Sentence examples for but rather serving from inspiring English sources

After that, he said he did not foresee himself having "an active role in government" but rather serving as an elder statesman in an advisory role.

Mr. Beaty, not performing here but rather serving as writer, lyricist and director, lazily marries one old story with another even older one, wrapping the result in musical numbers that try for "rousing" but achieve it only intermittently.

Depending on your level of cynicism, the change arguably represents a shameless attempt to combat criticism that Juul is not actually helping adults quick smoking, but rather serving as a vehicle to get non-smokers and perhaps especially younon-smokers andnicotine.

Therefore, overproduction of pigments in response to light is likely not shielding light but rather serving as scavengers to protect against oxidative damages caused by light, or is involved in processes known to require light in other fungi, such as sexual reproduction, phototropism, and conidiation (Purschwitz et al. 2006).

This work does not provide a comprehensive model but rather serves as a starting point for further study.

The Company Advisors are not meant to influence product development, but rather serve as domain experts and mentors.

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, but rather serve as the light on the hill.

It does not contribute directly to the formation of the embryo but rather serves to establish a connection with the maternal uterus.

Hmmmm… if he wasn't exonerated, but rather served time and was pardoned, doesn't that mean he's a "former felon"?

In contrast to classical organelles, podosomes are not vital at the cell level but rather serve diverse and often intricate functions of which adhesion, matrix degradation and substrate sensing are the most established.

And the wristbands and headbands did not sop up sweat from athletes, but rather served as V.I.P. passes of sorts — yellow was for coveted floor space; blue meant banishment to the stands.