Sentence examples for had rather than from inspiring English sources

Children, in Owen's mind, were possessions, something you had rather than nurtured.

It will compound any problems they had rather than ameliorate them.

'They focused on dealing with the problems the banks had, rather than dealing with the housing market.

"I think Lewis learned to be very grateful about what he had rather than be egotistical about it," Windsor says.

Both Tokyo and another finalist for 2020, Madrid, emphasized the infrastructure they already had rather than promise grand futuristic towers.

As a country it is much too centralised and seeks a world role that speaks to a past it once had rather than a future it ought to.

I've been able to use equipment I already have rather than purchasing new office items.

"Let's leverage what we have rather than spend money" at the summit, Briens said.

Solve the problems you have, rather than fantasizing about a life without them".

It's all maximising the time you already have rather than making extra time for studying".

They define themselves by having rather than being, by what they own, not who they are.