Sentence examples for rather than compelling from inspiring English sources

It was television at its most frustrating rather than compelling.

A coda decrying the evils of Islamo-fascism and sounding the alarm on global warming is puzzling rather than compelling.

Puts the burden on prosecutors to justify the introduction of hearsay evidence, rather than compelling the defendant to prove that such evidence is unreliable.

This seemed to offer a way to unite scepticism of state intrusions with an active interest in social welfare; it suggested that a better society could be achieved by coaxing and swaying citizens rather than compelling them.

The general counsel's office objected again when the office of air and radiation stated that after the first 10 years, when the emissions targets for a plant are subject to review, the agency could permit it to return to its former levels, rather than compelling it to reduce emissions.

The stories are familiar -- a temp trying to be an actress, gay couple hiding from religious mother -- rather than compelling.

Learning history should be optional and new citizens will be encouraged, rather than compelled, to learn English.

So perhaps a choice is free when it's caused by my desire rather than compelled (that is, caused against my desire).

Rather than compel all hedge funds to register with the commission, a law could require pension plans to stick with registered hedge funds.

While compulsion may be an important possibility for extreme low-savers, it is decidedly illiberal and most countries have tried to encourage rather than compel more saving.Their main route has been the tax code.

In what looked like an attempt to salvage a compromise, Adler, the mayor, tried to introduce a voluntary scheme under which Uber and Lyft drivers would be incentivized, rather than compelled, to submit their fingerprints.