Sentence examples for we would rather encourage from inspiring English sources

Our view is that we would rather encourage you to engage with fewer drinks, but better ones.

It's a decision we've made as a profession and as part of our judicial system that we would rather encourage clients to be forthright with their lawyers and talk to them in order to achieve the best outcome in our justice system as an aggregate.

He would rather encourage land owners to donate land to conservation organizations through trusts or easements.

They would rather encourage the companies to improve conditions for their workers than simply withdraw from the area and create more unemployment".

He would rather encourage settlers and entrepreneurs at the grass-roots level — and make them learn how to cope with those impediments themselves — than run the risk that aid might infantilize its recipient.

Mr. Mullane, the president of the Council of Governments, said that because towns rely so heavily on the property tax to pay for schools, roads and any other services, towns would rather encourage commercial or industrial development, which pays more in taxes than it consumes in services.

Moreover, says Keulertz, in today's economic climate, many governments would rather encourage investment by foreign corporations than develop the potential of their own small-scale farmers: "If the same [irrigation] methods as in Latin America and Asia are applied to sub-Saharan Africa by investment in blue water irrigation schemes … it will lead to investment failures".

("I would rather encourage my only child to trick-or-treat his way down the sex offenders register than to spend one moment in the company of someone who would leave an anonymous comment on a blog.

In fact, I would rather encourage my only child to trick-or-treat his way down the sex offenders register than to spend one moment in the company of someone who would leave an anonymous comment on a blog.

Netflix acknowledges that it still needs to improve the quality of its streaming selection, but it would rather encourage customers to abandon its DVD business and take those savings in shipping and other costs to pour into better streaming content.

I'd rather encourage and inspire people to find their own creativity.' With a view to this, Proud hosts informal "macramé and mojito" nights for her friends, getting them a bit tipsy and letting them loose with mosaic tiles, glue and a tray.