Sentence examples for than participate from inspiring English sources

Many would rather shut down debate than participate in it.

But makeovers are like train wrecks: most of us would rather watch than participate.

He will work on strength and conditioning today rather than participate in the regular team practice.

Witt has chosen to play against Harvard on Saturday rather than participate in a Rhodes interview.

It's also played by more people than participate in rugby union, rugby league, hockey and cricket combined.

Armenia pulled out of the contest, preferring to pay fines rather than participate with its enemy as host.

In Warsaw, Czerniaków committed suicide rather than participate in the deportation of children and the liquidation of the entire ghetto.

Mr. Paulson and two top deputies, Robert Steel and Anthony W. Ryan, stayed in Washington rather than participate in person with the talks under way in New York.

Our bike-loving prime minister chose to travel to the World Cup bid rather than participate in the UN climate conference in Cancún.

Ministers have opted in recent months to try to take no part in votes on opposition day debates, rather than participate and risk defeat.

Mr. Focazio, 44, said that before the family stopped cooling their house, they tended to wait out their summers rather than participate in them.