Sentence examples for maintained rather than from inspiring English sources

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

Residents on both estates say they wish their homes had been properly maintained rather than, as they belief, left neglected as an excuse to bring in the bulldozers.

Also essential was an economic surplus, for slaves were often consumption goods who themselves had to be maintained rather than productive assets who generated income for their owner.

A report from Ernst & Young yesterday suggests that solar will compete with retail grid prices as soon as mid-2012, if current subsidy levels are maintained, rather than the mid-2016 "pointy" point with wholesale costs.

It is remarkable that, in this type of mutant, the nodule organogenesis program, which is costly, is maintained rather than aborted through arrest of meristematic activity and prevention of further cell infection.

These multiple layers controlling DNMT1 activity suggest that overall methylation densities in chromatin domains are maintained rather than specific methylation patterns precisely copied.

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.

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.

He had the stamina to remain stubborn when McCain challenged him to commit himself to the kind of comprehensive program that the National Football League maintains, rather than the pacifying facade outlined in baseball's 2002 collective bargaining agreement.

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.

And it's a primarily a fresh realisation of this, he maintains, rather than any "difficult third album" shenanigans, that explains the five-year gap between Sunny Side Up and Caustic Love.