Sentence examples for maintain rather than from inspiring English sources

In such ecosystems the role of fire is to maintain rather than transform land cover classes.

My results suggest that subsidized housing policy may maintain, rather than break, the cycle of neighborhood inequality.

Mr. Tyrrel has lived aboard since 1975, when he attended boarding school in Massachusetts and chose to live on the boats he was hired to maintain rather than live in the dorms.

In response, policymakers have developed a family of policies – collectively known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (Redd) – to provide a financial incentive to governments, agribusinesses and communities to maintain rather than reduce forest cover.

In response, policymakers have developed a family of policies – collectively known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (Redd) – to provide a financial incentive to governments, agribusinesses and communities to maintain rather than reduce forest cover.

Couples can also take advantage of economies of scale, buying one car that they share and maintain, rather than two, for instance; and it can occasionally mean that one partner picks up the slack while the other goes for a promotion, or works hard to score a bonus, for instance.But it's also true that wealthy, and highly educated individuals are more likely to marry in the first place.

Furthermore, specific groupings of macromolecules would be maintained, rather than drifting apart.

This paper documents reverse traffic reproduction, which maintains, rather than addresses, inequalities.

So far, renewables have maintained rather than grown their market share.

Connolly subsequently advocated what he called "agonistic respect," which sees that conflict as something to be maintained, rather than something to be overcome through consensus.

In competition, the McLaren MP4-27 has worn a gradually sloping nose that maintains, rather than minimizes, the visual drama of the car's sensuous flanks.