Sentence examples for rather wanted to from inspiring English sources

The Mets, rather, wanted to make the heights "more uniform" by reducing the obtrusiveness of that 16-foot rise.

Because so many jobs were riding on the hotel's success, we rather wanted to like the place.

At the end of the second world war, he performed for troops in the Far East, although he had "rather wanted to do Charley's Aunt".

Notwithstanding such gains, some opposition members refused to take their seats in Parliament but rather wanted to obtain power through unconstitutional means by using unemployed youth for violence.

The demonstrators "didn't want to change the Sultan," she said, but rather wanted to see more restrictions placed on the ruling élite.

Mr. Boughner said he didn't want to offend anyone by not taking the Gideons' free gifts - all other Atlantic City casino-hotels do - but rather wanted to provide more comprehensive service.

How does Mr. Rather want to be remembered?

"I rather want to know the effects on our body than the meaning of the numbers and units".

Mr Hollande, for his part, is discreetly telling Brussels and Berlin that he does not question fiscal discipline, but rather wants to complement it with growth-promoting measures.

And a friend used to mean someone who, if you met them in real life, you might really rather want to see again.

On the one hand, he rather wants to laugh at all those earnest undergraduates (and lecturers) attaching the same arguments about sexual transgression to whatever they are studying.