Rather more rarely the transfer of the-n-from the article to the noun, as in newt and ( obsolete ) nuncle ( the latter from the respectful term of address mine uncle, and it is well to remember that not long ago a / an shared the alternation with the very common words my / mine, thy / thine ).

Rather than berate DeFreitas for not making the most of his undoubted talent, it is probably fairer to remember the era in which he played-particularly his early career.

Rather, it was an explicit recognition of the fact that by marrying a Roman Catholic, Ena lost any right to inherit the British crown as a consequence of Britain's Act of Settlement.

Rather, the source of Coal & Iron Co. funding was an increasing load of debt owed by the parent railroad: increased by US $ 65 million during the first five years of Gowen's presidency — almost twice the railroad's valuation when he took the helm in 1869.

Rather than putting their trust in ephemeral sensations they seek form in the stable relationships of pure design, which symbolize an order more real than the disorder of the perceptual world.

Rather than from a first-hand study of Jewish people, his delineation of Shylock stems from a collection of Italian stories, Il Pecorone, published in 1558, although written almost two centuries earlier.

Rather it is rooted in a difference of response to the threat of social disintegration.

Rather it is a division established by two absolutely different ways of thought with regard to man's life in society.

Rather what Kornbluth and Pohl are really doing is warning against the dangers inherent in perfecting `` a science of man and his motives ''.

Rather than sit around waiting for the suitcases to be delivered, they had gone sight-seeing.

Rather the principle should be akin to that of the allowance.

Rather, such assignments are made, as they must be, on the basis of certain overall rules and standards, representing to some extent a statistical approach to the problem, taking into account for each situation some of the variables ( e.g., power and station separations ) and averaging out others in order to achieve the balance which must be struck between protection against destructive interference and the assignment of a number of stations large enough to afford optimum radio service to the Nation.

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

Rather large differences were still found between reaction cells from different manifold fillings.

Rather he weighs each phonologic fact in the light of its orthographic usefulness.

Rather, it is typical of the thousands of quacks who use phony therapeutic devices to fatten themselves on the miseries of hundreds of thousands of Americans by robbing them of millions of dollars and luring them away from legitimate, ethical medical treatment of serious diseases.

Rather we see here another vicious circle.

Rather, meat and potatoes, sugar, and dairy products are the main sources of carbohydrate, protein, oils, and fats.

Rather than viewing the abortive recovery in 1959-60 as a reason for believing we have lost prospects for growth '', he said `` it should be viewed as a lesson well learned which will increase the probability of substantial improvement in this recovery ''.

Rather, they are impressed with the British Government's success in forcing -- and helping -- the British textile industry to shrink and to change over to other products.

Rather they are genuine clods, proud of their cloddishness and openly antagonistic to the illuminating influences of aesthetics or thought.

During the first taping of the Late Show with David Letterman following the attacks, CBS newsman Dan Rather cried briefly as he quoted the fourth verse.

Rather, the object is chosen from the database and arrow markers appear in the display which indicate the direction to move the telescope.

Rather than a definition in terms of the force between two current-carrying wires, it has been proposed to define the ampere in terms of the rate of flow of elementary charges.

His poems have been parodied many times, including with the books When We Were Rather Older and Now We Are Sixty.

Rather than accepting the natural order of things — the presence of sickness and death — he believes one must fight against them.

Rather he disguises himself, referring to himself in the third person and only at the end of the novel reveals who he is.

Rather the myth so effectively informs an agrarian ethos that it profoundly influences people's ways of perceiving values and hence their behavior.

Steven Harper states " Wesley does not place the substitionary element primarily within a legal framework ... Rather doctrine seeks to bring into proper relationship the ' justice ' between God's love for persons and God's hatred of sin ... it is not the satisfaction of a legal demand for justice so much as it is an act of mediated reconciliation.

Rather than analysing the site and seeing which targets appear popular, archaeoastronomers have instead examined the ethnographic records to see what features of the sky were important to the Mayans and then sought archaeological correlates.

Rather than the more aristocratic themes and music of the Italian opera, the ballad operas were set to the music of popular folk songs and dealt with lower-class characters.

Rather the German concept of wars of movement and concentrated force were seen in wars of Prussia and the German wars of unification.

Rather than largely simple domestic residences in prehistory, Medieval crannogs were increasingly seen as strongholds of the upper class or regional ' political players ' such as Gaelic chieftains like the O ' Boylans and McMahons in County Monaghan and the Kingdom of Airgíalla up until the 17th century.

Rather than being a strict Darwinian, Haeckel believed that racial characteristics were acquired through interactions with the environment and that ontogeny directly followed phylogeny.

Rather than expensive galleys, wind powered ships that were much faster and had more room for cargo became popular for coastal trade.

Rather ... fanzines were the social glue that created a community out of a worldwide scattering of readers.

Rather, they were culturally different regions which came to be dominated by different political and religious forces and thus came under the de facto " rule " of different bodies.

Rather than being banished, the Fujiwara were mostly retained in their old positions of civil dictator and minister of the center while being bypassed in decision making.

Rather, rights in specific cases were to be decided by the judicial system of courts.

Rather, these teachings were paths to obtain gnosis.

Rather than a referendum of all residents of West Irian as had been agreed under Sukarno, an " Act of Free Choice " was conducted 1969 in which 1, 025 Papuan representatives of local councils were selected by the Indonesians.

Rather different in temperament, Amine Gemayel was widely regarded as lacking the charisma and decisiveness of his brother, and many of the latter's followers were dissatisfied.

This approach is presumed to have been employed in the case of Dan Rather over a story that he ran on 60 Minutes in the month prior to the 2004 election that attempted to impugn the military record of George W. Bush by relying on allegedly fake documents that were provided by Bill Burkett, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Texas Army National Guard.

: 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 an advantage in power, human acts such as walking, sitting or giving birth were possible only because of a defect in human power.

Rather, they concluded that azhdarchids were more likely terrestrial stalkers, similar to modern storks, and probably hunted small vertebrates on land or in small streams.

Rather, the provisions of Roman law were fitted into a more coherent system and expressed in the national language.

Rather than cover art each rule book, supplement, and adventure had a black cover with the title Book X, Supplement Y or Adventure Z each in a distinct color, numbered in the order in which they were produced.

Rather than strengthen his position, the military expeditions left his clan's coffers and fighting strength depleted, his vassals at odds over responsibility for the failure, and the clans that were loyal to the Toyotomi name weakened.

Rather than end the series, Marvel hired writer Peter David and illustrator Larry Stroman to recreate X-Factor with new members, all of whom were already allies of the X-Men, and three of whom were involved in the Muir Island Saga.

Rather, they were didactic, meant to teach the reader the virtues of Stoicism.