Sentence examples for except engage from inspiring English sources

It has done everything except engage in a serious development program in Mindanao, one ambassdor said.

The party, and the militia, soon had little to do except engage in propaganda and parades.

Despite professing to be a secessionist movement, it has done little except engage in kidnap for ransom and explode bombs.

I have no checklist or expectation, except to engage, on full beam, and report accordingly.

No action is required by the driver (except to engage the low range for arduous off-roading).

Everton, meanwhile, can at least put their feet up but, approaching £30m in debt and with a mediocre squad, it is hard to see where they go from here except to engage in another battle against the drop.

"There doesn't seem to me to be any other way to do it, except to engage with the party that won the election," the official said, adding, "They've been very specific about conveying a moderate message — on regional security and domestic issues, and economic issues, as well".

He is always right, but never productive, never happy, and never, except momentarily, engaged.

This is an absurd question and one which cannot realistically be answered, except by engaging in speculation.

They included paying a $20,000 fee for security every six months, seeking Shabab approval for their projects and replacing all female staff members, except those engaged in health care, with men.

Pleading with a suicidal individual, trying to convince her of the value of continued life, recommending counseling, etc. are morally unproblematic, since they do not interfere with the individual's conduct or plans except by engaging her rational capacities (Cosculluela 1994, 35; Cholbi 2002, 252).