Sentence examples for needy rather from inspiring English sources

Jesus himself focused on the needy rather than dogma, and went out of his way to engage women and treat them with respect.

Like Newman he converted to Rome from Anglicanism but, unlike Newman, threw himself into an advocacy of the needy rather than the writing of books.

While social democratic parties elsewhere in Europe have adapted welfare policies in hard times to make benefits more selective, focusing on the needy rather than spraying money on the middle classes, the French Socialists are an exception.

The previous civil society minister Brooks Newmark, who, somewhat rashly, said that charities should "stick to their knitting" – ie, doing direct work with the needy, rather than challenging the systems that give rise to need – represents a big constituency of opinion.

Future school building projects would have to provide value for money and target the most needy cases, rather than just areas of deprivation, Stuart said.

Democratic dogma focuses on helping from the bottom up -- by assisting needy individuals rather than companies or the wealthy -- and on employing government spending programs.

People are generally not too needy but rather independent.

He told me that if lawmakers want to get more money in the hands of their needy constituents, rather than their greedy campaign contributors, "giving away money to an industry that is reaping record profits year after year isn't the way to do it".

Indeed, in the process evaluation of one of the included trials, nurses responsible for administering the vouchers perceived them to be helping needy patients, rather than paying them to enable a certain behaviour (Lutge 2013).

But in celebrating Christmas this way, the brand makes its competitors' offerings seem rather needy, cheap and commercial.

It's all rather needy, and in some cases – looking at you, dressage – comes with a whiff of over-protestation.