Sentence examples for rather than shift from inspiring English sources

They (movies and characters both) drift along rather than shift into drive; in other words, they look a lot or a little bit like art films.

The targets the Fed is considering closely resemble its own past practice, meaning the new thresholds would tend to reinforce rather than shift expectations.

Rather than shift back to his base with a weak fiscal plan, Obama should have taken his idea of a Grand Bargain to the country.

But now that the price is over the $100 mark, Bush wants to continue giving breaks to oil companies rather than shift those incentives to alternative fuels, as many in Congress would do.

Mr. McCain had an education speech scheduled before the New Hampshire primary but canceled it rather than shift the focus in New Hampshire away from the tax cutting and Social Security debate.

Now that the price is over the $100 mark, Bush wants to continue giving breaks to oil companies rather than shift those incentives to alternative fuels, as many in Congress would do.

It's time they took their cuts, rather than shifting the pain onto others," he said.

A heating oil crisis compelled some United States refineries to keep producing heating oil rather than shifting to gasoline.

The figures reveal several spikes in average traffic counts because of data issues rather than shifting trends in the economy.

While enrollees reduced spending, they did it simply by reducing the quantity of care they received, rather than shifting towards more cost-effective care or more price shopping.

Rather than shifting all risk of unexpected costs to states, this plan would shift such risk and cost to the federal government.