Sentence examples for interpret rather than from inspiring English sources

This provoked a response from Justice Thomas, who said: "Because federal courts interpret, rather than author, the federal criminal code, we are not at liberty to rewrite it".

Insofar as histories interpret rather than explain, there appears to be no way to escape a relativism that would qualify, if not altogether subvert, any claim that histories are true.

I got enough from the memoir, which was full of his personality, but I thought it was best to freely interpret rather than get influenced by him.

("A restaurant willing to send out a garnish meant to be interpreted rather than eaten is a restaurant that wants to be admired, not enjoyed").

However, all interviews are believed to be mostly interpreted rather than translated.

His essay "About Conducting" (1869) advanced Hector Berlioz's technique of conducting and claimed that conducting was a means by which a musical work could be re-interpreted, rather than simply a mechanism for achieving orchestral unison.

We love this project not only for the mutable possibilities of the fabric deftly transitioning from a 2D form to a 3D one and back again but also for the way in which the structure of the garment can dictate how the print is interpreted, rather than the print governing the overall look.

Surveillance data can be a useful tool to influence front-line practice, but to be most effective, it must be interpreted rather than presented in raw formats whose limitations and clinical relevance may not be clear.

You start with something that might be pretty concrete, and then you interpret it rather than transcribe it.

The editors have drawn criticism from conservative Christians for using historical context to interpret verses rather than relying on literal translation of the Hebrew.

Accounting rules are increasingly interpreted prescriptively rather than based on broad principles that are seen as too fuzzy to hold up in court.