Sentence examples for studies but rather from inspiring English sources

They're discouraged not by a letter from the director of graduate studies but rather by more subtle obstacles blocking the way to tenure, in Dr. Wood's view.

Finally, our evidence suggests that "learning", or performance improvement over time is not just a by-product of the mere repetition of the same production activities, as sometimes reported in previous studies, but rather it seems to be shaped by deliberate firm learning efforts.

Furthermore, the homogeneity of sediment composition suggests that the morphological landscape of nematode communities are not structured by granulometry per se, as has been suggested in other studies, but rather by other environmental factors that are indirectly connected with particle size.

We do not wish to discourage individual investigators from performing preference studies, but rather to highlight the features of current preference trials to help patients and clinicians alike become aware of potential biases from independent or industry-sponsored patient preference trials so that they can interpret the results accordingly.

This study's importance lies in the fact that it does not search what mothers do in relation to their own diets and those of their children (which has been a frequent subject of mother-child nutrition studies) but rather what mothers say and think about this topic (i.e., how they perceive their own behavior in this regard).

The University elected not to create a major or program in American studies, but rather to create a center because of a firm belief in the multidisciplinary approach, said Eric Slauter, Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature, and one of the co-directors of the Scherer Center.

It is not just an iconographical study, but rather a historical study of the pictorial development of that most fascinating subject.

His associates say that this alteration of demeanor is not studied but, rather, stems from a profound, almost religious, respect for the law.

These determinations I make, rightly or wrongly, don't come about by close study but rather by sense, in the instant, no room for a second thought.

Features were not reliant on absolute time in the study, but rather used relative time differences among patterns in the data.

According to this view, ethics is not an independent field of study but rather a branch of theology (see moral theology).