Sentence examples for rather adversarial from inspiring English sources

Sometimes the negotiations would become rather adversarial.

In Britain, politics is now sequential rather than adversarial.

The IPC would, he added, be "inquisitorial rather than adversarial".

It can be best described as mutual respect rather than adversarial.

"It undermines the sense that justice is truly and significantly fair-minded and disinterested, rather than adversarial," he said.

Her work in organizations shows that work and personal life are complementary, even synergistic, rather than adversarial.

Serving as obedient lapdogs and message-carriers for political power, rather than adversarial watchdogs over power, is par for the course.

The unasked questions Although an inquiry is supposed to be investigative rather than adversarial, a weakness of the proceedings was the absence of anything that resembled a cross-examination.

A system that is inquisitorial rather than adversarial; that both helps to repair the harm done to the victim, and ensures the perpetrators understand age-appropriate sexual behaviour, which should never involve coercion.

That means being innovative, building supportive rather than adversarial supply chains and ceasing to lobby and demand exemptions and tax breaks, while also calling for continuing government support for R&D.

But on the other hand his conclusions are a little too commonsensical for those of us who like our savagery to be comforting: we should try more conflict resolution rather than adversarial justice, we shouldn't impose mandatory retirement (fat chance of that now), and it would be a good idea if we cuddled the kids more.