Sentence examples for rather preserve from inspiring English sources

Unfortunately, very few ever bother to detail the forms that corruption takes, either because they don't actually know, they're too lazy to find out or, when it comes to particular players and coaches, they'd rather preserve the myth of purity.

But the Senate -- most of whose members reside outside New York City -- would rather preserve the local boards indefinitely while public hearings are held to decide how, or even whether, to replace them.

Guided by a New Zealand arborist, Paul, who confesses he would rather preserve and climb trees than follow his original career path of cutting them down, we donned our harnesses and helmets, and I prayed for a head for heights.

So, he writes, whenever religion has put down deep roots in a society, one must "guard against shaking it; but rather preserve it carefully as the most precious inheritance from aristocratic centuries; do not seek to tear men away from their old religious opinions to substitute new ones".

The soundtrack too has been carefully scrubbed, and for the first time in generations the film's many silent moments (like many early talkies, "Dracula" has no musical underscore) are actually silent — or rather, preserve just enough noise to retain the tone of the original optical sound.

They would rather preserve the wealth of the wealthiest one percent than see any value in governments or governing of any kind.

The good news, he said, "is that nobody is talking about tearing down historic buildings, but rather, preserving them in innovative ways".

The tradition of the LWS was rather preserved in individual hands, but not as an organized enterprise.

This demeanor is rather preserved despite the angle φ changing, as seen in the other plots with values ranging from 15° to 90° at intervals of 15°.

The amendment provides no new powers or rights to the states, but rather preserves their authority in all matters not specifically granted to the federal government.

Indeed, short streamlines were mostly affected and long-distance connectivity was rather preserved.