Sentence examples for but rather tried from inspiring English sources

In an e-mail Ms. Truax said that she rarely cut entire families but rather tried to compress their stories.

The new Egypt, the Egypt of the January 25th revolution, is a democratic Egypt: the ruler will be neither deified nor executed, but rather tried in a just manner.

Mr. Obama did not wade into the uproar among Democrats over whether the bill would have a public insurance component, a key point of contention, but rather tried to correct what he said were untruths about the plan.

Most employers did not make a fuss of the women disappearing but rather tried to prepare for the influx of overexcited youngsters who would have to accompany their fathers to work.

In the present study, we did not intend to introduce specific attentional changes but rather tried to keep the animals at a stationary attentional level (see Materials and Methods).

The women in the present study had limited possibilities for shaping social processes, but rather tried to 'grab on to possibilities arising in the shadow of the strategic others' [39 134].

"We are not saying, 'Go away,' but rather, 'Try to behave sensibly,' " he said in a phone interview.

In the concerts, Jingle Punks isn't championing certain material but rather trying to illustrate that, depending on the setting, even familiar music can surprise and amuse.

"Never believing that one's language is an X-ray of a character's soul, but rather trying to show the manipulative potential of language".

A spokesman, Simon Gordon, said the company was not trying to block the sale of the device but rather trying to level the playing field in Germany.

Professors who have studied plagiarism do not try to excuse it -- many are champions of academic honesty on their campuses -- but rather try to understand why it is so widespread.