Sentence examples for but rather to test from inspiring English sources

Its purpose is not to wow anyone with exquisite design or top-notch performance, but rather to test a hypothesis.

The object was not so much to evaluate models against others in their category, but rather to test hardware that fairly represents what's available in each category, and measure that against what different users might like.

When I interviewed Scott Jones, inventor of voice mail, for How They Did It, he said to "fail fast," something he learned before the movement was codified (he didn't mean company failure, but rather to test to get to success).

The bombs dropped on Valentin were inert, as the objective was not to observe the effects of bomb explosions, but rather to test concrete penetration and the strength of the bomb casings.

In the case of swimming speed we used linear functions as the main purpose of the test was not to describe the exact function, but rather to test for a positive slope according to our theoretical predictions.

However, our objective was not to identify all factors that may impact self-reported physical functioning, but rather to test the relationship between physical performance and patient factors and self-reported functioning.

The key feature of this model is not to necessarily reconstruct a more accurate group-level image (although we will show that this does occur), but rather to directly test the null hypothesis that two groups of subjects can be modeled by the same image of brain activity.

CBP officials told the report's authors that they never intended to select a winning prototype but rather wanted to test them to inform future design strategies.

It is worth stressing that we did not explore the intricacies of the mathematical solutions of this new epidemiological model, but, rather, tried to test with very crude hypotheses whether a new mode of transmission might not account for surprising aspects of some epidemics.

There was testimony from two physicians, on behalf of the plaintiff, that the standard of care in Virginia was to not discuss the uncertainties of testing, but rather to perform the test.

Our objective here was not to systematically review all the literature but rather to propose a methodology tested in a sample.