Sentence examples for rather than reference from inspiring English sources

I refer to — rather than reference — the word practice, as in "Duchamp's practice," "Picasso's studio practice" and worst of all, especially from the mouths of graduate students, "my practice".

In psychiatry the situation is different; theories and constructs employ latent variables rather than reference to unobservables.

(If one prefers to define realism in terms of scientific ontology rather than reference and truth, the worry can be rephrased in terms of the mistaken ontologies of past theories from later perspectives).

That his decisions are guided by arcane political calculations rather than reference to a moral compass.

He explains: "I focused on capturing Zaha's formal language rather than reference specific buildings, because I am very interested in her drawings and paintings from the 80s".

The ATS guidelines [ 2] suggested that decision cut points rather than reference values be used when interpreting FeNO levels.

Indeed, rather than referencing ads for branded clothing lines, the paintings are based on Polish patterns for fashion-forward home-knitters.

Rather than referencing a particularpoem, the solo artist aims to capture a particular sense of disquiet, similar to Eliot's unease at progress in the early 20th century.

It's packed with jokes, but they rely more on the characters and on general zaniness, rather than references to (say) The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones.

All direct references to sex were deleted; Renault's selling of visas for sex, and Rick and Ilsa's previous sexual relationship were implied elliptically rather than referenced explicitly.

BMI cut-off values have been established with healthy children (i.e. children were breastfed and from homes where there was no smoking or food insecurity); therefore, the cut-off values represent ideal growth standards rather than references.