Sentence examples for be friendly rather than from inspiring English sources

Be friendly rather than flirtatious.

The atmosphere is friendly rather than professional, as if a sitting room had been transported from Mike Leigh's home and plonked down in Soho.

The atmosphere is friendly rather than chic, with a mix of families and singles, epitomized by the two Club Meds in town: one is for adults only and the other caters to families.

The Constable was "friendly rather than forthcoming".

In my view, I would rather import a million more barrels of oil a day from Canada, who is friendly, rather than from the Middle East, who is not.

But his tone is likely to be notably friendly, rather than hectoring, towards Israel.

Mr Badawi is seen as friendly rather than forceful.

Nuclear fusion is the promising energy sources because the fuels for power generation are abundant and by-products are eco-friendly rather than other power generations.

Doubtless at times I was horrible facetious, but I did try to be friendly and talk with, rather than at, my listeners".

The service is excellent but tends toward friendly rather than bowing and scraping.

Mediobanca and Cazenove have been mooted as potential candidates for a merger of equals, which marriage to giant Deutsche would not be.Most intriguingly of all, Crédit Agricole has been tightening its links with Lazard, in a manner which is friendly and flirtatious rather than threatening.