Sentence examples for rather than held from inspiring English sources

When a person is different, they should be accepted for who they are in their own right rather than held up for their differences.

Breaking news stories were now launched on to the Guardian's fast-growing website, rather than held back to meet print deadlines in the time-honoured way.

There is certainly a strong argument that anonymous data collected in the public task should be open for public use rather than held in a data archive.

Reach for your lavender hankie If anything, the wedding scenario in Bridesmaids is mocked, rather than held up as the only possible happy ending for a female character.

Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA 6.46pm GMT Some White House press corp types are miffed that Obama has only made a statement rather than held a press conference.

That's opposite from the tack taken by No Doubt, another onetime punk band that's grown and reshaped itself over the years rather than held fast to its initial blueprint.

Iger asked questions rather than holding forth.

Rather than hold a news conference, as he did when signing the G.M.O.

The idea was to recoup something rather than hold on to the inventory.

In 2008, the economy shrank 0.3%, rather than holding flat, as earlier estimated.

The addition of large institutional players should help the market evolve, rather than hold it back.