Sentence examples for a jail rather than from inspiring English sources

Inside, the building resembles a jail, rather than a farm: it is packed with row upon row of computers in locked metal cages, their fans whirring and lights flashing.

In February 2014, when the tape was allegedly made, it seemed that one of Morsi's several trials would collapse if it was revealed that, following his overthrow, he had been detained in a military jail, rather than a civil one.

It's not clear what's to be learned from these examples because it's always possible to imagine someone faced with the same challenges suffering greatly as a result (jail rather than a successful business).

With time off for good behavior, Perez faces only 16 months behind bars, most of it in a secure Los Angeles jail rather than the harsher confines of a state prison.

We may occasionally see a principled journalist going to jail rather than obey a court order to divulge a source.

Ironically, they may end up in jail rather than a GP's surgery.

The first time he got off with a suspended sentence, the second time he served several days in jail, rather than pay a five-dollar fine.

When journalist Josh Wolf went to jail rather than reveal a source, he was being an "American" too.

In fact, "Go to jail for chiropractic" was the advice given to members of the Federated Chiropractors of California, and the Alameda County (California) Chiropractors' Association deemed it mandatory for its members to go to jail rather than pay a fine if convicted for practising medicine without a license [ 12].

The most important of the Israeli New Historians was Benny Morris, a leftist (at the time) who had taken part in the disastrous Lebanon war both as a soldier and as a reporter, and who then went to jail rather than complete reserve duty in the West Bank during the first Palestinian intifada.

The son of Ian Paisley vowed todaythat he would go to jail rather than abide by a court order that he reveal a confidential source.