Sentence examples for rather than contributed from inspiring English sources

Gibbon borrowed rather than contributed to historical erudition, for he was not a great archival researcher.

Philip Errington, director of Sotheby's specialist books and manuscripts said: "These artworks are unlike any others that we have sold, because they were commissioned for an exhibition at the House of Illustration in 2008 rather than contributed to raise money in a sale.

Decreased expression of OXTR with medication use suggests that medications may have minimized rather than contributed to the higher expression in DD vs. CON.

This way, everyone can help prevent food waste, rather than contribute to it".

It is exacerbating Syria's sectarian strife, rather than contributing to a peaceful and pluralistic solution.

That means that once again, tax changes would detract from, rather than contribute to, deficit reduction.

I was interested in trying to solve my own problem rather than contributing to a pre-existing field," he says.

Even those who only read dissident sites, rather than contributing to them, cannot be sure of safety.

When times are tough, employers want team members who help maintain morale rather than contributing to the office moans.

Japan's rising trade surplus is adding substantially to the problem rather than contributing to a solution.

Human crews would interfere with, rather than contribute to, the ability of the instruments to perform their mission.