Sentence examples for preserve rather than from inspiring English sources

They also tend to view money as something to preserve rather than accumulate.

He was a man who enjoyed life and wanted to preserve rather than destroy.

Setting down the details of his country childhood, he is driven mainly to preserve, rather than unearth and confront.

In the cold war the two sides were broadly committed to international stability, with nuclear weapons seen as a way to preserve, rather than challenge, the status quo.

Geithner's scorn for politics, lack of skepticism about bankers, and his tendency to preserve – rather than reform – systems all helped create the outcome of the financial rescues that still echo today.

"Their thinking," he said of the state, "is that we should preserve rather than reconstruct, and we would not object to that if preserving meant maintaining minimal safety standards, but as far as public safety is concerned, it does not.

The building, the Dakota, is known for preserving rather than demolishing interior walls.

He is intent on preserving, rather than vastly enlarging, what he earns, and on enjoying the fruits of his labor.

I've been thinking of her generation — the one that saved rather than spent, preserved rather than squandered — a lot lately.

You hope some enterprising soul will at least ensure that what remains of the building will be preserved rather than make way for another anonymous tower block.

Among other things, the Radnor Concours field demonstrated unusual interest in preserving, rather than restoring, fine classic cars in this corner of the world.