Sentence examples for rather than extended from inspiring English sources

Second-line treatment rates were in line with previous studies (Cunningham et al, 2013; Rosati et al, 2013), which may reflect a desire among our older patients for a better quality of life rather than extended treatment and the possibility of extended survival.

Limbs shot out rather than extended.

The family unit is nuclear rather than extended.

The family unit is nuclear rather than extended and may be based upon marriage or upon a stable extralegal relationship.

Non-Londoners may make day trips to fixtures rather than extended stays to enjoy and spend money on other delights.

Essay collections are the stuff of day trips rather than extended holidays, but this one makes for an uneven journey all the same.

But perhaps more interesting was when the verse compressed meaning, rather than extending it.

First, by emphasising income tax rather than extending value-added tax, the reform is modestly redistributive.

Surely we are charged with reversing the problem rather than extending it in perpetuity.

But shouldn't we be focused on controlling costs rather than extending coverage?

Several of her earlier novels have multiple viewpoints, but always in order to limit rather than extend our sympathies.