Sentence examples for rather than undergoing from inspiring English sources

But tolerating small discomforts rather than undergoing surgery or taking drugs might prove safer in the long run.

This means that those who have taken abortion pills, rather than undergoing a surgical procedure, have to deal with the experience of miscarrying on the flight home.

He believes that the country could get a much better value by adjusting the existing system rather than undergoing a high-technology makeover that is unnecessary.

An uncontrolled default would be the equivalent of Greece's simply walking away from its debts, whatever the consequences, rather than undergoing the equivalent of supervised bankruptcy proceedings.

Since Apple is on the "S" part of its cycle, the phone will mostly see its internal parts improved rather than undergoing a complete redesign.

New York City's mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, ended months of deliberation yesterday over the best course of treatment for his prostate cancer by receiving radiation implants at Mount Sinai Medical Center rather than undergoing a more invasive surgical removal of the prostate gland.

Philip Pullman, Anthony Horowitz and Michael Morpurgo are among a number who have said they will boycott working in schools rather than undergo vetting.

"One possible consequence of revalidation … is that some doctors may choose to leave the system rather than undergo appraisal and revalidation processes that would be new to them.

The scientists said their research raised the question of whether the river should be allowed to clean itself rather than undergo dredging.

Ministers claimed last month that 878,000 people who were on incapacity benefit dropped their claim to the payments rather than undergo a tough medical test.

Most of the companies settled rather than undergo costly litigation, earning the firm hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees.