Sentence examples for supportive rather than from inspiring English sources
Dr. Caragine said the environment was supportive, rather than competitive.
The mood in the arena was respectful and supportive, rather than rapturous.
But energy production will increase, with state and federal governments increasingly supportive rather than wary.
Parents who are supportive rather than dismissive of a child who injures itself, help to develop coping mechanisms.
She said she wanted a program in which her fellow residents would be close-knit and mutually supportive, rather than cut-throat.
In the closed Security Council meeting that followed Mr. Brahimi's public statement, ambassadors asked questions that a European diplomat characterized as "supportive" rather than "challenging".
For intervention fidelity, and to ensure that the practitioners delivering the supportive listening are delivering supportive listening rather than Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or any other counselling intervention, a random selection of sessions is taped and assessed by an independent assessor, who will describe the approaches used.
Decision support therefore provides supportive assistance rather than enforcement, which may be interpreted as weakness of the project's approach, which is however inherent to most electronic systems.
The most intellectually curious and imaginative problem solvers have parents who are supportive of rather than ambitious for their child.
Counties in New York should be looking to invest in cost-effective programs like supportive housing rather than go headlong down that road toward institutional bankruptcy.
Though the dancers lack good shoes, tights and vitamins, they have a "supportive attitude, rather than what I see in many companies -- each person trying to outshine the next to get a better role," she says.
