Sentence examples for rather a statement from inspiring English sources

It is, rather, a statement of fact.

It's not a question, but rather a statement.

It is rather a statement, ie Finnegans do wake, in a perpetual cycle of rebirth, reincarnation and, as the Blooms would have it, metempsychosis.

This time there was no news conference, as there was last time, but rather a statement late Saturday night from Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stating that the stimulus was on track.

When one of the greatest basketball players, who nevertheless is still No. 2, starts talking about piano lessons, it is not a sign of his desire for a hobby but rather a statement about his capacity for self-improvement.

According to news accounts, the tax plan that the Trump Administration will release on Wednesday won't be a comprehensive proposal but, rather, a statement of general principles — a glorified wish list.

That opening round 66 is beginning to look like an outlier rather than a statement of intent.

The monument, rather, is "a statement of fact — it's what we have collectively done, up until now".

The words "war criminal" seem to be mostly used as a term of derision, rather than a statement of fact, let alone a requirement to prosecute.

It is intimate, not public; it is conversational, colloquial, a thinking aloud, rather than a statement designed to be reported by journalists.

That is, it is an accounting measure rather than a statement on how profitable the core business is.