Sentence examples for rather than is from inspiring English sources

Why do we insist on living in a world that was rather than is?

The debate on adoption has always been about its effectiveness: does it work, rather than is it right.

A poem like "A Clock in the Square," published in that volume, finds its inspiration in a "handless clock" that refuses, rather than is unable, "to acknowledge the hour": This handless clock stares blindly from its tower, Refusing to acknowledge any hour, But what can one clock do to stop the game When others go on striking just the same?

It is also less than clear that 'God is good,' on this reading, is the claim that God possesses a particular perfection, rather than is merely a reminder that God has a variety of perfections.

According to Niiniluoto, the theoretical framework of technology as the practice that is concerned with what the world should be like rather than is, the framework that forms the counterpoint to the descriptive framework of science, is design science.

"How do we take action in a way that inspires a nation rather than is based on anger?" he asked.

Is that right?"—rather than being pedantic or obnoxious.

Rather than being offended, Ms. Simpson was intrigued.

Rather than be deported — how undignified!

Rather than be Jack Golden, they'd rather not be Fred Lewis.

Rather than being heavier than water, the flaps are buoyant.