Sentence examples for rather stiffer from inspiring English sources

The signs are promising: it's a Focus, the new car's structure is rather stiffer but no heavier, one of the engines is Ford's impressive 1.6-litre Ecoboost turbo unit (others include the usual non-turbo 1.6 and a pair of turbodiesels, a 115bhp 1.6 and 2.0 with either 140 or 163bhp), and great attention has been paid to reducing road and wind noise.

Most likely to: Become a viral sensation asap – or rather, A$AP.

They were seized at Kennedy Airport, and they were filled not with animal fluid but, rather, $6.4 million in cash.

Or rather, $312,000 was what she owed the last time she could bring herself to log into the Sallie Mae account that tracks the ever-growing balance.

If tickets for tomorrow's game are worth $1,000 rather $100, what's to stop the N.F.L. from selling the ticket for that much in the first place?

The Family Research Council declared yesterday that the measure would cost not $200 million but rather $87 billion.

Most of the money for these raises will come from cutting Price's salary -- which is now $70,000 per year rather $1 million.

Bid odd values - eg $10.23 rather $10 - as most people bid in round numbers.

It claims a kilo of bread costs $0.84, when it's really closer to $1.9, or that a liter of milk is $0.56 rather than $0.95.

A New York-to-Boston ticket on a slow train on Friday afternoon or evening costs $59, rather than $50, so the price of saving 45 minutes of train travel is $12 rather than $21.

"Chicken and beer for $10, rather than $20, is very different than all-you-can-drink offers for $1.