Sentence examples for rather than lowering from inspiring English sources

Rather than lowering his lofty standards, he sets out to elevate everyone's taste.

Mr. Fishman said the company was turning business away rather than lowering prices to potentially unprofitable levels.

"It's about offering added value rather than lowering rates," said Sam Shank, chief executive of DealBase.com, an online search engine for hotels.

For example, price controls, rather than lowering prices, often cause scarcity and the emergence of a black market in which controlled commodities cost significantly more.

The Democrats also said Mr. Gulotta's vetoes, rather than lowering their 15.4percenttaxax increase, would actually force a 17percentt increase.

Rather than lowering the corporate rate more, the study said, the federal government should end the subsidies and shelters that favor companies that game the system.

It looked good to be green but added to costs rather than lowered them.

He said the government should promote a balanced diet rather than lowered salt intake.

Market forces have been pushing the yuan higher rather than lower.

Rhodes's Arsenals of Folly showed such recklessness raised rather than lowered the risk of nuclear miscalculation.

As a result of the deficit cutting plans now in train, debt ratios will be higher in 2013 in the EU as a whole, rather than lower.