Sentences with phrase «rather than repair»

These days people tend to prefer to replace broken things rather than repair them.

He confirmed Lowe's provides outstanding customer service and oftentimes will just offer to replace a faulty appliance under warranty rather than repair it.

Cardillo says he sees a generational shift toward a society that's more «disposable,» where homeowners prefer to replace rather than repair.

Clients who decide to replace rather than repair can get a rough estimate of how much carpet for the family room or mulch for the yard they'll need using the site's «Calculators.»

In some cases, you might be advised to write off your car rather than repair it.

If the vehicle is damaged in a collision or serious crash, it might be cheaper to simply buy another one rather than repair it.

In cases where the potential repair costs will exceed the value of the insured vehicle, Bountiful vehicle insurance collision protection will opt for totaling the automobile and write you a check for the loss rather than repair it.

As a result, most people choose to replace rather than repair.

It might be wise to take an easy corner and keep your vehicle in pristine working order, rather than repair it during a race.

It not so much improves the district as replaces it, making the procedure more akin to a heart transplant rather than a repair of part of the heart.

But if senescent cell clearing does not reverse senescent cell - caused disease, shouldn't the approach be considered an aging delayer rather than a repair strategy?

PARP inhibitors prevent DNA repair causing cancer cells to die rather than repair.

Rather than repair the damage, Zuckerberg announced how Facebook's AI - driven mass data breaches would allow upmarket shop assistants to use facial recognition technology to sell you things you don't really need.

Similarly, the basics of IT infrastructure, the printers and routers, have become throwaway commodities, designed to be replaced rather than repaired.

The product repair that the company does on large foodservice equipment is still doing well, but smaller appliances — such as warmers and fryers — are oftentimes replaced rather than repaired because parts for them are more expensive when the cost of labor is included than new, low - end products manufactured overseas.

Perry Bebbington asserts that old technology will inevitably be thrown away rather than repaired, but we still need to salvage...

A five - year - old Audi was recently taken to an NRMA Approved Repairer with an electrical system so badly damaged by an attempted jumpstart that, in the end, it was actually cheaper to write the car off rather than repairing the damage.

All of the Magnetpets have vanished, the Bloxbots have gone crazy and rather than repairing the city and its treasures they have begun to destroy everything in sight.

The answer to that will vary a little with the different policies, but in general, flood insurance claims are either for a specific amount of damage or declared a total loss, which means that the car will have to be replaced rather than repaired.

Any losses that exceed this limit usually result in the car being totaled rather than repaired.

Often times they're very happy in their relationship, but when their relationship starts to experience the normal dips in satisfaction over time, when the couple does not feel as connected, or typical life stressors happen and the relationship experiences more conflict, this person drifts away from the relationship rather than repairing the damage.

To put all this in perspective, in central London, the top price for garages (for parking cars rather than repairing them) has now reached # 300,000.

Not exact matches

When I was talking to psychologists, they said that's not using a to - do list for productivity, that's using it to do what's called «mood repair,» to make yourself feel good, rather than get things done.

More than just donating money, your company can be a platform for serving others who can benefit from your company's existence, whether it's the efforts and labor of your staff, the distribution of profits (check out Life is Good's Playmakers program), or just spreading important messages to your customers (for example, Patagonia, which has encouraged its customers to repair products, rather than replace them).

The Hobbses took some of Guarino's advice, like using a home - equity loan rather than savings to cover home repairs, and looking into long - term - care insurance.

After having to replace three windshields due to small breaks, inventor Dr. Frank Werner teamed up with chemical engineer Bill Wiele to find a way to repair windshields rather than replacing them.

This changes a lot of what scientists thought they knew about how water bears deal with radiation, as they were previously thought to have proteins that repaired damaged DNA, rather than proteins that halt damage altogether.

Improving rather than moving: Spending on home improvements and repairs is expected to jump by 7.5 % this year, the largest year - over-year gain since 2007.

Rather than charging exorbitant fees, they offer to lend you the money without any interest and give you a lift to the repair shop.

At the same time, marriages and families have become essentially emotional and egalitarian relationships rather than institutional and hierarchical ones, Thus, when marriage and family fail to satisfy, when they do not make all members feel «happy» and «fulfilled,» then these arrangements begin to dissolve, or at least to be regarded as needing repair.

A woman working for a janitorial firm servicing the Baltimore World Trade Center says she now can buy clothes from a regular store instead of Goodwill and pay for the basic repairs on her house rather than watch it deteriorate.

Like Lily Connor and Kathryn Koerney, Clare Fergusson is a tomboy priest, a firmer army pilot who'd rather be out saving the world than raising funds to repair the roof of historic Millers Kill Episcopal Church.

By not showing this sensitivity I believe they are living up to their «reputation» rather than trying to repair it.

In contrast to the pathology orientation, the growth approach elicits different responses from people, draws on different sides of their personalities (the healthy sides), and suggests that help lies in a different direction — setting goals and working toward them rather than striving mainly to repair damaged areas of relationships and personalities.

Most importantly, Banducci has delivered much - needed cultural change — putting customers rather than shareholders first to underpin long - term growth, repairing damaged relationships with suppliers, rebuilding the confidence of staff and creating a less centralised structure by giving Woolworths» business units more control over their own destinies.

Drivers are allowed three of each component over the course of the season and if Honda can't repair any previously failed parts, then it's surely a matter of when rather than if the penalties will come.

Cracks are now being repaired, rather than papered over.

And we help the child repair any damage to relationships or property, rather than punishing.

In fact, thoughts may influence a person to try a proactive strategy to repair the marriage, rather than to push them towards divorce or separation.

Fourth - degree tears usually require repair in an operating room — rather than the delivery room — and might take months to heal.

He plans to take a short course in musical instrument repair (woodwind) in Wales in October, so we're thinking of going to the UK at the end of September for a few weeks, rather than earlier in the year.

The country relies on a concept called» restorative justice,» which aims to repair the harm caused by crime rather than punish people.

The company suggests a new «transit tax system» to fund subway repairs, that charges based on road congestion at given times, rather than on the type of travel vehicle.

This bill, according to experts and city elected officials, addresses an increasing problem of investors who acquire older properties to flip them for profit without making needed repairs, such as finding the source of a leak rather than just plastering over a water - logged wall.

MTA board member Veronica Vanterpool, who also works as executive director of the nonprofit Tri-State Transportation Campaign, said that rather than picking a fight with its fellow transportation provider, the MTA and Cuomo should advocate on Amtrak's behalf, including by pushing for emergency financial assistance from the federal government for the summer repairs at Penn, which Amtrak has said will cost between $ 30 million and $ 40 million.

The decision, which will see the bank's investment banking arm reduced and more assets sold off, underlines a renewed focus on internal repair rather than a complete breakup.

Clegg tried to show a bit of Thatcherite ankle before his spring conference last weekend, praising the Great She - Elephant's victory over the trade unions as «immensely significant» and saying that the public finances should be repaired by spending cuts rather than tax rises.

As a taxpayer, regarding any question about the proper use of taxpayer dollars, I would rather see U.S. railroads and bridges repaired and reservoirs cleansed than see U.S. funds wasted on murderous weaponry and dubious schemes by an artificial entity which would prolong endless conflict and cost millions of lives.

Councilors did not appropriate money for Fire Station No. 7, which Miner plans to close as part of the consolidation, but they said they will urge the administration to sell bonds to repair the facility rather than close it.

As a cost - saving measure and to maximize efficiency, the road repair program will be conducted by county - employed Highways Division crews rather than contractors, allowing crews to begin working as soon as weather permits and complete these projects in a more timely fashion.