Sentence examples for than assist from inspiring English sources

She had better things to do, she said, than assist this wreck around the streets, better things to listen to than his antique and lecherous prattle.

According to Sylvain Distin, some Evertonians at Goodison Park would rather concede a top four finish than assist in a 19th league championship for their Merseyside rivals.

Moreover, if the church reckoned that Cruise would be a draw for recruits, I suspect the unstable life and antics of the 50-year-old actor have done more to discredit than assist Scientology.

The system is designed to deter rather than assist in the first place and then to assist only as a last resort, ie when the bailiff's letter has arrived and the family faces eviction.

Both are thoughtful and courageous attempts to explain why recent calls to "make poverty history" by quadrupling aid will disrupt more than assist citizens in the fragile, neocolonial political economies of Africa.

Such as, the public may go to the site of the crime and in the case that there is evidence there they might tamper the evidence and thereby hamper the investigation rather than assist investigation.

But compassion implies euthanasia rather than assisted dying.

But how often is the wrong character summoned, thus irritating rather than assisting the text writer?

"Rather than assisting school leaders, this will have the effect of alienating many staff and pupils".

"If she takes a fall," Ms. Lemke said, "she may require more than assisted living can handle".

Rather than assisting science, commercial collectors are robbing everyone of specimens by making them accessible only to those with deep pockets.