Sentence examples for rather a certain from inspiring English sources

If McEwan has a prejudice against anyone, I think it may be against men – or, rather, a certain type of man.

Rather, a certain degree of alternation is observed, the +5 states of nitrogen, arsenic, and bismuth appearing less stable and more strongly oxidizing than the corresponding states of phosphorus and antimony.

The administration's brief said what was barred was not a viewpoint but rather "a certain class of case," explaining that Congress limited the program "to ensure that the program focuses on the day-to-day legal problems of the poor people who are attempting to obtain benefits to which they may be entitled under the current program" rather than on trying to change the program.

It expresses rather a certain philosophical disappointment that a definition can't be offered.

Rather, it is a quantifier phrase, and so its extension, in a context, is not an individual, but rather a certain sort of set.

Secondly, it's not mere unrevisability that seems distinctive of the analytic, but rather a certain sort of unintelligibility: for all the unrevisability of "Some people have eyes," it's perfectly possible to imagine it to be false.

But rather that a certain kind of playful stance is being taken.

Most doctors would rather save a certain number of people for sure than risk the possibility that everyone might die.

Most of Facebook's purchases are about talent, rather than a certain product or access to a market, said Ray Valdes, an analyst at Gartner.

What you find in her writing, rather, is a certain ruefulness — an understanding that life is a crapshoot that's been rigged, but to whose advantage?

Personally, he is a little defective in temper, and leans rather towards a certain kind of dogmatism: but his honour and his honesty are unimpeachable.