Sentence examples for rather than hand over from inspiring English sources

But rather than hand over its ideas, Celera has decided to get into the drug-making business itself.

Rather than hand over the reins of the combined entity to Xstrata executives, Glencore wants more control over management.

If not, mischievous minds suggest that the Chiraquiens would prefer to help Ms Royal step into the Elysée Palace, rather than hand over to Mr Sarkozy.

But with the capitulation of Kandahar, the Taliban regime -- which chose to go to war rather than hand over Mr. bin Laden -- has effectively been defeated.

That e-receipts are important to retailers became clear to a friend who politely requested a paper one – rather than hand over his email address – last month.

But rather than hand over the correspondence, DCLG tried to claim that to do so would inhibit "free and frank provision of advice and exchange of views" between ministers and officials.

On the day that Unscom returned to Baghdad, the Iraqis were suggesting that a document long sought by the inspectors should be first discussed with the Security Council, rather than handed over to Unscom straightaway.If this attitude is deemed unco-operative by the secretary-general, Iraq will not get the comprehensive review that it has pinned its hopes on.

Moreover, given the relatively limited amount of short-term assets, it is not evident that this activity should continue to be handled in-house rather than handed over to an external firm managing commingled fund investment vehicles.

Rather than handing over the original interview notes, the government instead produced a composite summary.

He called for pooled democratic sovereignty rather than "handing over real sovereignty to markets and speculators".

"Priority should be given to the use of land for smallholder and peasant agriculture and food production, rather than handing over land to those private property commercial interests".