Sentence examples for rather than clearly from inspiring English sources

Like her, we feel, rather than clearly learn, that she, her family and her business have become a terrifyingly visible hate-focus.

Unfortunately the Irish referendum only increased concerns on this matter rather than clearly showing how EU decision making could be more democratic.

But they also noted that the majority of the company's timber holdings rely on informal agreements with government-owned forestry agencies rather than clearly defined legal ownership.

"We now recognize that populations of Nubia and Egypt form a continuum rather than clearly distinct groups," Mr. Emberling writes, "and that it is impossible to draw a line between Egypt and Nubia that would indicate where 'black' begins".

(Just as its T&Cs are intended to cover its own "rear end", rather than clearly inform people's about their rights, as one US congressman memorably put it last week).

My only problem with how this works is that the drop-down box characterizes the song as belonging to an "emerging artist" rather than clearly labeling it as an ad (see here).

Germany has "instincts sometimes rather than a clearly articulated policy", says a senior EU official.

In purchasing its stock, as with buying the original dot-com stocks, investors will be laying out their cash primarily on the basis of hope and optimism rather than a clearly defined and firmly established business plan.

Part of the problem is that Romney's vision appears to be driven by capabilities and tactics (incremental policies to achieve short-term objectives) rather than a clearly articulated strategy (a broad sense of guidance for our actions and decisions).

What the choice says, Mr. Dowd added, is that Mr. Kerry was "reduced to picking someone who would help him win the election" rather than someone clearly qualified to take over as president if necessary or even someone who brought ideological balance to the ticket.

Narrative momentum is suspended for long sequences in which the characters take time out for a softball game or drink themselves silly; storytelling points that many directors would consider crucial are blithely omitted; and characters act out of the illogic of their own impenetrable natures rather than following clearly signposted motivations.