Sentence examples for rather than deserved from inspiring English sources

Posts on royal yachts and tours arranged by the Queen and Edward actually impeded his progress, as his promotions were perceived as royal favours rather than deserved.

If to be rich is lucky rather than deserving, then the lucky rich owe assistance to the unlucky poor.

He would have been able to bask in the glory he clearly craves rather than deserving to hang his head in shame.

But he was a non-ideological manager trying to lead a party torn by ideological civil war — a party that by rights should still be in the wilderness, working through what went wrong in the Bush era, and that lucked into its 2010 and 2012 opportunities rather than deserving them.

Some of these informal caregivers indicated that their care tasks had been taken over by formal caregivers since the baseline measurement, while others considered their caregiver role as their duty rather than deserving of a distinctive label.

Until the early 1980s, most of its banks were state-owned and lent to whomever the government told them to: mainly the well-connected rather than the deserving.

I would argue this is what is actually driving the policy shift from incarceration to treatment, because the sweeping tragedy of drug abuse that has gripped the black community for the last 30 years, is now affecting the same liberal elites that referred to our family members as predators and criminals rather than addicts deserving of compassion.

Their tenacity (beating Spurs 2-1 away on the last day of the season in 1996‑97 when only victory would do) and luck (there were nine other last-day escapes over the years, some rather more deserved than others) at times gave rise to shoots of genuine talent.

Rather, Apoel deserved more than defeat.

She would rather hear deserved criticism than obsequious praise, but one criticism does rankle: that she does not score in big games.

It is not disputed that the club were able to offer substantial wages to attract players, but they bought wisely rather than overly and deserved nothing less than the success they achieved.