Sentence examples for improving rather than from inspiring English sources

And they occasionally see western influence as improving, rather than making things worse.

In fact, however, the actuarial balance has been improving rather than worsening.

"There is a definite trend towards improving rather than moving," says Alliance & Leicester spokesperson Sally Lauder.

But in patches around the country, teachers say that online technology is now becoming a powerful tool for improving, rather than undermining, students' writing skills.

Though administration officials declined to discuss their negotiating position, they said Mr. Bush has focused for months on improving, rather than increasing, foreign aid.

It seems like only moments ago that people were "brain-training", which was previously called "doing puzzles", before it was rebranded into something theoretically improving, rather than fun.

At this threshold, the McNemar test for improvement was significant (p = 0.012, based on 10 of 11 who improved rather than worsened).

For millions of Arabs, living conditions have improved rather than deteriorated over recent decades.

"The surge in mortgage refinancings likely improved rather than worsened the financial condition of the average homeowner," he said.

We will be able to see if what the chancellor proposes improves rather than stifles economic performance, rather than having energy pointlessly burned up managing the tax system.

One of them, and quite possibly both, must actually believe that this will improve, rather than poison, the school-parent relationship.