Sentence examples for comply rather than from inspiring English sources

Cynicism often comes from trying to make others comply, rather than identify, with change.

Sensible boards should comply, rather than a kick up a fuss that will only invite heavy intervention by government.

It is not clear if they have the right to order deletion of content, but companies usually comply rather than take the risk.

Tingué said, "Winning is gaining voluntary compliance" — an officer can stop to listen to a suspect's explanation or ask him to comply, rather than immediately issuing a summons or reaching for his handcuffs.

Policymakers have too long led us down a road where we feel compelled to comply rather than question.

Luckily for them, the banks will probably comply, rather than risk having prosecutors go ahead and bring charges to beat the clock.

While this budget strategy is intended as a safeguard against excess prescriptions, it has been criticized by many physicians for inducing sub- optimal treatment as practice owners comply rather with budget demands than with best practice guidelines.

The literature on childhood vaccination shows that parents who believe in vaccination tend to comply with, rather than make, an informed decision.

Davis complied, but rather than sending him home, he brought Bragg to Richmond to be his military adviser and general in chief (Bragg's older brother Thomas had earlier served as attorney general).

(ART nurse 2, intervention site) In this extract, the nurse conceives of counselling as 'advice' that must be complied with, rather than as a process of supporting the patient's expressed needs.

It concluded that the plans were drafted to comply with regulations rather than to create an effective strategy to protect the population, and that they assumed people would comply with government directives rather than do what seemed to be in their own best interests.