Sentence examples for tactic rather than a from inspiring English sources

The message was that non-payment was a negotiating tactic rather than a sign that there was no money left.

But like the Gaza disengagement, the legislation is a delaying tactic rather than a solution to the problem of Israel's "existence".

It began a war against a tactic rather than a nation, and have benefited greatly from rank-and-file Republicans who didn't want to make distinctions between countries in the Arab world.

Mr Clegg conceded that his election message – that the party would add a "head" to Labour and a "heart" to the Tories in a hung parliament – made the centre ground "sound a bit too much like a tactic, rather than a place rich in values and conviction".

According to WebMD -- the also-trustworthy website you visit to convince yourself that your minor headache is actually a combination of SARS and AIDS -- grease and fat act better as a preventative hangover tactic, rather than a day-after repair move.

In Europe, the Black Bloc is considered a tactic rather than an organised body, and has nothing resembling a centralised system of governance.

"The problem with some Old Democrats is that they tend to view the whole New Democratic approach as a tactic rather than as a philosophy".

Personally, I have always preferred to use it to describe a tactic rather than as a term of moral opprobrium: critically it is the harming of random victims in order to spread fear in the wider population or highlight a cause.

The negotiators concluded that the West Side Boys' increasingly unrealistic demands were stalling tactics rather than a serious attempt to conclude the crisis.

On 9 September, the WSB's spokesman stated that the remaining six members of the patrol, who had now been held for over a fortnight, would only be released after a new government was formed in Sierra Leone, leading negotiators to conclude that the increasingly unrealistic demands were stalling tactics rather than a serious attempt to conclude the crisis.

The FARC's leaders have always seemed to view the talks as a tactic, rather than as an acceptance of democracy.