Sentences with phrase «rather than for»

Because these moderate extremes are by definition more common, and because the authors looked at global statistics rather than those for highly localized, rare events, the conclusions are extremely robust, said Peter Stott, leader of the Climate Monitoring and Attribution Team at the Met Office Hadley Centre, in the U.K. «I think this paper is very convincing,» said Stott, who was not involved in the research.

But «Oumuamua has a more neutral colour, suggesting it has only been impacted by cosmic rays for, at most, hundreds of million years rather than for the billions of years that our solar system has existed.

However, there have been anecdotal reports of people using the nets for fishing, rather than for protection while asleep.

To their surprise, the model that worked best predicted that cholera survivors were only immune to the disease for a few months rather than for a few years, as researchers previously believed.

Most of the time, though, paleontologists had ignored maxilloturbinals or confused them with other turbinals that both reptiles and mammals use for smelling rather than for recycling water.

But future tokamaks must do without solenoids, which run in short pulses rather than for weeks or months at a time as commercial fusion power plants will have to do.

That method could make a difference in cellulosic biofuel plants, which produce ethanol from waste products — corn husks and cobs — rather than edible kernels, a major advance in addressing the tradeoff of using agricultural land to grow corn for fuel rather than for food.

When it comes to policy, Paul is notable for what he proposes to eliminate rather than for what he wants to add or remake in the federal budget.

Not surprisingly, research suggests that young adults most often use their phones for entertainment purposes rather than for school or work.

Blanco and his colleagues think male short - tailed opossums may have gained their large teeth initially for sexual display rather than for hunting: competition between males is particularly acute because these opossums breed only once in their lifetime.

Jumping may be a way to use the avatar for entertainment rather than for the more «serious» work of fighting in - game enemies.

Healthy cells use most of their glucose «fuel» to produce energy, rather than for building components of new cells, such as fats and DNA.

And the researchers believe that barley was first introduced to the region to make alcoholic beverages rather than for food.

Self - objectification involves valuing yourself mainly for your appearance, rather than for other positive traits.

Between January 2015 and February 2016, the researchers recruited 196 people between the ages of 18 and 29 from the streets of Rhode Island who use prescription opioids recreationally, rather than for medical reasons.

Painters who definitely did make use of φ include the 20th - century artists Louis - Paul - Henri Sérusier, Juan Gris, Gino Severini, and Salvador Dalí; but all four seem to have been experimenting with φ for its own sake rather than for some intrinsic aesthetic reason.

Researchers say these results have implications for understanding disease origin rather than for clinical risk prediction and future studies should focus on the mechanisms underlying the relationship between childhood height and later stroke.

«The genes which these miRNAs regulate also had increased levels, indicating that these gene expression, indicating that these gene products were likely targeted for storage and for possible future use within the brain cell, rather than for destruction.

In service of that institutional need, academic culture has fostered the misleading narrative that graduate school and postdoc positions are solely intended to prepare young scientists for academic research careers rather than for a range of nonacademic and even nonresearch endeavors.

Plock's situation — teaching to share his expertise rather than for the extra income — represents only a very small percentage of the adjunct population, although it is more common in the sciences than the humanities, says Matt Williams, vice president of the New Faculty Majority, an advocacy group for non-tenure-track faculty.

The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reiterated that we must prepare for climate variability rather than for any particular threat.

For a variety of reasons, some of which go back to the fact that for 50 years now in schools we have been teaching science primarily for future scientists rather than for every future member of society and every future citizen.

In other words, this plane is meant for relaxed and smooth cruising rather than for stunts.

EW:... In a coalition you have to compromise and most people I've talked to say given the financial mess that we've got ourselves to try and deal with it's about time parties co-operated and they looked to try and get things done on behalf of the country rather than for party political advantage.

The last time Labour held an internal election of such consequence and such closeness, it opted for sanity rather than for demotic irrelevance.

He insisted in the interview that he had taken the job to «do something for the country» rather than for political reasons.

As a voter and a local leader, I work to elect representatives that will be strong advocates for the interests of my family and for my community, rather than for single - minded interest groups.

It's also true that many Tories hate him and I mean hate... Many suspect Cameron is in it for himself rather than for the party.

So you operate as a public utility at cost for public benefit, rather than for private profit.

Voters can vote for the candidate they prefer, rather than for the candidate they think is most likely to keep out the one they least prefer, in the knowledge that second preference votes will count if his or her preferred candidate is eliminated before the last round of counting.

It is my sincere hope that my constituents remember me most for the good I have done as their representative, rather than for the poor example I set as a candidate.»

Ms Beckett said: «Part of what came out of the turbulence of the last day or so is a realisation that there are people around Jeremy who are prepared to see the Labour party split, rather than for him to go.

art of what came out of the turbulence of the last day or so is a realisation that there are people around Jeremy who are prepared to see the Labour party split, rather than for him to go.

They need to persuade their followers to cast their second and third preferences, and make sure they are all for each other, rather than for the MP for Islington North.

[continued from previous post] And the widespread working class experience of declining wages due to competition from immigrants was one of the motivations that led many to vote for Leave, which was what the question asked for, rather than for arguments as to whether Leave or Remain was correct overall.

Woodland managed for shooting rather than for commercial timber production provides a richer and more varied habitat.

The documents allege Silver received $ 1.4 million in salary from the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg based on his official position as assembly speaker, rather than for work he performed, and $ 3.9 million in attorney referral fees.

«The Presidency is a vehicle for amassing wealth for family and friends rather than for looking after the welfare of the masses.

Under the traditional model of housing development in the UK, landowners effectively compete to ensure that their land is used for the most profitable part of the development (usually high end private housing) rather than for, say, parkland or affordable homes.

The system provides approximately proportional representation, enables votes to be cast for individual candidates rather than for parties, and — compared to first - past - the - post voting — reduces «wasted» votes (votes on sure losers or sure winners) by transferring them to other candidates.

Critics claim they want to keep hosts from «warehousing» units — using them year - round as illegal hotels rather than for permanent residences.

This is why it is critical to always be using social media to capture more email addresses — then you can reach your entire intended audience, and control the flow of communication to your supporters, rather than a for - profit company with constantly changing rules acting as traffic cop.

Yes, they have blamed Labour for excessive levels of debt and the poor state of the economy, but they have blamed Labour for «waste» and unnecessary spending rather than for high levels of spending on public services (which they support).

«The number crunchers were telling him that there was good evidence that the Tories» economic recovery was only going to work for a few people rather than for everyone — and that in an election about the cost of living, he would always have the upper hand.»

Similarly, understanding why some women insist they are only working because their husbands can not, rather than for self - empowerment, may help us understand general experiences of those seeking employment after fleeing.

This seems to be meant for the opinion - leader crowd rather than for potential voters.

However, if a mother follows a diet that does not include such foods, I would prescribe multivitamins for her rather than for the baby, whereby both would benefit.

I run to challenge myself rather than for charity or for speed, so I tend to choose obscure off - road races rather than high - profile city marathons.

But too often, parents praise kids for excellent results rather than for excellent efforts.

If your child places importance on how well they perform in comparison to others, they're setting themselves up for a fall, and for lots of frustration, rather than for a positive self - image.