Sentence examples for rather than number from inspiring English sources

Dietary intake is associated with occlusal force rather than number of teeth in 80-y-old Japanese.

Most mammals have seven cervical vertebrae; size rather than number account for the variations in neck length in different species.

One large consultancy advises its big clients to be number two or three on corporate responsibility rather than number one.

Did Wiggins cycle a set distance rather than number of laps so the length of track (11.07am comment) doesn't matter?" I really, really don't know.

The easiest of the solutions is to fix the math: Adjust the policy to account for competition for seats as an indicator for equity, rather than number of schools.

The process has yielded numerous products, including a distinctive new line of file folders and a padlock that employs letter rather than number combinations, so that it can be unlocked by a word.

Dan Cole played in 41 matches during the British & Irish Lions season of 2013 but even then the Leicester prop did not exceed the cap on playing time, because it is calculated by minutes on the field rather than number of games and his total was 324 minutes shy of the 32 x 80 mark.

It is also devoid of rankings, opting to alphabetize rather than number.

Nokia to baptize phones by name rather than number [Yahoo! News].

Two other studies of workload/staffing ratios have quantified workload in terms of nursing interventions rather than number of patients.

Pritzker has shifted to a competency based model for requirements where emphasis is placed on mastery rather than number of courses.