Example sentences of "instead [prep] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of ranging widely over a many possibilities , therefore , we will focus briefly on just four important and current aspects of multimedia which are sure to extend their influence dramatically during the 1990s . |
| 2 | Instead of stealing away like a thief in the night ! |
| 3 | Instead of moving forward into the twenty first century , the Tories are moving backward us backwards with working conditions that would be more suited to the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | But instead of flying straight to the hospital , the helicopter first stopped by Sadat 's residence : |
| 5 | Instead of flying straight to the United States , the Shah had decided at the last minute to accept an invitation from Anwar Sadat of Egypt to pause briefly in Aswan . |
| 6 | Instead of looking carefully at the specific conditions in which particular women live , we are frequently tempted to appeal to some common denominator of female experience ( domesticity and motherhood are the commonest choices ) that is false to the facts of many women 's experience and — to the degree that we wish to eliminate such common denominators — politically counterproductive as well . |
| 7 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 8 | Managerial behaviour was also introverted , reacting to actors and problems stemming from within the organisation instead of looking outwards to the needs and wishes of its users . |
| 9 | Instead of acting instantly in the ‘ greater interested of the game ’ and convincing Dubroca to do the honourable thing — which would have cut short the entire argument — they tried to sweep the story under the carpet . |
| 10 | Debate centred particularly on proposals that the WEU should intensify its links with the European Communities ( EC ) , instead of acting primarily as the co-ordinating body for the European element of the NATO alliance . |
| 11 | Instead of dressing warmly for the elements , the bikers end up at the summit of popular hills dressed like Paul Weller in a Style Council video . |
| 12 | If so , she 'd ignore the remark , and instead of delving further into the subject she said , ‘ You know perfectly well that the meal was a joint effort , because you cooked the bacon . ’ |
| 13 | And then h instead of walking home from the chapel on Sunday night with my mother , he started walking home with her father . |
| 14 | The cause is always one of the following : failing to recognise the loss of power in time ; over-reacting and flying into the ground ; opening the airbrakes instead of landing ahead with no airbrake . |
| 15 | Instead of returning directly to the river , she made a complete tour of the upper storey of the house . |
| 16 | Often , however , he is under such pressure to complete the project by a given date that he accepts the first feasible solution he arrives at instead of working systematically towards the optimum . |
| 17 | So instead of waiting indefinitely for a buyer , they have decided to try selling their house by auction . |
| 18 | Some of the larger growers , however , who could afford the investment , began to make their own Champagne instead of relying purely on the sale of grapes . |
| 19 | Instead of going closer to the nest and finding the genuinely helpless nestlings , the killer followed the apparently helpless adult bird . |
| 20 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 21 | So , instead of going straight for the big one , we decided to build up our acclimatisation by first visiting some of Kenya 's other mountains . |
| 22 | Calming myself I took it page by page , instead of going straight to the Rrap as I usually do . |
| 23 | Instead of going straight to the front desk as usual , Charlie guided her towards the restaurant . |
| 24 | Instead of going directly to the academy 's institutes , much of it is now awarded to projects by committees representing science and industry . |
| 25 | Instead of reverting automatically to the universal European scholarly tongue of Latin , they were gaining a new confidence in the language of their own people . |
| 26 | Say summat instead of lying there like a great mawker . ’ |
| 27 | Steps built out in front of retaining walls may look better if they 're ‘ returned ’ : the sides are built out on each step , to form rectangular , curved or rounded ends , filling in all or part of the space up to the retaining wall , so that each step continues round instead of ending abruptly at the side . |
| 28 | Instead of doing so in an even , proportionate fashion , they appear to shrink in rather erratic steps . |
| 29 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |
| 30 | Instead of turning left towards the village they carried on to the right . |