Sentence examples for contributed rather than from inspiring English sources

He has opened markets to foreign investors; given up government monopolies and encouraged fast-paced privatization; cut average tariffs from a high of 51% in 1988 to around 12% in 1995; and adopted social security reforms, despite strong opposition, basing benefits on age and amounts contributed rather than on years of service.

They arrive at the funeral feeling like someone who is contributing, rather than someone useless who is trying not to cry.

Immigration reform would allow more foreign graduates of our top universities (including my institution, the University of Maryland) to stay and contribute rather than leaving the country.

Imagine you could magically create a team of people who can contribute rather than having to do everything yourself.

Nevertheless, in a perspective of collective action the key question is not whether any one individual will contribute, but whether enough individuals will contribute rather than free-ride.

Best Buy's then CEO Brad Anderson quietly agreed to Ressler and Thompson's weird proposal, because it encouraged "people to contribute rather than just show up and grind out their days".

As long as you contribute rather than consume, anything you do can be a work of art.

They may not say so out loud, but they'd be a lot happier if the environment encouraged them to contribute rather than to hide out.

It is when we dive deeper into our being that we can expand our way of seeing situations and contributing, rather than living from fear.

In cancer patients since the majority of NK cells have lost their cytotoxic activity, they may eventually contribute rather than halt the progression of cancer by not only driving the differentiation of tumor cells but more importantly, by allowing the growth and expansion of the pool of cancer stem cells.

The open-ended WTC question asked respondents about the highest number of person-days they would contribute rather than go without the scenario.