Sentence examples for rather than guaranteeing from inspiring English sources

These rockets, housing astronauts rather than guaranteeing armageddon, were destined to become the workhorses of the space race.

Unlike any other state, Louisiana pays for its indigent defense system primarily through speeding tickets and other locally generated revenue, rather than guaranteeing funds through the budgeting process.

But rather than guaranteeing minority domination of New York government, the demographic changes have just made the city's politics more complex.

But the statement said  only that developing countries "should have the information and capacity to collect the taxes owed them", rather than guaranteeing them automatic access to the information from the start.

Behind the eerie aesthetics of stadium choreography, and the PR stunts aimed at attracting tourists to Pyongyang, lies a regime that for decades has squandered an estimated one third of its GDP on military spending and building a nuclear arsenal, rather than guaranteeing even minimal levels of food for its own citizens (as the famines of the 1990s demonstrated).

For example, each marksman's shot might independently raise the probability of the victim dying (rather than guaranteeing it).

Fast-forward to 2011 and non-fictional humans are pitting their wits against a supercomputer – although this time in an effort to win US quiz show Jeopardy, rather than guarantee the survival of humanity.

Taking over from Marco Simoncelli will be a hard task for the young Spaniard, whose contract, being with Gresini rather than HRC like the man he replaced, means factory support will need to be earned rather than guaranteed.

Even the memoranda of understanding that have been signed, such as Total and Chevron ’s agreement to develop the oil field of Majnoon in southern Iraq, are wishful thinking rather than guaranteed business.

Second, a perception that US policy now endangers, rather than guarantees, Israel's existence.

"Predicting a harmful event such as violence is very much like predicting harmful weather -- estimates rather than guarantees are all that can be expected," said John Monahan, a psychologist and professor of law at the University of Virginia who specializes in risk assessment.