Sentence examples for rather than skill from inspiring English sources

Many of them were promoted for loyalty to Abacha, rather than skill.

WITH luck rather than skill, Japan escaped the bubbles in housing, credit and commodities.

Some feel good luck often leads to success, rather than skill, ambition or determination.

And so it was largely through flukes and an astonishing run of good luck, rather than skill on his part".

Distinguishing the two is, however, difficult.A fund manager might beat the market because of luck or recklessness, rather than skill, for example.

But David Green, founder of think-tank Civitas, said he believed it would result in schools hiring staff based on characteristics rather than skill.

These firms hire for attitude rather than skills alone.

Second, companies must dismantle old systems that promote employees on seniority, rather than skills.

Desperate Syrian doctors told us that for most operations now they have to rely on luck rather than skills.

This includes perceptions that successful, competent women are less 'nice'; that strong performance by women is due to hard work rather than skills; and assumptions that women are less committed to their careers.

A report by the cross-party Science and Technology Committee suggests that the education system should be adapted to "focus on things that machines will be less good at for longer," rather than skills that are rapidly becoming obsolete.