Sentence examples for or rather because of from inspiring English sources

Despite (or rather because of) the aesthetic clashes, it hangs together in a supremely atmospheric whole.

Despite, or rather because of, all the abuse, however, Senator John McCain will be sorely missed in Moscow.

And yet, or rather because of, this narrower vision it is about as charming an hour of television as anyone female could hope to stay home for.

Ms. Krim's blog is not the first to have uncomfortably emerged into the public eye after — or rather, because of — a public tragedy.

Despite, or rather because of, the fact that the show remains largely unchanged, it attracted record breaking viewing figures of 9.6 million.

Indeed, across Latin America, business is booming for people smugglers like the captain of the William, despite a multibillion-dollar security crackdown at the United States border after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks -- or rather, because of it.

Click here In part, it is probably because we do still share with antiquity some of the same prompts to laughter – whether that is because of some universal structure of joking, or rather because, as Powell's borrowing reminds us, ancient jokes are sometimes the direct ancestors of our own modern comic quips.

When a writer wonders, "Will it sell?" he is lost, not because he is looking to make an extra buck or two, but rather because, by dint of asking the question in the first place, he has oriented himself toward the expectations of others.

Although (or rather, because) this type of discourse is fairly technical, metaphors help us to come to terms with what is inherently abstract and complex, notably by comparing it to something which is familiar and concrete (Balmer & Herreman 2009; Hellsten & Nerlich 2011; Boldt 2016; McLeod & Nerlich 2017).

Ergotamine tartrate is not effective on nausea or vomiting; rather, because of the interaction with dopaminergic receptors, it may itself induce or increase nausea or vomiting accompanying the migraine attack [72].

In previous studies luminal epithelization remained partial or rather slow because of the early disintegration of the collagen layer.