Sentence examples for rather than statements from inspiring English sources

Encourage students to think of superstitions, old wives' tales and other beliefs rather than statements that are obviously true.

A new study has found that people are more likely to stick to their goals if they are made as questions rather than statements.

Prescriptivists take a somewhat similar approach, arguing that moral judgments are prescriptions or prohibitions of action, rather than statements of fact about the world.

As in Shakespeare, the notes need to appear to be occurring as they arrive, as remarks rather than statements from a text.

The principles are prescriptions rather than statements, and their necessity arises from the role they play in the constitution of experiential knowledge.

I spent several lunchtimes with John Howard who, unlike just about every other major politician I've met, was full of questions rather than statements.

Metaphor, rather than statement or confession, is their method.

The clothes on the catwalk were understatement, rather than statement dressing.

"Use 'I' statements rather than 'you' statements which can sound aggressive," suggested Shah.

Make "I" statements rather than "you" statements.

J.L. Austin once suggested that "a statement of 'the law'" is a performative statement, rather than "a statement of fact" (Austin 1962, 4 n.2).