Sentence examples for rather than decreeing from inspiring English sources

The humdrum life of the lexicographer, patiently documenting what language is rather than decreeing how it should be, doesn't mean that the dictionary world is devoid of sensational stories.

But they make it as judges make it, which is to say as though they were 'finding' it -- discerning what the law is, rather than decreeing what it is today changed to, or what it will tomorrow be".

(By now, voters in a half-dozen states and the District of Columbia have approved the medicinal use of marijuana, and Hawaii is on the verge of becoming the first state to pass it into law, rather than decreeing it by ballot initiative).

Her husband is Philip Taubman, the deputy editorial-page editor, who, along with William E. Schmidt, the associate managing editor for news administration, is cited throughout the document (by title, not name) as the go-to arbiter for the many scenarios that would call for consultation rather than decree.

But desirable as they might be, we live in a democracy where policy is normally established through due process rather than decree.

Had I been a single mother by choice rather than decree, I'm not certain my parents would have been as sanguine, supportive and even encouraging as my own generation has been since our grown kids started putting the baby carriage first and the marriage later, if at all.

But now – rather than unilaterally decreeing that Britain will only provide limited support, will not protect and will not act militarily – he must ask parliament again for its sovereign view.

It suggested religion as a series of questions, or as transparency, rather than as decree.

The only surprise was that the proposals came in the form of a draft bill to be approved by Congress, rather than presidential decree.

Saudi Arabia hopes that the private sector, newly unencumbered, will sniff out fresh opportunities, diversifying the economy in response to market signals rather than royal decrees.

Airports also need to be deregulated so they can price their services based on the marketplace rather than onbureaucratic decrees and political pressures.