Sentence examples for rather for once from inspiring English sources

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Merrill himself suggests the reason: "When word of Hans's death not long afterwards reached me in Salzburg, a poem began to take form -- or rather, for once, not to.

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The tool can take a long time to run, so if speed matters it is better to run the tool multiple times for short ranges of dates (e.g. August-October for three different years), rather than once for a single long range (e.g. August of year 1 through October of year 3).

Bill Bryson is handing out awards for once, rather than receiving them.

For once Mo Farah was merely good rather than extraordinary – and for once he did not mind a jot.

It was 21st-century East End commerce in microcosm, peacefully cohabiting for once, rather than engaged in a fight to the death.

That says a lot about the hype over this comic book adaptation, which revels in the villains rather than the heroes for once and sees Jared Leto step into Heath Ledger's size 58 boots as the new Joker.

To this end, C4 had assembled a small team of psychiatrists, social anthropologists etc and, more importantly, 1,500 volunteers, for what might just be a reality show going, for once, rather right.

And so we move into the second half of our poetic year with July – the seventh month, and one that is named after an emperor rather than a god, for once.

Try to think of the royals at their most attractive – in the guise of Helena Bonham-Carter and Colin Firth in The King's Speech – and join in, for once, rather than skulking hatefully on the sidelines muttering about the 1%.

Thanks to the influx of tourists (the event set a new attendance record) and supporting cultural perfomances, Minsk felt itself to be at the centre of Europe for once, rather than in the background.

"Owing to a total screw up on the visa front (by the organisation I shall be working for, rather than yours truly, for once), I'm sat in Delhi airport, stuck in limbo Tom Hasks-stheye as they won't give me a boarding pass.

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