Sentence examples for rather than the first from inspiring English sources

If any World War killed the Paris avant-garde (itself a debatable possibility), it was surely the Second rather than the First.

If anything I was the last of the bohemians rather than the first of the Beats".

Our results show that the characteristics of the full signal, rather than the first element, determine classification.

And yet a wise investor would almost certainly choose the second rather than the first to invest in.

His most grueling event, the 400 individual medley, was on the final day rather than the first.

For some reason Don Juan also refers to himself in the third person rather than the first.

But Symphony Hall was the last great concert hall of the 19th century rather than the first of the 20th.

"If you were seated in the second cabin rather than the first, it wasn't as good," Mr. Dwek said.

They now see the first rate rise coming in the second quarter of next year rather than the first.

He was a tireless promoter of independent inventors' rights, defending the "first to invent" rather than the "first to file" patent system.

It should be noted that legal terms are mostly situated at the second level of the hierarchy rather than the first one.