Sentence examples for rather than supportive from inspiring English sources

"People think Ofsted is punitive rather than supportive.

Jackie Chase, a friend of the family, told me: "The authorities became something threatening rather than supportive".

The problem is that this is being offered in traditional top-down NHS style by regulators with a reputation for command and control rather than supportive facilitation.

Democratic-minded Russians are increasingly impressed with his vocal criticism of the country's bossy, corrupt officialdom although the president's close ties with the security services, his squeeze on the independent media and the misery in Chechnya mean that most liberals are still broadly sceptical rather than supportive.

Around the territory, meanwhile, some are watching the movement with worried, rather than supportive, eyes.

She believes most Icelanders are indifferent towards whaling, rather than supportive.

Rather than being supportive, as he is in the film, he called Wallis's plan "tripe beyond the wildest description".

And Shaw says the overall average score of 6.4 "is pretty positive … at least it's more, rather than less, supportive" of tapping scientific expertise for policymaking.

Politico found few current Republican senators who were flipping their views on Trump over Manafort and Cohen, but the mood was resigned and cautious rather than fully supportive.

During the third season, the Millennium Group became the series' chief villains, playing an antagonistic role against Frank Black rather than the supportive role they had previously played.

Finally, when supervision does occur, rather than being supportive, it is often limited to fault-finding.