Sentence examples for rather than holidays from inspiring English sources

Newspapers cover holidays on which they are offered trips rather than holidays they might wish to cover; they are beholden to the companies who have paid for them; the trip - carefully overseen by PRs who lay on taxis and expensive restaurants - may bear little resemblance to the kind experienced by proper holidaymakers.

It will mean more people choosing to fly, rather than holidaying closer to home, or taking the train.

But some 40 years later and nearly 60 years into the space era, the dream has not materialised; rather than holidaying on the moon we seem to have barely got off the ground.

Prof David Lalloo, a tropical disease expert at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, says that in up to 80% of cases people travelling to see family - rather than holiday-makers - are most at risk of contracting malaria.

The trip was filmed for television and showed Dibnah's preference for working rather than holidaying.

Essay collections are the stuff of day trips rather than extended holidays, but this one makes for an uneven journey all the same.

Reel.com, a film-related site that combines content with the sale of movies on videocassette and DVD, offers sales and promotions tied to news events and trends rather than calendar holidays, said Dave Rochlin, the chief operating officer.

Analysts at Mintel had predicted more growth in independent city breaks rather than package holidays this year but Fergal McGivney, travel analyst for the market research firm, says any recession might alter the outlook.

So far, he's best known for co-authoring a bill, in 2013, that reasserted the right of students and employees at public schools to say "Merry Christmas" rather than "Happy Holidays".

Rather than singing Holiday's signature material as Dee Dee Bridgewater would sing it, she went for the Holiday sound from start to finish.

Among the blue chips, Brazil and India were in focus rather than Welsh holiday villages.