Sentence examples for settlements rather than from inspiring English sources

Quick settlements, rather than long trials, mean victims get restitution faster.

Most of that was private construction in small, outlying settlements, rather than state-sponsored building in the larger settlements of the blocs.

The Bloomberg administration has dealt with many of the discrimination claims by paying settlements, rather than allowing cases to go to trial.

They said that it is more rewarding from the perspective of the public interest to reach negotiated settlements rather than go to trial and lose.

Many popular destinations across the South Pacific tend to be connected to hubs and outlying settlements rather than to each Pacific nation or group of islands.

Yet most studies of the region's cultural geography have focused on a few early Mormon settlements, rather than using town plans as evidence for tracing the changing contours of settlement during eight decades of town-building.

That dominant concern persists when settlement, rather than trial, is proposed.

The design of footings on sands is often controlled by settlement rather than bearing capacity.

It's to create a longer-term settlement, rather than short-term fudges and fixes".

The design of shallow foundations on granular soils is generally controlled by settlement rather than bearing capacity.

The dealers have promised to "hard-wire" cash settlement, rather than physical delivery of bonds, into standard documentation.