Sentence examples for rather than approve from inspiring English sources

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Dr. Ghanem said Libya may not waive its right of first refusal on a deal for Verenex and acquire the company itself rather than approve the sale.

Mr. McConnell's proposal would essentially flip the current process on its head by calling on Congress to disapprove rather than approve an administration request for a debt limit increase.

"Do you want to overthrow the government?" Mr. Stournaras threatened to resign, these people said, rather than approve cuts to public employee pensions and salaries beyond the 5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) to which the government had agreed.

Here's the reason: A few New York state senators have decided to let commuters suffer, even their own constituents, rather than approve a tax on payrolls and modest new tolls on bridges over the Harlem and East Rivers.

Divisions in Congress over that question led to the decision by House Democratic leaders to allow the surveillance law to lapse rather than approve a White House-backed bill, passed by the Senate, that included immunity.

Significantly more respondents disapproved rather than approved of U.S. foreign policy.

In 2009 Mr Harkin said it had "fallen short" and bemoaned its focus on "disproving things" rather than approving them.

The second request for information means regulators will do a more extensive examination of the deal, rather than approving it immediately.

Google's new privacy policy requires users to accept it before being able to use the full range of services, rather than approving individual uses of their data, as the European regulators would like.

The goal of Rock The Post is really to only fund the products and ideas that actually have a chance to make a difference in the world, rather than approving any idea that hits their radar.