Sentence examples for rather a few from inspiring English sources

Rather, a few highly qualified women were hired to serve on many boards.

No chickpeas; rather, a few dollops of sour cream at the end will do the trick.

"Tovah Gold," she said, and shook his hand, or, rather, a few of his long, supple fingers.

Let me count the ways — or rather a few of the ways, because there are more howlers in the plan than I can cover in one column.

"Frankly," she said, "I would rather a few people slip through the cracks and cheat the system than have the regulations made harder on people who need service dogs.

I've read rather a few works by the French writer called Robert Pinget, but I have read one or two that seem to me to be the best of the French school, that is, a little more vigorous.

"I'd rather miss a few games here than in the season," he said.

Nobody sensible would argue with finance serving the economy rather than a few financiers.

"I'd rather wait a few more years than see a plebiscite in Australia.

Enoch Adeboye would prefer to have many small parishes rather than a few megachurches.

Rather than a few geeky rebels, there are now entire armies of employees equipped with smart mobile devices.