Example sentences of "instead [prep] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Instead of ripening into an edible delight , the emotion begins to rot and decay , and eventually its poison spreads throughout our body , often re-emerging as illness and disease . |
| 2 | Kahnweiler in Der Weg zum Kubismus is probably echoing conversations with Braque when he writes : ‘ Representation of the position of objects in space is done as follows : instead of beginning from a supposed foreground and going on from there to give an illusion of depth by means of perspective , the painter begins from a definite and clearly defined background . |
| 3 | In the past year , unemployment has risen by a massive 47 per cent. , but instead of rising by a similar amount , expenditure in 1991-92 will be 10 per cent . |
| 4 | Soon you will find that you are taking more time to act , instead of reacting with an habitual response . |
| 5 | Virtually anything is possible here and , for a relaxing change of pace , it is worthwhile hunting out a slow boat instead of sticking to a frenetic dash in the fast lane . |
| 6 | Instead of operating with a deflated matrix , we operate on the original matrix A ( or a part of it ) with a column vector from which all contributions from x1 have been " swept " away . |
| 7 | Instead of resulting from a successful use of pressure by a group on a reluctant government , the relationship derives from the government 's need for specialized information which the group possesses and its co-operation in the eventual implementation of policy . |
| 8 | He will try to lead the discussion , this time , instead of acting as a mere facilitator , but he could find himself shouted down or boycotted . |
| 9 | However , the evidence from Pittsburgh indicates that the community group , instead of acting as an oppositional force , has been brought more emphatically within the institutional orbit , both through the mechanisms for consultation and as it becomes formally integrated into local policy making . |
| 10 | As you improve , instead of riding in a straight line along a wave you start manoeuvring by footsteering on the wave just as surfers do . |
| 11 | That 's why I 'm still walking around , instead of resting under a shady tree waiting for Connie Fraser to join me . ’ |
| 12 | TAKING a brisk walk instead of retreating to a darkened room may be the best way of coping with migraine and other bad headaches , according to a leading pain doctor . |
| 13 | Instead of landing on a sandy beach stretching some way inland , the men were trapped on a rocky shore north and south of the craggy headland of Ari Burnu . |
| 14 | Instead of fleeing to a safe place and hiding away there with complete body concealment , the animal takes up a semi-hidden position from which it can remain watchful . |
| 15 | For these and other reasons more useful information about molecular structures can be obtained by photoelectron spectroscopy , where the excited electron is ejected completely instead of remaining in a higher-energy level of the molecule . |
| 16 | That 's why Lewis 's decision to accept the WBC version of the heavyweight title instead of agreeing to a deferred fight with Bowe could backfire on him . |
| 17 | The BMC is to continue to have a training officer ( presently Iain Peter ) who will continue to do what he did before , but instead of answering to a neutered committee , training decisions are now to be made by a BMC vice president — probably John Porter . |
| 18 | After the disastrous storms and floods of 1890 in which vast sections of Grisedale and Garsdale were washed away , bridges destroyed and people made homeless , the stone lip of the waterfall was found to have been destroyed completely by the force of the water , so much so that instead of falling from an overhanging shelf a majestic hundred feet on to the rocks below , the waterfall now raced down in a series of cascades . |
| 19 | There were other good reasons for not enforcing the covenant — length of time and its geographical scope , instead of resorting to an unconvincing analysis of the contrast between the legitimate interest of the plaintiffs and the width of the restraint as construed on a literal basis . |