Sentence examples for rather than premeditated from inspiring English sources
Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa has found Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide rather than premeditated murder.
Or was it, as I suspect, less calculating, a case of casual cruelty rather than premeditated sales-building?
When he later explained that his behavior was "spontaneous" rather than premeditated, that was even more disturbing.
About a quarter of one of the most disturbing group of offenses ICE logged ― 1,531 convictions for "Homicide" ― involved either traffic accidents or negligence with a weapon, rather than premeditated killing.
Convenience rather than premeditated design influenced the selection of records and, scientifically, the data are less-than-perfect as a basis for testing the hypothesis.
Several prominent Republicans have accused Ms. Rice of mischaracterizing the nature of the attack when she appeared on television talk shows five days later and said that preliminary information suggested that the assault was the result of protests over an anti-Muslim film, rather than a premeditated strike.
Appearing on Sunday chat shows five days after the attack, Susan Rice suggested that the incident was the part of wider protests over an anti-Muslim film, rather than a premeditated strike.
The offence was deemed a "momentary aberration" rather than a "premeditated act of cheating" at a hearing in early December.
White House officials attributed the dispute to inexperienced, overzealous security officials rather than any premeditated effort to humiliate Mr. Obama.
Ms. Rice, using talking points drafted by the C.I.A., said the assault appeared to be a protest gone awry rather than a premeditated terrorist attack.
