Sentence examples for but rather matters from inspiring English sources

Dudley is not running on social issues — he supports abortion rights and civil unions, for instance — but rather matters related to job creation and the economy.

The upshot is that for all the blizzard of commercials and headlines about tax cuts, health policy and abortion, the main issues so far this year are not exactly issues at all, but rather matters of character, leadership and moral stature.

But rather than matters leading to a popular but peaceful uprising against a flawed election, we are likelier to suffer an escalation of retaliations and a descent to that special machete place that nations rarely recover from.

This is not a matter of perception, but rather a matter of attitudes and expectations.

In Kierkegaard's view, "becoming what one is" and evading despair and hollowness is not a matter of solitary introspection, but rather a matter of passionate commitment to a relation to something outside oneself that bestows one's life with meaning.

It's not a matter of "if" -- but rather a matter of "to what heights".

Beauty, it so happens, is not just a matter of personal taste but rather a matter of measurements, geometry and calculations -- all the stuff you loved in 8th grade math.

To become an American citizen is not a matter of bloodlines or genealogy but rather a matter of endorsing and embracing the values established at the founding, which accords the men who invented these values a special significance.

In spite of the progress in the surgical techniques, it is getting more and more clear that peripheral nerve repair is no longer a matter of surgical reconstruction only but rather a matter of multidisciplinary and integrated treatment strategies [ 2].

It is not normally the case that the CAB is represented at implementation although it is possible that some members of the CAB have expertise that is necessary during the implementation, but they will not be present as official CAB representatives, but rather as subject matter experts (SME).

Apprehending li in a concrete situation in order to respond appropriately to it was not a simple matter of absorbing generalizations from texts and applying it to the situation, but rather a matter of bringing to bear a mind that has been cultivated by meditation and by study of the texts and by observing and acting in previous situations.