Sentence examples for but rather someone from inspiring English sources

First, boards seek not just a "qualified" person, but rather someone who fits a specific role.

The opinion also said, "The most reasonable explanation, therefore, of who murdered the victim is not the defendant but rather someone who, unfortunately, has not yet been identified".

He was not the Messenger, but rather someone shopping for motorcycle insurance; his performance — and his chemistry with Ms. Courtney — led to his casting for the new campaign.

These survivors do not necessarily need a cancer specialist for routine checkups and screening, she said, but rather someone who understands their previous treatment and its risks.

Orlando Watson, spokesman for the Republican National Committee, said: "The American people don't want a fundraiser-in-chief but rather someone who will lead the country.

From all we know so far about Lubitz, he was not one of those severe cases but rather someone who was among the millions of people who once contemplated suicide and was being treated for a mood disorder.

Those same voices suggest Islamabad wants to deal with some of the militant elements in the tribal areas which are hostile to its interests, but would rather someone else take the blame.

It argues that "sainthood should not be measured by whether a 'miracle' can be attributed to a particular person, but rather, whether someone's life truly embodies the values of Christ who sought, not power, but the well-being of God's people".

He is not presented as someone just like us, but rather as someone we should pity and wonder about.

Phaedrus has just heard Lysias deliver the most seductive speech a lad could hear: a gaudily counter-intuitive paean on the rectitude of granting one's sexual favors not to someone who loves you but rather to someone who does not.

From the start, Louima was treated not as an ordinary prisoner but, rather, as someone who had assaulted a cop and thus needed to be taught a lesson.