Sentence examples for rather than served from inspiring English sources

Settlements have shackled Israel rather than served it.

I think it would be best with food - calamares, say - rather than served as an aperitif or knocking-back drink.

In fact, Stamp argues that much about women's films and filmgoing in the postnickelodeon years challenged, rather than served, the industry's drive for greater respectability.

This is a yule log to be eaten greedily with spoons for pudding, rather than served in polite slices at the tea table – a proper festive indulgence.

He was the man who told the electors of Bristol that, as their representative, he betrayed them rather than served them if he sacrificed his judgment to their opinions.

"In general, Clear Channel's idea of synergy is really a notion that everybody in its audience is there to be exploited rather than served," said Andrew Jay Schwartzmann, president at the Media Access Project, a consumer advocacy group.

Seven ministers quit rather than serve under Mr Rudd.

Some officers resigned rather than serve under him.

The Democratic Party rolled over rather than serving as loyal opposition.

What causes immune cells to trigger inflammatory pathologies rather than serve a tissue protective function?

As a student he embraced pacifism and joined the Peace Corps rather than serve in Vietnam.