Sentence examples for but rather spend from inspiring English sources
In these population structures the ants do not fight with each other, but rather spend their time and energy foraging and out competing native ants for food and habitat.
The authors think that males are just not interested in protecting herds, but rather spend their time foraging and mating.
Tasmanian devils do not form packs, but rather spend most of their time alone once weaned.
No longer do I buy a cooked chicken at any supermarket, but rather spend a few dollars more, usually at Whole Foods, 'cause they spell out where the birds were raised (air-dried, organically, with no antibiotics, hormones and such).
The Sleepy Vikings were one of the bands that emailed me after I posted that thing about not wanting to hang out with Asshole Columbus, or whatever the hell big band everyone was chasing around at SXSW, but rather spend time with people who make great music and are not douche lords.
This issue is because disadvantaged smokers are not motivated to quit but rather spend more money on tobacco and less on other goods, which ultimately deepens deprivation.
For his part, Mr. Daily said he did not dispute Army documents that show he was not at No Gun Ri, but rather spent most of the war as a mechanic and clerk behind the front lines.
She rarely took holidays but rather spent time travelling everywhere with her company, creating a new work every year and, most importantly and remarkably, keeping all of the works she ever made available in the repertoire.
As an example, Mr. Cappelli said that if there were no iPad, the $500 an Apple customer would have spent on the device most likely would not have been put into savings, but rather spent on some other product or service.
Wikipedia's contributors are no longer spending all of their efforts live-documenting the present, but rather spending an ever-greater amount of time looking to the past to fill in the encyclopedia's gaps.
This isn't a case of spending Return of the King money for Fellowship of the Ring, but rather spending Return of the Jedi (adjusted for inflation) money on The Phantom Menace.
