Sentence examples for rather than mandatory from inspiring English sources

But 61% still favor voluntary rather than mandatory restrictions.

Mr. Giordano sought a reduction after federal sentencing guidelines were made advisory rather than mandatory.

Several of them, however, support treatment for low-level drug offenders, rather than mandatory imprisonment.

The Boy Scouts of America are on the verge of making discrimination optional, rather than mandatory.

But the statistics show that some students in Level 1 have been placed in enrichment rather than mandatory classes.

But most business students will always view business ethics as hortatory rather than mandatory, as extra credit rather than required.

It focuses on community-based programs rather than excessive mandatory minimum sentencing policies and prison expansion.

Like China, its approach is focused on improving energy efficiency rather than accepting mandatory limits on emissions.

Rather than a mandatory cap, conservatives want to dole out subsidies and tax breaks to favoured industries.

It is offering to carry SNLA as an optional add-on, rather than a mandatory part of the standard bundle.

States must henceforth make "individualized sentencing decisions," in Justice Elena Kagan's words, rather than imposing mandatory life without parole.