Sentence examples for rather postpone from inspiring English sources

Or rather postpone the plunge until my second afternoon.

They indicated that they would rather postpone that fractious debate so their proposal could gain momentum.

Added to that, Mr. Olmert told Israeli officials earlier this week that he did not see the status of Jerusalem as part of the peace deal this year and would rather postpone talks on that contentious issue.

The directors have signaled for days that they would rather postpone the shareholder meeting, giving them time to either elicit a higher bid from Michael S. Dell and his partner, the investment firm Silver Lake — or get the buyers to declare their current offer of $13.65 best and final.

This is done because costs and effects may occur at different points in time and people have a so-called positive time preference, which means that they like to have pleasant things as soon as possible, rather than in the uncertain future, while they would rather postpone unpleasant things and costs.

And to the extent that people who haven't flown in the last five days will fly in the future, the revenue from their trips hasn't been lost, but rather postponed.

Research revealed that the majority of the undergraduates had thought about starting a business, although most of them did not start right after graduation and rather postponed it to a more distant future.

On Thursday, the White House sent Pelosi a letter of its own, not responding to her request, but rather postponing her scheduled delegation trip to Afghanistan by denying her use of a military plane.

Rather than postpone the season, a replacement was cobbled together: the Hudson Valley Bears, who played their home games in Poughkeepsie and Newburgh, N.Y.

I call on Mr. Solana's replacement, Catherine Ashton, to take concrete actions to press for Palestinian freedom rather than postpone it.

On March 7th, moments before the armored car was scheduled to arrive, they put on makeup and mustaches; Tucker's wig had shrunk in a recent snowstorm, and rather than postpone the operation he decided to do without it.