Sentence examples for rather than firm from inspiring English sources

Mostly these tend to be about publicity-seeking rather than firm planning.

"Gove made clear these are ideas to which he is attracted rather than firm policies.

But while Mr. Montanaro raced through the transition with arresting speed, the following section lacked weight; it was fleet rather than firm.

Those involved stress that the report's conclusions amount to blue-skies thinking rather than firm policy proposals, but admit it could inform the BBC's tactical thinking for the approaching charter and licence fee renewal negotiations.

And in June, Mrs Gaymard's own company pulled off a deal to buy parts of a French power and transport group, Alstom, for €12.4 billion.So the AmCham survey may indicate irritation rather than firm intention to cut off capital to France.

Thus, we see these results as preliminary, generating hypotheses rather than firm conclusions.

The problem here is that Corbyn does not acknowledge that some of this cost would be met by the public rather than firms.

The bits of good news were largely concentrated in the monthly household survey, which is based on interviews with individuals rather than firms.

In one big shift, executives are focusing on buying firms that can help them sell to consumers in India and other emerging markets where consumption is growing, rather than firms focused on Western markets where demand is relatively weak.

Every month, the government carries out a second survey of the labor market, questioning households rather than firms about their employment status — hence it's called "the household survey".

"I can't imagine that the Justice Department could be anything but more cautious in exercise of its discretion" to prosecute individuals, rather than firms, "in the aftermath of the process that resulted in the prosecution of Arthur Andersen," he said.