Sentence examples for rather of being from inspiring English sources

Recanting under pressure, Abrahamian told me, is now seen as a sign not of weakness or treachery but, rather, of "being human".

But, to do so, he puts his actors into those very places and spaces, which fuse with their state of mind, or, rather, of being.

He was not accused of pulling the trigger, but rather of being involved in the escape and thus criminally liable for the deaths.

This is not a question of being for or against theory, but rather of being suspicious of orthodoxies that concede, in advance, that what passes for theory must be signaled by a narrowing of diction, sentence rhythms, and sensual awareness.

My teenage self was rather proud of being a "cultured despiser of religion".

I think we were all rather proud of being on the black list.

I do not wish to see the demise of The Times and I'm rather ashamed of being afreeloader.

It is this condition of having limited power - rather than of being autonomous - that underlies the wariness towards regionalism.

Rather, it smacks of being a payoff to pharmaceutical companies".

"People would rather be free of being bothered, and that's what the 'safe streets' bylaw aims to do.

What there is rather less of is help with the practicalities of getting to such posts in the first place.