Sentence examples for but rather offered from inspiring English sources

Mr. Navasky said Mr. Hitchens didn't have "original theories," but rather offered "original takes" on things.

We were not running a "contest," but rather offered three weeks of free training with the understanding that we had a budget to hire at most one person.

"I had about 14 calls in the short time I was here, and so many people were just so relieved to be able to talk and be encouraged to come back," said Father Langdon, who did not actually hear confessions over the phone -- confession must be done in person -- but rather offered counsel and encouraged the callers to confess in a church.

The decision was widely criticized by scientific and teachers' organizations, even though it didn't ban the teaching of evolution outright but rather offered schools the opportunity to leave it out of their curricula.

London-based Sonalytic, founded last summer, was not a consumer-facing business, but rather offered both a web-based interface for low-volume customers of its technology, as well as an API for larger customers.

The programme did not seem to cause fear among participants, but rather offered reassurance that things remained well and they were being cared for.

Mr. Morton called the diary passages "the perfect minimalist material" because they don't tell a story, but rather offer a snapshot of the Trevors' wealthy life.

"I am absolutely convinced that at this moment, he (Harkat) poses no danger whatsoever to the public or to public safety in Canada, but rather offers a positive commitment to the life he has created here".

Valentine's Day The earliest track recorded for The Next Day, this has nothing to do with 14 February, but rather offers a mocking depiction of a bitter nobody who may well have "gone postal" against the more popular kids at school, couched in one of the album's most engaging pop arrangements.

Yet his later films both retain this irresponsible merriment and possess a deeper sense of laughter, one that emerges perhaps from Capra's Catholicism; they salute the belief that life is ultimately no tragedy, but rather offers the good news of comedy, for those, that is, who are ready to let their defences down.

This model, therefore, is not designed for applications involving RNA folding but rather offers a stable RNA structure for studying RNA interactions with other (bio molecules.