Sentence examples for worth rather than from inspiring English sources

Matthew2012 06 March 2014 11 27am All economics is based upon a believe of what things are worth rather than an intrinsic value.

He writes that some colonists abandoned their homes "to follow the standard of rebellion at the hazard of all they are worth, rather than acknowledge George for their king".

But Road Home was beset by administrative problems, and the subject of a discrimination lawsuit settled in 2011 because, typically, it handed out grant money based on a home's pre-Katrina worth, rather than the cost of fixing the damage.

But after the Congressional grilling, the board quickly moved to make it much easier for banks to value assets at what they should be worth, rather than what they were currently selling for.

The forms require members of Congress to indicate a broad range for an asset's worth rather than a specific amount, so the exact value of the unreported assets could not be determined.

In a country where reinvention is considered a birthright, a certain type of loss — perhaps especially a "paper" loss, of net worth rather than irreplaceable life — may even seem an invitation to something better.

That's typical of negative coping, which can fuel depression and diminished self-worth, rather than healthy, resilient action.

We need to take charge of the values we're instilling in our young women and men, promoting evolution, education and self-worth rather than sexual objectification.

For once a wank ended in an explosion of self-worth (rather than the usual dank realisation that masculinity means little more than being a spunk machine made of meat).

Thus, the level of self-worth, rather than the change in self-worth, may be related to posttraumatic stress symptoms.

Guns are also worth rather more than raspberries.