Sentence examples for preserved rather than from inspiring English sources

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.

Even for the Molise, Saepinum is a rarity: an ancient Roman town that is preserved rather than embalmed, seldom but easily visited, alive despite the tenets of museology.

A genuinely American fear of living and working in obscurity drives the young and upwardly mobile from these places where culture is often preserved rather than created, preventing change and permeating communities with self-deprecating humility.

"For youth justice, the picture is that over-representation of minority groups as they enter into the criminal justice system is largely preserved (rather than amplified or reduced) as young people pass through.

In some cases, the deposits that are obscuring the detail or subtle carving on the surface are in themselves informative and important and must be preserved rather than removed.

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

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

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.

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