Sentence examples for rather than operational from inspiring English sources
"This was a group of people who were aspirational rather than operational," she said of the plotters.
Terrorism experts have said the possible death of the British militant known as Jihadi John has dealt an ideological, rather than operational, blow to Isis.
Last month, Mr. Putin trimmed General Kvashnin's role by a presidential decree that reorganized the military's leadership, making the general staff subordinate to the Ministry of Defense and responsible for analysis and planning rather than operational command.
Whereas the intelligence work that led to the destruction of Bin Laden was begun in the Bush administration, the cache of schemes taken from Osama's Pakistan house debunked the fanciful narrative that the Bush crew pushed: that Osama was stuck in a cave unable to communicate, increasingly irrelevant and a mere symbol, rather than operational.
Since 9/11 Bin Laden has been of symbolic, rather than operational, significance to al-Qaeda.
In a prepared statement Schatz, who founded the company, expressed a desire "to focus on strategic rather than operational issues".
Schifter (2011) explains her emphasis on teaching driven towards helping children to reason quantitatively through considering the effects of operations on numbers, rather than practicing operational procedures through lists of calculations.
It was essentially a 'welfare' meeting for Cook, rather than an operational meeting to deal with the issue.
In most nations Argo is supported by research funds – rather than as operational oceanography – with no mechanism for inflation or for long-term funding.
Most, though not all, of the information that triggered this week's alerts concerned the early surveillance stage dating back several years, rather than later operational activities.
It is still early days in this respect and risks remain, although increasingly we are seeing them as market related (as for all defence companies) rather than unforeseen operational risks.
