Example sentences of "[adj] instead of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let the Corporation stick to stories like this instead of the usual rubbishy old American ( or British ) films . |
| 2 | As a control , sections were incubated with phosphate buffered saline instead of the primary monoclonal antibodies in the first step . |
| 3 | Blade , right , amiable enough bloke , Lewisham , all that , smiling all the time , may as well be wearing carpet slippers onstage instead of the uniform open-mouthed trainers — but what throwback tosh he spouts between songs . |
| 4 | If you can , you should try this out before you buy : some tend to give incomplete or premature fading of the sound , while others ( a minority ) fade to white instead of the more customary black . |
| 5 | ‘ When James Torquay died here , and everyone carried on as though he were God incarnate instead of the superannuated useless politician he was . |
| 6 | After discussions with its auditors , the oil company has decided to adopt the successful efforts method of accounting for oil and gas expenditure for the current financial year to 30 September 1992 instead of the full cost method . |
| 7 | The horses are freeze-marked instead of the traditional heat branding . |
| 8 | The weapon has a strength of 4 , a range of 40″ and an armour save modifier of -2 instead of the usual -1 because of the power of gunpowder weapons . |
| 9 | He has a 1932 Avro 631 Cadet under restoration at North Shore aerodrome , and currently flies a taildragger Cessna 152 instead of the Concordes he used to captain . |
| 10 | So how does it feel , Sir Edmund , to be the hunted instead of the hunter ? ’ |
| 11 | Changes can be made in the look of any step not by a change in the tempo but in the time signature : for example , dancing a pas de basque to a 2/4 or 6/8 instead of the usual 3/4 . |
| 12 | The relief will be available instead of the 25% writing-down allowance available for the year in which the expenditure is incurred , with the balance being written down in future years at 25% . |
| 13 | For viscoelastic materials the change of E with frequency alters the resonances so that , for example , for nylon , the ratio of the sixth-order resonance to the fundamental becomes 89.3 instead of the value of 84.9 predicted . |
| 14 | Notation 2.7.3 ( i ) According to 2.7.1 and 2.6.3(ii) we should find ourselves writing ( 3,5 ) + = 8 instead of the more usual 3 + 5 = 8 . |
| 15 | The committee now had a membership of 27 instead of the 26 previously . |
| 16 | We may imagine an ascetic who consistently chooses the sour instead of the sweet apple , in order to mortify the flesh . |
| 17 | In 1370 , when the war had resumed , the clerical representatives would agree only to a grant of two tenths instead of the three sought ; the prelates , however , had already conceded three tenths , and their pressure and that of royal delegations eventually coerced the proctors of the lesser clergy into acquiescing , once again in the expressed hope that their grievances would be remedied . |
| 18 | It 'll make a change for him to cook in the open instead of the kitchen . ’ |
| 19 | In that case the court has a discretion ( in order to avoid injustice ) to award damages at the higher level of £750 ( i.e. by reference to the market price at July 15 instead of the later contract delivery date of December 1 ) , Johnson v. Agnew ( 1979 H.L. ) . |
| 20 | Alright , now if we look at the , the rural instead of the urban wage rate , right , up here alright , now let's just say that it takes that amount of time before this individual gets a job in the urban area , alright , now if we discount alright the erm , the rural , the urban wages right , that 's all this |
| 21 | After the red-hot protests of the retired classes , Clinton will not touch the expensive cost of living adjustments to their social security pensions , although he will make taxable 85 per cent of the benefits paid to the rich instead of the present 50 per cent . |
| 22 | AT LAST the electors have an opportunity to put in power a government that will look after the needy instead of the greedy . |
| 23 | As soon as the band is long enough I hold that instead of the cord . |
| 24 | Just a wee drop of that instead of the ice-cream |
| 25 | minister 's well aware , this is causing considerable concern amongst the small percent of the population in Southend-on-Sea who are interested in European elections because the proposal is that instead of the links with Chelmsford , as we are at present , we 're going to be linked with Thurrock , which of course is something different . |
| 26 | Seventy years later , the magic mix of high rewards , low outlay and supposed skill in judging football results , continues unchanged ; except , of course , that punters can now win £1.5 million instead of the modest £2 12s that comprised the first ever dividend . |
| 27 | Campaigners , backed by Ms Eagle , say the landing stage could be repaired for as little as £1.5 million instead of the £10 million being quoted by Merseytravel . |
| 28 | So lively did it get on occasions that Bishop Story had to order the pilgrims to carry crosses and banners in 1478 instead of the coloured staves with which they were prone to hit each other at the height of their religious fervour . |
| 29 | With a neck that 's 3⅝″ wide instead of the ‘ normal ’ 3¼″ , the Grand Stick has space for twelve strings arranged in just about any format you can think of . |