Sentence examples for rather to support from inspiring English sources

More important, more of them are relying on their paychecks not for pin money or to pay for Friday-night dates but, rather, to support families.

Mr. Allison, who is now teaching at Wake Forest University, says the money isn't specifically slated for objectivism but rather to support the work of "free-market professors, especially those that have a serious interest in Rand's philosophy".

Most answered that they were worried that their children would not use their wealth to support their passion but rather to support a lifestyle of drugs or spending that would harm them in the long run.

The oath of office for all officers of the military services says nothing about loyalty to the president or any individual, but rather to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic".

Similarly to the pragmatism of Indian foreign policy meaning "a rejection of... 'idealism' or 'moral posturing' and, instead, a focus on power and material interests" (Miller and De Estrada, 2017: p. 27)—Nazarbayev, while not overriding ideology completely, uses it not to derive his decisions from it, but, rather, to support what he wants to do on the basis of material interests.

"Wellness drips are complementary medicine," she says, explaining that they are not intended to replace a healthy diet and regular exercise, but rather to "support a healthy lifestyle".

But this assessment appears to have been prepared in order to help the military remain on guard, rather than to support the case for military action.

This is extra borrowing to pay for the costs of economic failure – slower growth and higher unemployment – rather than to support the economy through difficult times".

Scholars have noted, however, that Appian used his sources rather creatively to support his views of the importance of Alexandria and the virtues of the Romans.

At the time, many residents of the colonies that later became Canada were Americans who had immigrated for free land rather than to support Britain.

The extracts he has chosen, from a wide range of advice books, magazines, memoirs and Mass Observation, are often arresting and vivid, but they tend to illustrate change rather than to support any examination as to why the change occurred.