Sentence examples for role rather than a from inspiring English sources

He's charming and lovable, but in a supporting role rather than a lead.

Its first staging, in 1920, was considered groundbreaking for its use of Charles Gilpin, an African-American, in the title role rather than a white actor in blackface.

"Your chances are better at that position to find someone who can fill that role rather than a big player," Thorn said.

"What I wanted to do is step into a pure Shine role rather than a News Corp. role," Elisabeth told me.

And if he might have done better with the shooting chance he got late on, Zardes did enough to suggest his international future might just offer a steady growth into his role rather than a flash in the pan.

"The centrality of power in Osama bin Laden was very symbolic," said Howard, who expects the United States will spend a long time in Afghanistan, ideally in a diplomatic role, rather than a military one.

If her final act was more solidly placid than radiantly serene, a performance of the role rather than an inhabiting of it, that was par for the course in an evening without much fire or focus.

"At this point in my career, I think I would be better and more comfortable being in a strategic role rather than an operating role," Hartenstein said.

Bank nurses mainly appeared to serve an instrumental role rather than an interpersonal role.

It has been suggested previously [ 7] that the flexible linker in eukaryotic MBF1 could have a functional role rather than an architectural.

The linker (residues 35-62 in BmMBF1 and residues 41-68 in yMbf1) exhibits less prominent conservation and in B. mori a functional role rather than an architectural was predicted due to its flexible structure [ 7].