Sentence examples for preserving rather than from inspiring English sources

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.

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

Nor did Mr. Hussein pay much heed to the fact that the archaeological world cried foul -- deriding his project as Disney for a Despot -- because he was violating their sacred principle of preserving rather than recreating.

In March, the Conran Shop launched its Utility range, a collection including wholesome storage jars, carpet-beaters, vegetable brushes, dusters and basketware that refer to a bygone era when kitchens were the domain of home-baking and preserving, rather than Nespresso machines and ready meals, and houses smelt of furniture polish not Diptyque candles.

You said that we could move forward by preserving rather than destroying.

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.

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

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.