Sentence examples for cheers rather than from inspiring English sources

But for all the reasons I've just listed, I'm giving the new Volcker rule two cheers rather than three.

They were showered with love and cheers rather than peanuts and insults, well aware that the warm reaction would probably be fleeting.

"We're going to play for as long as we can," he announces happily, a remark greeted with deafening cheers, rather than the deeply apprehensive gulp it warrants.

Blues remain five points clear of the chasing pack but it was noticeable that news of Blackpool's goals were greeted with cheers, rather than indifference, at Bramall Lane on Saturday.

As he discussed the clip on YouTube with a reporter, he noticed that the title referred to Mr. Grammer as "Frasier" — the character Mr. Grammer played on "Frasier" and "Cheers" — rather than as "Chuck Darling" or even as "Kelsey Grammer".

Before that, Mozart, Vivaldi and Beethoven had performed to raucous cheers, rather than the polite hand-patting and the odd venomous "shush" that have got classical concerts such a bad name.

Crowds assembled on both sides of the river to watch, and cheered rather than glowered at each other.

The evidence says not; it's one change of heart that should prompt a cheer rather than a chuckle.

This was a celebration, not a roast, despite the occasional, very gently delivered tweaking, and everyone onstage and off was there to cheer rather than jeer.

The onset of prolonged rain may well have played a part in that, but polite cheering rather than vociferous roars echoed around the course.

The president's men insist that Mr Abbas' critics, who always thought the old man was bluffing about joining the ICC, will now cheer rather than stir up the street.