Sentence examples for emphasis rather from inspiring English sources

Mr. McCain's comments are more of a shift in emphasis rather than a departure from his stated position.

Finally, in-class pedagogy becomes a matter of emphasis, rather than a radical shift from traditional teaching approaches.

Yet even this dispute has been one of emphasis, rather than deep ideology: the budget numbers have been set out and agreed in the pre-budget report.

The rulemaking competition committee initially had planned to issue a directive to the game officials on the matter as a point of officiating emphasis, rather than enact a formal rule.

However, Mr. Nixon aware of the political mileage Republicans once made with the spurious charge that the Democrats "lost" China to Communism has been willing thus far only shift emphasis rather than to produce a positive new policy.

Although the disagreement (insofar as it was not synthetic) was about emphasis rather than substance, Eric Cantor, the (Jewish) leader of the Republican majority in the House, was "very concerned".

Evidence from different information sources was more likely to provide differing emphases, rather than formally to diverge.

However, still the emphasis is rather on system design and development and not on system validation and testing.

Yet, it is because of this emphasis -- rather than in spite of it -- that Obama's strongest critiques of Bush/Cheney emerge.

(emphasis added) Rather than a strength, Olson argued that pluralism was a weakness of American democracy.

The emphasis is rather on voice-leading than harmonic progressions, however.