Sentence examples for rather acted as from inspiring English sources

The evidence clearly suggests that the Tenney bills, particularly SCA 13, and legislative cognizance of the University of Washington cases (ACR 47) were not substantive concerns but, rather, acted as catalysts to bring about a quick "solution" of the two principal issues.

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The most unusual thought is that the structure was none of these, but rather acted as a giant heat-control apparatus, with its entire upper surface covered in a vast network of blood vessels pulsing with overheated blood or absorbing solar heat.

Thus the MDC was not directly responsible for regeneration programmes but rather acted as a spearhead, guiding the development process.

Again, as with NFκB, RhoH overexpression did not induce activation of any of these proteins itself, but rather acted as a specific negative regulator for Rac and RhoA-induced p38 activity.

Hence, adjusting for any tumor characteristic variables in the Cox regression model would be incorrect as they did not confound the association between menstrual factors and breast cancer survival but rather acted as intermediates in the causal pathway.

It's not the sole reason she's popular, but rather acts as a shield around her beliefs.

An important feature of the process is the fact that the ferrocene layer does not inhibit the electrode surface but rather acts as a surface redox catalyst for further oxidation and decarboxylation processes.

It was also seen for both loading modes that including an additional pin at a load transfer location does not significantly alter the load carried by a single pin (the additional pin rather acts as a geometric stabilizer).

It encompasses a confidante who is, against all expectations, pretty viperish: Margaret Tyzack is a natural for the role but she rather acts as if she thinks that too, and she susurrates.

Finally, analysis of JMV2770 hydrolysis following transient transfection of ADAM10 or ADAM9 cDNA in ADAM10−/− fibroblasts allowed to confirm our previous data establishing that ADAM9 does not behave as a genuine α-secretase but rather acts as an important upstream regulator of ADAM10 activity.