Sentence examples for rather to begin from inspiring English sources

Asked about the speech, Michael McKeon, the governor's chief spokesman, said that Mr. Pataki had not meant to deliver an ultimatum against any future tax increases, but rather to begin a debate.

Our purpose is not to determine which of these two approaches is better across an entire problem domain, but rather to begin to document practical differences between a standard off-the-shelf GA and a tailored GGA.

Particularly when that cat is a fern and lasagna addict, and rather uncaring to begin with.

More than 4,000 Americans have died in Iraq and more than 1,000 in Afghanistan, where the Obama administration has chosen to escalate rather than to begin a careful withdrawal.

Having stumbled over a cliff, it may seem preferable for both parties to stay there a while rather than to begin scrambling back up its face.(Photo credit: AFP).

But it was the direction the Fed was taking — its decision to maintain an expansive monetary policy through "quantitative easing," rather than to begin monetary tightening — that was most striking.

While this chicken was just as juicy as the grilled version, the quantity -- I would guess about two full breasts -- was especially daunting given that yogurt and fried bread are rather heavy to begin with.

That is particularly daunting for the advertising and media industries since those forecasts had been rather modest to begin with, because ad spending almost always grows more slowly in a year after an Olympics and a national election.

This has left users trying to stretch the boundaries, something that doesn't work well for a setup that is still rather buggy to begin with.

Surprisingly, your own character is one of the least memorable, perhaps because his face is rather unremarkable to begin with (apologies to Aaron Staton).

Although a lot of the ads are rather generic to begin with by the virtue that they have to be a one size fits all solution.