Sentence examples for of rather than from inspiring English sources

Fortunately Victoire played on in spite of, rather than because of, the destructive impulse.

The progress, moreover, was achieved in spite of, rather than because of, diet.

"Some issues this administration is forced to stay on top of rather than solving".

It was the blackmailers that they really had to be afraid of rather than the police".

Complicit felt to me tremendously gripping because of – rather than in spite of – its calculated procrastination.

Its size, demands, ambitions, and expense are causes of, rather than cures for, incompetence.

They saw it as an active thing to be actively built out of, rather than merely rendered in, paint.

But whether Switzerland is so successful in spite of, rather than because of, all these foreigners is far from clear.

The Dreyfus Affair constitutes one of those moments of history that a lot people know of rather than much about.

The most intellectually curious and imaginative problem solvers have parents who are supportive of rather than ambitious for their child.

Excessive TV viewing could, for instance, be symptomatic of, rather than a cause of, sociopathic behaviour among children.