Sentence examples for rather than stepping up from inspiring English sources

Rather than stepping up contribution rates to 5percenttoto cover investment losses, Calpers set a maximum increase of 1.1percentt — saving municipalities hundreds of millions of dollars.

Rather than stepping up to the challenges of peace, some party members are calling on their community to retreat into the hopelessness of mistrust and to view reforms, which are beneficial to all, as a defeat for their movement.

When McNabb, a veteran, was asked in the locker room after the Dallas game whether the Eagles had showed their youth, he said that there had been "situations where everyone began to look around to see who was going to make the play, rather than stepping up and making that play".

He covered in behind his centre-half brilliantly, timing one tackle to perfection and on another occasion he played the forward on-side but decided on a cautious approach and rather than stepping up with his team-mates, he took control and cleared with ease.

Robert contemplating suicide after Robin's death, rather than stepping up to care for his granddaughter Emma, was also a poor storyline choice.

Worryingly, there are signs that rather than stepping up their efforts, donors are seeing the limited successes so far as a reason for complacency.

Uganda, for example, has seen prevalence drop from 9.5% in 1998 estimates to 8.3% today, with a marked decrease among teenage girls, although UNAIDS epidemiologist Bernhard Schwartländer acknowledges that the decline could be in part due to disease and deaths, rather than stepped up government prevention campaigns.

Rather than "buy the dippers" stepping up to the plate to support the market, support is derived from the fact that everyone and their great-grandmother who matters these days has shorts or puts in place, and when the market plunges: 1.

Rather than criticizing leaders who are stepping up to help solve the most pressing problems of global society -- devoting not just their money but their time as well -- we should be venerating them.

"Here you've got three authorities pointing fingers at each other rather than stepping forward and picking up a shovel," Mr. DiBrienza said, referring to the city's Departments of Transportation, Parks and Sanitation.

Rather than quicken, she lengthened well, and stepping up should eke out a little more improvement".