Example sentences of "that instead [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the preface to this book Anne and Don Byrne state that instead of taking the usual text book approach to psychology they have ‘ decided to identify those areas of psychology which are directly relevant to the practice of nursing . ’ |
| 2 | It has been suggested ( e.g. by Schank , 1977 : 424 ; Maynard , 1980 ) that instead of undertaking the difficult task of attempting to define ‘ what a topic is ’ , we should concentrate on describing what we recognise as topic-shift . |
| 3 | The majority of the applications access the data through a small library of function calls , so that instead of using the flat files produced by the database they can be interfaced easily to other databases without significant code changes . |
| 4 | Chuck noticed that instead of drinking the usual cold tea like the others he surreptitiously raised a hip flask to his lips a couple of times when he thought he was unobserved . |
| 5 | he 's recommended to her that instead of making the third bedroom bigger , to make four bedrooms because it would increase the value of the house more . |
| 6 | When the girl made no move , she realised that instead of putting the poor creature at her ease , she had only succeeded in heightening her anxiety . |
| 7 | The problem essentially is that instead of estimating the true MPC t α t , in equation ( 3.6 ) we are in fact estimating the composite function in equation ( 3.13 ) . |
| 8 | I suggested to RCA in America that instead of going the normal route that they try makin' a classy but inexpensive TV ad and get it on during shows like The David Letterman Show . |