Sentence examples for rather affirms from inspiring English sources

The trio countered the same day, releasing a letter telling Mr. Norquist that their effort broke no pledge "but rather affirms the oath we have taken to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, of which our national debt may now be the greatest".

This does not enjoin an unattainable research agenda, but rather affirms ample opportunity for geoscientists to incline their curiosity toward what happens on Earth when the sun appears.

Relapse doesn't make someone a saint or a sinner, but rather affirms the vulnerability that is part of addiction.

The Charter 2.0 does not seek to affirm Quebec values anymore, but rather affirms vague values of equality and neutrality, while branding itself as a way to be accommodating.

Conceptualizing abusive individuals as part of the risk environment must not detract from, but rather affirms, the clear need for accountability and consequences for these individuals, as well as interventions to modify their violent behavior.

Personally, I'd rather affirm my fandom for Iggy Pop by buying a car insurance policy that he'd sold me, than buy one from, say, Michael Winner.

The staff (rather implausibly) affirms this as a positive, a prophylactic against the paparazzi.

Civil society and pressure groups denounced the declaration, saying it "undermines, rather than affirms, international human rights law and standards".

It rather proudly affirms the American dream, reclaiming it for Muslims who see no conflict between their patriotism and their faith.

Rather than affirming any of the specific explanations of how God created all else, they affirm a more general contention compatible with each of these specific explanations: that God is in some manner directly responsible for the existence of all else.

He was concerned rather to affirm that the totality of existence inanimate (Genesis 1 3 19), living (20 25), and human (26 31)—derived immediately from the same divine source.