Sentence examples for rather than agreeing from inspiring English sources

Judge Sullivan asked why the government had not indicted and prosecuted the foreign banks, rather than agreeing to the settlements.

Both men looked grim, as if the league had stripped Bennett of the team rather than agreeing to let him relocate it.

Rather than agreeing to scrap the software altogether, the Chinese government has responded to the technical criticisms by ordering that the potential security breaches be eliminated.

Nonjudgmental acceptance: Withholding judgment on your experiences, sensations, thoughts, behaviors, and emotional states (rather than agreeing with statements like "I thought some of my thoughts/feelings were slightly off").

Rather than agreeing that the company should set up a small operation in Brazil and begin to develop its own local relationships, the team proposed that partnerships with Brazilian companies would work better.

Sir Richard said that the Prime Minister "nodded" when told the arts needed more money, but Mr. Smith said that Mr. Blair listened rather than agreeing, and that no new money was yet forthcoming.

But rather than agree to the recall, Chrysler aggressively defended the Jeeps.

Mark Hughes resigned from his positions with N.I.H. and Georgetown University rather than agree to stop his research.

Obama said that a potential deal would be shown to others, rather than agreed upon in secret.

In 2011 David Cameron stormed out of a Brussels summit rather than agree to more regulation on the City.

The settlement vindicates Merck's risky decision to take cases to trial rather than agree to a quick, early settlement.