Sentence examples similar to rather of the first from inspiring English sources

I also want to make the point that when one thinks about Baroque architecture, in general, one thinks not of Roman antiquity, but rather of the seventeenth century in Italy.

It is one of the last courses of action rather than the first line of remedy.

Bickerton, a member of the editorial board of New Left Review, rather approves of the first part of this phase, which has a strong influence on academics abroad.

The latest numbers suggest that those results were not an anomaly but rather part of the first significant uptick in violent crime since the early 1990s, according to criminal justice experts.

But I was rather proud of the first three chapters -- the ones that introduce the leads and hint at the adventure to follow.

If anything I was the last of the bohemians rather than the first of the Beats".

But Symphony Hall was the last great concert hall of the 19th century rather than the first of the 20th.

This suggests that the improvement on the carpentry specific part is linked to the second and third year of the apprenticeship, rather than the first year of it.

Imagine if this had been the opening game of a World Cup, rather than the first weekend of the 2016 autumn series.

The race is back on again this year but as the fourth event of the season rather than the first to take some of the focus off it.

This likely reflects the limitations of the electronic database rather than the first toxicological studies of PCB.