Sentence examples for rather than sustains from inspiring English sources

What an author craves, usually, is something that interrupts rather than sustains the flow of his creation.

He called the idea an "illiberal measure that constrains rather than sustains Bristol" and wants to see it scrapped.

She addressed several policies, but in concise sound bites rather than sustained arguments.

Whose common sense insists on eradicating the deficit, rather than sustaining public services?

Christensen called these low-end products "disruptive technologies," because, rather than sustaining technological progress toward better performance, they disrupted it.

"This year, although we've still had wet weather, it's been showery rather than sustained, and dragonflies are very good at making the most of sunny intervals".

Google Cardboard (£15) Even Google was shocked by the success of its fold-out VR headset, which was designed to promote the new technology, rather than sustain it.

But there has always been a sense of needless excess about Miami, a place in which dollar bills are so often unthinkingly squandered in the pursuit of short-term superficiality rather than sustained substance.

In short, Piggott was a winner before anyone started winning and the BBC award is often given for one-off achievement (Greg Rusedski), or marked improvement (David Steele) rather than sustained brilliance.

The Christian understanding of sexuality, marriage, and family has been strongly influenced by the Old Testament view of marriage as an institution primarily concerned with the establishment of a family, rather than sustaining the individual happiness of the marriage partners.

He said Renault was focusing on providing low-speed torque response and driveability, and that the engine needs to be mapped to deliver "sharp bursts of power rather than sustained application of throttle".