The staff were complementary rather than competitive.
But complementary rather than contrasting tastes seem to work best.
Yang and yin are complementary rather than antagonistic.
These are wines that for the most part are balanced and restrained, complementary rather than dominant.
The signs saying "Support Our Troops" and "No Iraq War" are complementary rather than oppositional.
But Mr Vickers explains that Smith's comments must be seen as complementary rather than contradictory.
It is implicit in the philosophy of counseling that these objectives are complementary rather than conflicting.
"It's all unknown at this point," he said, "but whatever is built could be complementary rather than competitive.
At a news conference in Tokyo, executives insisted that the two companies' capabilities were complementary rather than overlapping.
Action in cyberspace will form part of the future battlefield, but it will be integrated rather than separate, complementary rather than alternative.
Traditionalists argue that marriage is a sacred institution, which can only be entered into by couples with complementary, rather than matching genitalia.
