Sentence examples for rather than sweeping from inspiring English sources

Storing water where it lands, rather than sweeping it into drains, relieves sewers and often makes for a more pleasant environment.

"Iran has an obligation to hear these people's refugee claims rather than sweeping them up and tossing them over the border to Afghanistan".

UBS pocketed the $23 million rather than sweeping it into the mortgage security, known as a collateralized debt obligation, or C.D.O.

Rather than sweeping up the mid-market, the 5C has languished: market data suggest the pricier 5S has outsold it three to one.

Rather than sweeping people out of sight, we need to focus on permanent solutions at the federal and local level, starting with safe, affordable housing.

It's always easier when people spell out their allegiances and biases, rather than sweeping them under the carpet, leaving those around them to wonder if they're imagining things.

This was initially raised by a member of staff who felt confident we would do something about it quickly rather than simply sweeping it under the carpet".

But as in his previous statements, Mr. Wen gave scant indication of what political change might entail, and made it clear that what he called China's "socialist democracy" would evolve in baby steps rather than by sweeping action.

And they carried off the project in splendid fashion, though what came through most strongly were those brilliant formative moments and threads rather than grand, sweeping wholes, largely because of unevenesses among the vocal soloists.

Rather than proposing sweeping systemic changes, many experts suggest that Mr. Klein's early energies should be trained on finding the city's most successful schools, examining their strategies and replicating them in the lowest-performing schools.

Perhaps because he's encountered some connubial discord himself, McGinn is on firmest ground when plumbing the tensions that can arise when your spouse is obsessing over the precise grain of the granite countertop rather than, say, sweeping everything off its surface and throwing you down for an impassioned afternoon lovemaking session.