Sentence examples for received rather from inspiring English sources

Its condition received rather more attention than the hungry and the homeless of Santa Croce.

(Irene had received rather little attention before Friday, despite having a fairly dangerous-looking forecast track).

But it received rather less coverage than the more flesh-crawling parts of his speech.

And as he collected his award, he acknowledged that he had received rather a lot during his career.

Above all she recognizes that much in life is received rather than taken, and while she does not encourage passivity, she does encourage acceptance.

This, the novel's biggest weakness, is largely a failing of Mangan's prose, which tends to be general rather than specific, lofty rather than grounded, received rather than observed.

What particularly caught my eye, though, was something MacKenzie said which received rather less attention — about fact-checking stories before publication.

By way of contrast, I enjoyed Lisa Owens's comic novel, Not Working (Picador £12.99), which was launched to some fanfare from her publishers, but received rather mixed reviews.

While western nations have decried Russian state homophobia, the persecution of LGBT people closer to home has received rather less coverage.

What's killing Romney now is another aspect of the private-equity business, and Bain Capital in particular, which has received rather less attention: its opacity and secretiveness.

He's probably right about the missed opportunity with Sister Simone, though it's not clear why the trade ought to have been with Fluke, who was also well-received, rather than, say, one of the governors who swung by the podium.