Sentence examples for rather than prepare from inspiring English sources

In their public remarks, officials continue to wring their hands about QE2 rather than prepare people for the possibility of QE3.

He also said that the deployment of 300 Russian troops to make repairs in Abkhazia last weekend was meant to pre-empt the use of force rather than prepare for Russian intervention.

The group determined that rather than prepare a list of specific course requirements, they would provide a list of competencies and learning outcomes to be attained.

But if you're using time off to escape your responsibilities rather than prepare to fulfill them, you're endangering your company and the loyalty teammates will show you in the future.

Rather than prepare defensive positions, the Portuguese had begun building a large encampment upon their arrival at Ngomano on 20 November.

Rather than prepare one week at a time, actors receive scripts for all 10 hourlong episodes at once (approximately two weeks before production begins, in the case of Eve Hewson, who plays Nurse Elkins).

Our modification included the use of a convenient reagent prepared by commercially available concentrated HCl in methanol rather than preparing an anhydrous reagent by adding acetyl chloride to methanol as was described by Lepage and Roy [ 16].

Because of the funding situation we are waiting for these things to happen rather than preparing for them.

Rather than preparing an interview, interviewees are also given a topic to talk about on the day.

There we sit on our sofas, watching cooking shows on television rather than preparing meals of our own.

Venture capitalists are recouping their investment by selling new companies to established ones rather than preparing them for independent life.