Sentence examples for rather than expect from inspiring English sources

I just wait to get the call, rather than expect it".

A general is reported to have ordered soldiers to eat locally-found potatoes, rather than expect grain.

Advocates say that young people need to develop the ability to cope with difficulties themselves, rather than expect others to solve their problems.

The volunteers are lodged at hotels along the Black Sea coast and up in the mountains — making these Games the first time that a host country has put up Olympic volunteers, rather than expect them to find their own accommodations.

What they can do, however, is establish direct contact with national statistical services for their findings, rather than expect finance ministers who are politicians to hand them reliable information.

He noted that it was the people recruited from industry on his staff who persuaded him to run pictures next to every item on his Web page, rather than expect customers to click for a photograph.

In this sense it means actual, rather than expected, behaviour.

In that sense, he's taking a long-term view rather than expecting a turnaround in a few months.

You must learn to ask for help and state what you need rather than expecting to be empathised with.

The church must learn to live with a range of views rather than expecting to reach a consensus, she said.

She was willing to be accountable for her decisions rather than expecting other people to make things happen".