Sentence examples for but rather thus from inspiring English sources

However, some of these ideas continue beyond present-day secularism by implying that various occult forces are not supernatural, but rather thus far undiscovered by science.

In fact, the description seems to imply, not belief, but rather imagination, thus returning us to our problem of the relation between emotions directed to reality and those directed to merely imaginary scenes.

This MHD-HLL method is positive and conservative but rather diffusive; thus we show how to hybridize this method with the Roe method to obtain a much higher accuracy while still retaining positivity.

Yet he wins Oscars for his scripts ("Sideways," "The Descendants") rather, thus far, than for his directing.

Here, the primary purpose of the research might not be chemical in nature but rather into perception, thus making the implementation of a targeted chemical database a costly overhead; therefore having this sort of functional grouping available in broader chemical knowledge bases such as ChEBI is a large benefit.

cubensis clusters TU 40 (comprising four Humulus and five Cucurbitaceae pathogens) and TU 56 (host information mostly unavailable) are separated but rather large and thus appear to represent real genetic distinctness.

It should be noted that patients in the Internet intervention arm were not randomized but rather self-selected, thus potentially biasing the results.

The decisive wedge issue this election year was not terrorism, Iraq or the economy but rather values or morals; thus, the Republican push to get antigay marriage measures on so many state ballots.

In these circumstances, relationships with business partners with regard to product design are not rigid and vertical, but rather, flexible and horizontal; thus, partners today can be competitors in the future.

A refrain that is often repeated by Invisible Children's supporters is that the organization's goal is not to "get bogged down by history" but rather to "raise awareness" thus leading to "action".

The Yemeni opposition, which has promised to hold protests every Thursday for the next month, has not demanded Mr. Saleh's ouster thus far, but rather reforms and a smooth transition of power through elections.