Sentence examples for on the continent rather from inspiring English sources

I like being on the continent, rather than slightly offshore.

But the euro's recent surge against the dollar mostly reflects higher interest rates on the Continent rather than optimism about Europe's prospects, and the stronger currency actually makes European exports less competitive globally.

This enabled them to apply for asylum in the heart of the continent, rather than the country where they first stepped on to European soil.

This is in contrast to Western countries, whom Kagame accuses of focussing too heavily on giving aid to the continent rather than building a trading relationship; he also believes that they keep African products out of the world marketplace by the use of high tariffs.

Some predictions suggest that the main effect of climate change on malaria in Africa will be geographic shifts of transmission within the continent, rather than overall changes (18).

The research suggests that life arose in ponds on the earliest continents, rather than in tide pools or the deep sea.

In recent decades, Thomas Kuhn, Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam and others have moved away from the more extreme forms of realism, while, on the Continent, Jacques Derrida sounded a rather idealist note by maintaining that reality is nothing but a text that we write and rewrite.

Mr. Wenzel seemed much happier describing a story in keeping with the European Union's recent reign of open borders, rather than dwelling on the continent's darkest years.

The company creates sibling Web sites bearing its own name, rather than purchasing OTAs already established on the Continent.

They've a tendency to come to negotiated agreements rather than taking aggressive enforcement action, whereas on the continent in particular the attitude has been quite different".

And how could it, when wheelbarrows and spades are the tools of trade, rather than the natty motorised kit you see on the Continent?