Sentence examples for rather than saps from inspiring English sources

Among the 106 ICUs, 22 (21%) failed to provide the SAPS II score for more than 20% of admissions (some collected SAPS I rather than SAPS II).

Rather than sap his power, those changes produced a two-month surge that has carried into this season.

Rather than sapping support from the billionaire frontrunner, Cruz appears to have gained support from defectors from Carson, whose support nationally has virtually halved in the last month.

That would increase creativity and intelligence, rather than sap it, as these gadgets in the hands of adolescents often do.

In other words, better infrastructure sometimes saps, rather than invigorates, poorer regions.Finally, the design of infrastructure clearly matters.

Part of the scarab beetle family, they are less scatalogically inclined than some of their relatives, preferring to feast on fruit and sap rather than feces.

The only difference is that the lying was done by a group of Wells Fargo brokers rather than by some poor sap like Charlie Engle.

Homeland Security officials decided that it ultimately lacked credibility and clarity to the point of sapping rather than bolstering public confidence.

Rather than water, AmorePacific used bamboo sap, which also offers hydration benefits, to dilute the product, she said.

OF AMPLIFICATION on "Incidental Intelligence" of Apr. 27, 1963, which reported that some Vermont farmers use plastic bags rather than wooden buckets to catch sap from maple trees.

As melon plants have a sprawling growth habit, this choice is probably related to sap testing rather than to negative geotropism.