Sentence examples for rather than practise from inspiring English sources

Perhaps he was right to observe, rather than practise, politics.

The RAF could for the first time show off its Eurofighter/Typhoon's ability to attack targets on the ground rather than practise dogfights with imaginary Soviet fighters.

That attitude stems from his college in Oklahoma state where he preferred to get out and play rather than practise indoors.

Kidston's teapots and oilcloths, which embrace the image of the 1950s housewife, celebrating baking, afternoon tea and knitting, have become addictive for a generation of women whose busy working and home lives have led them to idealise rather than practise domesticity.

Maugham skewers beautifully the self-interestedness of a society that believes Christianity should be preached rather than practised.

He has been accused of spending too much time doing media work rather than practising at the swimming pool, but the teenage diver Tom Daley has not been neglecting his schoolwork.

Thus HIV transmission through breastfeeding can be reduced if HIV-positive women breastfeed exclusively for six months rather than practising mixed feeding.

This reinforces the idea that the main motivation for using test questions in these data is to scaffold the person with aphasia in joining in with a new topic of conversation, rather than practising saying words in an attempt to improve language skills.

As a result the data collected by ECRIC are likely to be representative of the UK as a whole and reflect good practise rather than best practise and was an ideal data source on which to base the initial model.

Democracy, it seems, is something Britons would rather celebrate than practise.Unperturbed, the government is still pushing the idea.

It is suggested that the interactional motivation for test question sequences in these data are to invite people with aphasia to contribute to conversation, rather than to practise saying words in an attempt to improve language skills.