Rather the monthly total consumption was divided and charged on the basis of number of rooms and persons in the family.

Rather than proving the existence of God, Kant was attempting to demonstrate that all moral thought requires the assumption that God exists.

Rather, the word blue was used in the 17th century as a disparaging reference to rigid moral codes and those who observed them, particularly in blue-stocking, a reference to Oliver Cromwell's supporters in the parliament of 1653.

Rather than being written as history, the Deuteronomistic history – Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings – was intended to illustrate a theological scheme in which Israel and her leaders are judged by their obedience to the teachings and laws ( the covenant ) set down in the book of Deuteronomy.

Rather than receiving an explicit order, a commander would be told of his superior's intent and the role which his unit was to fill in this concept.

Rather, it was a banquet hall for the Russian nobility which frequented this spa resort in the late 19th century, and is presently used as a restaurant.

* Year collections: Rather than being satisfied with a single specimen of a type, a great many collectors collect type by year ; for example, one Memorial Lincoln Cent for every year from 1959 ( the year it was first minted ) to present.

Rather than the original 20 cm size, the diameter of this compact disc was set at 11. 5 cm, the diagonal measurement of a compact cassette.

Rather, a Dictator was a person given sole power ( unlike the normal Roman republican practice, where rule was divided between two equal Consuls ) for a specific limited period, in order to deal with an emergency.

Rather, evidence points to James the brother or half-brother of Jesus, to whom the resurrected Jesus evidently had made a special appearance, and who was prominent among the disciples.

Rather than risk returning Mary to Scotland with an English army or sending her to France and the Catholic enemies of England, they detained her in England, where she was imprisoned for the next nineteen years.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably or, meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great Queen who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great queen who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi ( 治天下大王 ), meaning " the great king who rules all under heaven.

Rather it was a culmination of all my athleticism and baseball skills and years of training peaking simultaneously ...

Rather it contains metaphoric stories or allegories, such as The Shepherd and The Vine, in which each individual element corresponds to a specific group or thing.

: Rather than calling assailants " terrorists ," we can refer to them as bombers, hijackers, gunmen ( if we're sure no women were in the group ), militants, extremists, attackers or some other appropriate noun.

Rather than counteracting the initial effects of the nerve agent on the nervous system like atropine, pralidoxime chloride reactivates the poisoned enzyme ( acetylcholinesterase ) by scavenging the phosphoryl group attached on the functional hydroxyl group of the enzyme.

Rather, each Orthodox group claims to be a non-exclusive heir to the received tradition of Jewish theology, while still affirming a literal acceptance of Maimonides ' thirteen principles.

Rather than using an in-house, trained group of testers, just five to six random people are brought in to test the product, or service.

Rather, it is the exposed edge of small submarine ridges produced by tectonic tilting of the sea bottom Basilan, Jolo, and other islands in the group are extinct volcanic cones rising from the southernmost ridge.

Rather speaking about his experiences in his 61 years of journalism before a group of NATO commanders at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan in July 2011.

Rather than reading minutes, the session would begin with a group dance.

Rather, each would typically submit a complete song to the group and sing the lead vocal on that song, while the other would record backing vocals.

" Rather, the question of consensus is left to the judgment of the group chair ( an example is the IETF working group, discussed below ).

Rather than focus only on law enforcement and the current antiquities market, the group set its mission as being to ( 1 ) establish a comprehensive online catalog of all cultural artifacts in the museum's collection, ( 2 ) create a virtual Baghdad Museum that is accessible to the general public over the Internet, ( 3 ) build a 3D collaborative workspace within the virtual Baghdad Museum for design and fundraising purposes, and ( 4 ) establish a resource center within the virtual Baghdad Museum for community cultural development.

Rather, they can be divided into an American and an Old World lineage ( the latter including the ground jays and the Piapiac ), while the gray jays of the genus Perisoreus form a group of their own.

Rather than solely focusing on the analysis of society as a whole, Merton argued that analysis could and should also be done on an organization, institution or group.

Rather than included sexuality under protected liberty, she used the equal protection argument and struck down the law because it was directed at one group.

Rather than working directly with the sheaves, he defined a group using ( isomorphism classes of ) sheaves as generators, subject to a relation that identifies any extension of two sheaves with their sum.

Rather, the Lesser Whitethroat and its closest relatives Hume's Whitethroat and the Small Whitethroat appear more related to a group of morphologically quite dissimilar species.

The Media Research Center, a right-wing media watchdog group led by L. Brent Bozell, has been especially critical about what it has perceived to be unduly favorable coverage of liberal topics by CBS, especially during the tenure of CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather.

Rather than start a political party of his own, however, Sanoh preferred to play the role of kingmaker by shifting his group from party to party.

Rather than generating their own data and hypothesis-testing, as Ph. D. students would, a group of Ed. D.

Rather, they were likely a group of autonomous polities that shared a common elite culture, as seen in the rich iconography and monumental architecture that survive today.

Rather than signing immediately, the group financed the recording of their first album to guarantee creative control.

Rather than a relational " social group ", as the term would indicate, the term refers to a category that is differentiated and defined by the social majority, that is, those who hold the majority of positions of social power in a society.