Sentence examples for rather than from scratch from inspiring English sources

Chen et al. [15] also introduced the notion of verifiable database with incremental updates (Inc-VDB), i.e., the client can efficiently update the ciphertext with the previous one, rather than from scratch.

I know a lot of people that would rather continually put Bandaids over their broken hearts rather than rebuild from scratch.

More often than not, they are reconfigurating existing material rather than building from scratch (only one in four of the private housing projects that made it on to the RIBA awards list for this year are new-build schemes).

Today's systems are constructed by combining different software components rather than built from scratch.

In four countries -- Britain, Canada, Germany and South Korea -- it bought local chains rather than build from scratch.

Multiples shows us that the most innovative translations are still crafted rather than invented from scratch.

Rather than starting from scratch, Affymetrix uses technology borrowed from the microprocessor industry to make its chips.

(Today it seems more likely that playwrights need to adapt film scripts rather than write from scratch).

Mr. Truman noted that Mr. Hollande would be "adding some supportive material to make the compact more growth-friendly," rather than starting from scratch.

The Treasury is also facing concerns about its decision to amend existing legislation – the financial services and markets act that created the FSA – rather than start from scratch.

One advantage of buying into a franchise concept, rather than starting from scratch, is that the development decisions have already been made for you.