Sentence examples for ditch rather than from inspiring English sources

It was reached by a stone causeway across a ditch, rather than a drawbridge.

It is probable, therefore, that some form of boundary was constructed around this time, although it may have been a timber palisade or ditch, rather than a stone wall.

In such cases, most of the long, NPC-associated inter-chromosomal zones seen in ultrathin sections would need to be interpreted as orthogonally sectioned ditches rather than tubular channels.

That has prompted many to speculate that Apple could ditch France rather than forgo the lucratively exclusive pact, yet there could be a new reason for Jobs to keep his tent pitched.

I thought clinical trials were last-ditch efforts rather than treatments that save countless lives.

Labor's higher education spokesman, Kim Carr, said Palmer's categorical statement indicated the government's "unfair and short-sighted" package was doomed in the Senate and it must be "ditched sooner rather than later".

Several, I suspected, were hoping to see tears and tantrums (I half-expected one in particular to install a hidden camera at my desk) but with the low dose, I noticed very little initial effect: I attributed my rising anger to ditching antidepressants rather than oestrogen.

The street plan of Conwy forms a mirror image of Beaumaris, for example, although the latter was defended by ditches and palisades rather than a stone wall.

So rather than ditch free movement of people to preserve the free movement of capital, as the mainstream remain campaign is now doing, we must do the opposite.

He branded the changes "anti-work, anti-children, anti-family, anti-women and anti-British" and went further than many critics of the plans, telling Mr Osborne to ditch the cuts altogether rather than trying to water down the proposals.

People pissed off by the volume or quality of alerts they receive may just ditch the app entirely rather than modify their subscriptions.