Sentence examples for rather a declaration from inspiring English sources

They weren't seeking money damages but rather a declaration that Arpaio's office engages in racial profiling and an order that requires it to make policy changes.

It's difficult to know what to do with some of Spitz's more robust claims, as when he insists that "it can be argued" that Jagger's greatest philosophical statement of 1965 was not "I can't get no satisfaction," but rather a declaration to a gas station attendant that he and his bandmates could urinate wherever they pleased, even on the wall of the garage.

The protocol is not legally binding, but rather a declaration of intent, indicating commitment to reform.

This does not mean the wink and nod of a resolution or a budgetary act, but rather a declaration of war.

Her resignation was to be read not as an admission of defeat but, rather, as a declaration of success.

But surely not giving a corporate tax cut is just a political choice rather than a declaration of mortal combat.

I saw it rather as a declaration that sisterhood on the Supreme Court is, if not powerful, at least keeping score.

Washington will hope this is seen as a warning shot rather than a declaration of war against its allies in Cairo.

That was what Ms. Pearson considered the happy ending 10 years ago, and it was still rather radical, a declaration that women could just walk away from a structure that did not work for them.

North Korea stirred a storm of protest with its announcement Friday that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, with many analysts viewing the move as hard bargaining rather than a declaration that it would begin building nuclear weapons.

That's rather like a declaration of war, but a refusal to fight.