's decline but rather, given its immense promise, that it was left unfinished.

As wards of the state, our people were not paid cash, in the new cash economy, but rather given ration cards to get flour, tea and sugar.

The indignation has not subsided, he said, but rather given way to a broader process of what he called oxygenation, in which voters sought to rejuvenate the system rather than rebuild it from scratch.

So the question to be asked is not what evidence there is that Paul Dirac was autistic, but rather, given his behaviors and his milieu, what evidence there is that he was not.

If life is hard and often destructive, the question Sophocles asks is not how did this come to be or why did such a misfortune have to happen but rather, given the circumstances, how must one conduct oneself, how should one act, and what must one do.

"We should not lower our ambitions but rather give ourselves the means to realize them," she added.

At Revillon, I felt it wasn't about displaying one's wealth, but rather giving the woman a selfish pleasure.

(I'm not talking about the practice of re-gifting a pristine but undesired gift, but rather giving an item that's actually been used).

"We don't think of it as locking it up, but rather giving people a choice of how to spend it," he added.

Louisa I feel wasn't just trying to convince Will to live but rather giving him a reason to enjoy his life until he chooses to die.