Sentence examples for rather encounter from inspiring English sources

What he does have, along with a first-rate band, is his character – the same character that typifies his marvellous songbook, and means there are no other hands in which you'd rather encounter it.

On the face of it, of course, it seems clear that humans are not wholly responsible for the world of experience, but rather encounter it; Maimon must provide some explanation of the 'given' content of experience without appealing to something like the Kantian cognitive dualism he finds so problematic.

For instance, ask any American if they would rather encounter another 9/11 or have a gay linguist serving openly in the military to help prevent it.

None of these six men were involved in Smith's murder but were rather encountered randomly by the lynch mob.

"If you want to train a soldier at a checkpoint, you would rather they encounter the bad situation in simulation rather than in real life," Dr. Badler said.

He said he would rather have thorough and accurate information available on the automaker sites, rather than encounter a reluctance on the part of the manufacturers to provide repair information because they are losing money.

Rather, we encounter lots of information and many people at the same time.

"We can never really know if animals are giving consent, but they do often engage in forms of behaviour which suggest they'd rather not encounter humans," he said.

Rather, they encountered disease, malnutrition and often brutality.

"I could have sat down and read scholarly literature on Islam, but that's still stepping back from it rather than encountering it," he said, over a cup of tea in the office of St. Stephen's Church.

Since Manhattan is actually Mediterranean in latitude, these early settlers were rather bewildered to encounter its snowy, freezing winter weather.