Sentence examples for but rather instead from inspiring English sources

"but rather instead" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is used to suggest an alternative to what came before it. For example: “I was hoping for a different outcome, but rather instead, the decision was the same.”

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As for George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, that was an enjoyable film which does not grow in the mind but rather instead sort of vanishes.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this study was solving the GG-SpaD structure in the open conformational state, whereby the N-domain is no longer aligned with the M- and C-domains in a linear manner (closed conformation), but rather instead is positioned perpendicularly next to the middle region of the M-domain.

I have a strong empathy with people who are less fortunate than myself and I am active in the Red Cross relief work", while the text for the opposite is "I usually do not sit and keep my opinions to myself but rather instead say what I think.

We need help, not in the sense that we want to solve or cure this sensation but rather instead to learn what causes this".

So, my advice to OFA is not to send out surveys asking whether people are interested in trying to make their fellow Democrats enthusiastic about voting this year, but rather instead to identify the real source of their problems: why Barack Obama is not making voters as enthusiastic as he once did.

Environments in which Mesopithecus is known during the late Miocene were not contrasted landscapes combining open grassy areas and dense forested patches, but instead rather restricted to slightly wooded and homogeneous landscapes including a developed grassy herbaceous layer.

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We find that the GND density does not increase with decreasing indentation depth but rather drops instead.

But rather than make loans, banks instead are simply sitting on the money, so to speak.

The model is a screening tool that does not require hydraulic simulations but rather considers steady state instead of simplistic static flow conditions.

He says being tested should not be embarrassing but instead "should rather be like having your teeth checked".

But it might be better – both politically and economically – to resist the urge to be seen to be doing something, but rather to manage expectations instead.

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