Sentence examples for but rather lay from inspiring English sources

They do not make a nest, but rather lay one egg at a time and carry it around on their feet covered with a flap of abdominal skin, called a brood patch.

But it is only now that this is being translated into courses and research that do not disguise themselves as something else, but rather lay proud claim to comics studies as a discipline.

It is not expected to lead to any new initiative but rather lay down a marker on a longstanding US and international approach to the region before the US president-elect, whose commitment to such a solution is in doubt, assumes office.

The president is not expected to announce policy decisions but rather lay out the process by which his administration will move forward, White House aides said.

There are no full-time "priests" or "ministers," as there are in most Protestant and Catholic churches, but rather lay "bishops," chosen to serve as the spiritual leaders of their wards.

Even once her clothes were off and she was lying under me on the bed, she didn't participate, but resisted for appearance's sake, all the way through full penetration, which she refrained from giving any sign of joining, but rather lay there stoically, performing only a last symbolic hip buck or two of denial and refusal.

The problem of plastic marine pollution is not due to the nature of the material itself, but rather lies in the ways we have chosen to use it.

For, as the GMB's decision to slash Labour's funding underlines, these payments are not simply the bundling up of individual trade unionists' donations but rather lie in the gift of union bosses.

"The Cap," which was first published in Israel and now appears in English in a seamless translation by Hillel Halkin, may be signaling yet another shift in the direction of Holocaust literature: memoirs where the emotions are not centered on loss and reverence but rather lie elsewhere.

Unsurprisingly, the key is not the visualization of positive outcomes, but rather lies with hard work specifically, setting goals and cultivating resilience.

The Crown Roller Mills building is not in Princes Street itself, but rather lies at the foot of Manor Place, close to its intersection with Princes Street.