Sentence examples for events rather than from inspiring English sources

"We are victims of events rather than masters of events".

Traditionally that is how they like to ride: controlling events rather than chasing the race.

It's also a proper documentary, in that it reports on events rather than creates them.

The President's problem is that he appears to be reacting to events rather than dictating them.

"Bernanke has been reacting to events, rather than anticipating them," he said.

Policymakers appear to react to events, rather than follow a fixed plan.

The choreographer was now an initiator of events rather than a controller.

Now he appears to be running to catch up with events, rather than directing them.

She let the doors bulge at events rather than turn people away.

Just reposition them as primarily sports events rather than TV extravaganzas driven by nationalistic ego puffery.

Critics detect a political type who always reacts to events, rather than dictating them.