Example sentences of "[conj] instead of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of the latter type of shift is shown in figure 13.22 , where instead of time dependence measurements the frequency dependence of the β-relaxation in poly ( vinyl acetate ) has been studied at fixed temperatures in the range 212 to 266 K. A master curve can be constructed for this relaxation region by plotting against , where the ‘ max ’ subscript refers to the peak maximum at each experimental temperature . |
| 2 | Partly because it is not routinely recorded , relatively little is known about cohabitation and the extent to which it may become an ordinary setting for childbearing before or instead of marriage . |
| 3 | Yet here am I on a road that instead of tarmac looks like a patio laid in bricks — every one hand-placed in herringbone pattern . |
| 4 | The rain wash-off into the ravine had flushed the goodness out of the soil , so that instead of grass , there was a strip of thin scrub and stunted trees . |
| 5 | They suggested that instead of closure , half of the site of two hospitals might be closed to finance local services . |
| 6 | A Co-op spokesman says : ‘ We have found an alternative firm but it has meant that instead of mortgage repayments being met for a year , they will now only be paid for six months — and the price has had to rise as well . ’ |
| 7 | It may well be that instead of wellbeing , IT will bring about |
| 8 | It means that instead of County and District Councils you have one authority that takes over both sets of functions . |
| 9 | They set off early to beat the traffic , and instead of blossom there were dead leaves on the pavement and a thin white mould of frost . |
| 10 | And he did train , he actually trained for five years , and instead of holiday he got , and something he 'd like to have done is learnt to compete in the Whitbread Round the World . |
| 11 | Then Nephthys would follow her , and instead of standing , as a new wife , before Renenutet and Tawaret , would go as a shadow to meet Anubis and Osiris . |
| 12 | It is actually easier to do the calculation if instead of individual turns we assume that the current is continuously distributed on the surface of the cylinder , and work in terms of |
| 13 | If instead of point charges we have a distributed space charge p ( x' , y' , z' ) then the sum in eqn ( 2.23 ) goes over into an integral : |
| 14 | But instead of answering , Belov said , ‘ Is there anyone you can contact ? |
| 15 | But instead of peace and solitude and a chance to get her emotions under control , she opened the door and found herself in the middle of a nightmare . |
| 16 | The dehydrating effects of alcohol make her thirsty but instead of water , Liz drinks a tumbler of red wine . |
| 17 | bring this new tax , but instead of poll tax and community charge and that it 's gon na be like a new erm property tax . |
| 18 | We learned that the fuel promised by both Aerad and Bottlang was there , but instead of avgas it was Jet A1 . |
| 19 | As before the table was laid out for tea , but instead of bread and butter there were toasted muffins oozing butter . |
| 20 | It was thus acquiring additional rights ‘ to receive the place for which it is destined ’ but instead of independence , there was the rather less exciting prospect of an Indochinese Federation which would ‘ enjoy the liberty and the organization necessary to the development of all its resources ’ . |
| 21 | She was looking after her father in his old age as she had always said she would , but instead of satisfaction she felt only guilt — guilt at her own impatience when he behaved not as her father but like a disobedient child . |
| 22 | The paper outline technique can still be used , but instead of chalk a light coloured pen can be used . |
| 23 | He got up , but instead of doing as he was told , came a step nearer . |
| 24 | But instead of coal or logs , most of use are recreating those dancing flames by piping gas through ceramic ‘ logs ’ or ‘ coals ’ , or faking that warm glow with a flickering red light hidden under an electric element . |
| 25 | With a sigh of relief I dropped my hands , because instead of Dad lying there there was the attic door which had fallen in such a way that it was wedging the door back , trapping me where I was . |
| 26 | For instead of learning , it is teaching . |