Sentence examples for rather than preferred from inspiring English sources

It has been recently argued, however, that specialized hominin morphology may indicate adaptations for the consumption of occasional fallback foods rather than preferred resources.

A pluralist has a plausible answer when the choice is between two different sorts of value, the agent is preferring A to B, rather than preferring less of A to more of A. Wiggins explains the akratic choice by suggesting that the agent is 'charmed' by some aspect of the choice, and is swayed by that to choose what she knows to be worse overall (Wiggins 1980, p. 257).

Rather than prefer and await an invisible world, we might better value bodies, earth, the cosmos, and the moment.

I believe in being an equal citizen rather than a preferred subject.

Podolski has been deployed to great effect down the left, rather than a preferred central attacking role, but the German just gets on with the job at hand.

Raised in South America, he moved to the UK in 1919 and went on to embody the "English style" of ballet – lyrical rather than dramatic, preferring nuance over statement – and moved into the highest echelons of English society.

In contrast to the West, argues INSEAD's Gordon Redding, in China "a culture that transcends the individual is exceptionally rare".Another problem is that most Chinese businesses are broad rather than deep, preferring to diversify rather than concentrating on a core business.

We like nets that threaten to burst rather than billow, prefer a foot like a traction-engine to a delicate dink.

Many top tailors use horn buttons often made from deer antlers rather than plastic, prefer hand-sewn buttonholes with contrasting thread and add luxurious silky lining for the interior of the jacket.

However, Scholes believes it is the system, rather than the man preferred as the fulcrum of the attack, that is flawed.

Some of these beers seemed to be closer in style to American India Pale Ales, which can show intense hop bitterness rather than the stylistically preferred medium strength.