Sentence examples for adopt rather than from inspiring English sources

ROBIN BULMAN Portland, Ore., June 29 , 2013To the Editor: South Korea's decision to restrict international adoption out of national pride, and in the gamble that Koreans will then adopt rather than allow children to languish in state care, amounts to a hostage situation.

"When we found out that we were unlikely to conceive naturally, we decided to adopt rather than go through IVF.

In contrast, Mother Teresa in her homespun sari went with the flow, choosing to adopt rather than confront India's core customs.

Luke, in the 35-44 age bracket and from the UK, said that as well as adopting a vegan diet, buying local produce and eschewing plastic bottles and bags, he had decided to adopt rather than having biological children.

Jemma, 31, and Laura, 30, who adopted their daughter Chloe* two years ago when she was 20 months old, were clear they wanted to adopt, rather than use a sperm donor.

Most enterprises are not in just one business, and tend to adopt, rather than create, software.

He pushed through reforms which made it easier for children from troubled homes to be fostered and adopted rather than spend their formative years in care.

He also argued the number of dogs in the industry must be reduced dramatically, so that the number that are retired each year can be adopted, rather than put down.

The UK is lobbying for the changes to be part of a directive, which would give the government more flexibility about how it is adopted, rather than being contained in a more prescriptive internal market regulation.

In these studies, a simulation-based approach has commonly been adopted rather than using a mathematical programming-based approach.

Time is saved because a concurrent problem-solving approach is adopted rather than a sequential problem-solving approach that has typified pre-construction activities in the past.