Sentence examples for rather than dismantling from inspiring English sources

But the changes he announced on Friday were incremental rather than radical — more of what he referred to as "tightening the bolts" rather than dismantling the machine itself.

Yet the government has abetted their expansion, rather than dismantling them, as Israel long ago promised the United States in preparation for a two-state solution.

Rather than dismantling Mr. Bush's approach to national security, Mr. Obama has to some extent validated it and put it on a more sustainable footing.

Rather than dismantling the current system, the report advocates chiselling away at it here and there, and beefing up oversight from the FISA court, Congress, and the executive branch.

Rather than dismantling the hated Environmental Protection Agency, Mr Romney simply says that it should take more account of costs before passing rules and give businesses more time to comply.

To speak of diversity, in light of this country's history of racial recidivism, is to focus on bringing ethnic variety to largely white institutions, rather than dismantling the structures that made them so white to begin with.

Rather than dismantle his team, Cuban instead signed off on a bold trade that replenished the roster and thrust the Mavericks into title contention.

Congress should address its unfair 2006 prefunding mandate, rather than dismantle the universal network that provides Americans with the world's most affordable delivery service.

In the end, rather than dismantle my current system, I listened to the sound quality of the E400 using headphones — I know, it gives me no idea of how effective the surround sound features are — but the idea of hours of setup followed by hours of resetting my current gear was too much to take.

Put simply, residents believe that public housing provides a strong community and want to see public policies that strengthen rather than dismantle it.

Funnily enough, they don't fit them with a reverse gear, so it was cheaper to put in a 90-degree turn and bury them in the wall, rather than dismantle them and bring them out.