Sentence examples for as opposed to developing from inspiring English sources

I was probably not as good a manager when I was younger because you're so worried about what you're doing, as opposed to developing people.

Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, said it was imperative that this nation stay at the forefront of space exploration, but he asked whether continuing the shuttle program was worth the risk and expense, as opposed to developing a new manned craft.

I saw it as a company with a vision and a set of values, and I saw AOL in a much less favorable light, much more opportunistic, made up of folks who were really trying to merely exploit the market they were in as opposed to developing something that was enduring, and I was very leery about this deal.

However, the teacher aide, Mrs Edgar, gives preference to equitable turn allocation as opposed to developing particular children's turns.

As an alternative, for each country, we calculated the percentage of emigrants that settled down in developed countries as opposed to developing countries (United Nations, 2010).

considering a general formulation which could then be extended and applied to specific applications (as opposed to developing the model for a specific application and goal).

Hisham Kassem, an Egyptian newspaper publisher and longtime human rights advocate, said of the Arab leaders, "They are definitely scared, but it's typical how they always try to use these summits in order to secure their regimes as opposed to develop their countries".

Technology has taught us to dominate as opposed to develop a sense of humility able to "keep faith with doubt".

It draws on the method of "political"—as opposed to "metaphysical"—justification that Rawls has developed in response to critics of his theory of justice as fairness (Rawls 1985).

And that is why, he says, there is such a contrast between bond yields in the developed as opposed to the developing world as investors worldwide have, for the most part, ignored emerging markets in favor of following in the path of central banks.

(Admittedly this column was a standard "peak oil" piece, exhorting to Americans to have German-style cars and public transport, as opposed to, say, developing new technology to unlock hitherto inaccessible domestic supplies of oil and natural gas).