Example sentences of "instead of the " in BNC.
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| 31 | When a [ makonde ] sculptor departs from the stereotype [ … $ this is nearly always because an element of doubt or defiance has been worked into it ; a madonna is given a demon to hold instead of the Christ Child ; a priest is represented with the feet of a wild animal , a pietà becomes a study not of sorrow but of revenge , with the mother raising a spear over the body of her dead son . |
| 32 | Across the way in the main hall dominated by Renault and Peugeot/Citroen was Activa II , a big handsome XM coupe built just for show , but thought to be the type of car BMW should have built instead of the 850i . |
| 33 | Instead of the expansive , though often rough , Michigan highways of Motown , US , we quickly , sometimes dramatically , threaded our way up a narrow zig-zagging ribbon of blacktop that would probe the credentials of any car , regardless of its origins . |
| 34 | Instead of the tiny inputs required in motorway driving and even on minor roads , extend the R/T and you quickly discover there 's a rapid build up in understeer and loss of chassis composure , even before the road surface deteriorates . |
| 35 | On your long-term test of the Citroen XM 24v ( 27 February ) , David Vivian comments on a ‘ curious high-pitched whine ’ instead of the usual starting noises . |
| 36 | Ergonomically , the layout is hard to fault but the space allocated for the otherwise clear and attractive instrumentation seems to have shrunk — it would have been far better to have the computer readout under the dials instead of the heater controls — and we question the need for such extravagantly styled air vents . |
| 37 | Instead of the expected explosion , Charlie said softly and mildly ‘ Time you slept for a change . ’ |
| 38 | Which would you choose ? ( 3 ) There is now a rumour that the family has another house , which may be used for organizing the syndicate , in addition to/ instead of the house you are observing , but you do n't know the location of the other house . |
| 39 | Sir Richard Body , a farmer who has kept pigs himself for many years , explained that he intends to press on with his Private Member 's Bill since it would phase out the sow stalls within five years instead of the Minister 's eight years . |
| 40 | It has been suggested that we might put our prayer list on the Overseas Board in church instead of the monthly missionary society 's display , or as well . |
| 41 | Versace dazzled with psychedelic prints , Dolce & Gabbana sent corsets disguised as frocks shrieking down the catwalk and even the conservative Genny showed micro-skirted green and orange checks instead of the restrained tailoring that made them , made Milan … made Italy the world 's leading fashion force . |
| 42 | Buy one pattern for £4.65 instead of the normal price of £7.65 ( a saving of 39 per cent ) . |
| 43 | Stylist Patrick recommended a softer shape for Betty , instead of the severe brushed-back style she 'd worn for years , as well as a complete reconditioning of the ends . |
| 44 | But at an exchange rate of , say , DM2.70 ( instead of the present DM2.90 ) the trade-offs for the new Chancellor will begin to look different . |
| 45 | Last year , UN officials in the district of Dir , Pakistan 's most prolific opium-growing region , advised thousands of local farmers to grow onions instead of the lucrative poppies . |
| 46 | Baseball fans point out that Jackson bats right-handed and throws left instead of the other way round and was anyway more villain than hero , a theory the film never discusses . |
| 47 | The final audit of the accounts found only £45,220 of stock on the premises instead of the £570,680 declared . |
| 48 | But the latest Rainbird game being played here — First Contact , just out on the Atari ST — is packed in a green box instead of the blue ones loved by BT . |
| 49 | Instead of the medical materialism of Hammer horror , we get a surprisingly restrained treatment of the play 's fuliginous cruelties : even when the Duchess is invaded by a chorus of madmen , they are ushered in one at a time by a beady-eyed supervisor wielding a corrective cane . |
| 50 | Only 40 internationally-important wetlands have been designated , instead of the recommended 120 ; and only 25 per cent of sites suggested under the EC 's Birds Directive declared protected . |
| 51 | No one expected to reverse the pull of 14 years of refugee resettlement overnight , and there is little doubt that voluntary repatriation would pick up speed if the Hong Kong authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick . |
| 52 | Waddle may give them this on the left , but it would surely have done no harm to start the match with Dorigo 's dash instead of the perennial , peripheral Pearce . |
| 53 | The new grants ( with current grant in brackets ) will be : halls or lodgings in London : £2,780 ( £2,585 ) ; elsewhere : £2,200 ; ( £2,090 ) ; parental home : £1,660 ( £1,575 ) Mr Mike Watson , MP for Glasgow Central , told the committee examining the Education ( Student Loans ) Bill , that Scottish students would suffer financial hardship because most Scottish degree courses were four years instead of the usual three in England and Wales . |
| 54 | Troops had to use 1977 tourist maps that had such points of interest as nutmeg factories instead of the grid coordinates needed in battle . |
| 55 | Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , yesterday moved to mitigate the effects of the Inland Revenue revaluation by announcing that the poundage will be set at 34.8 pence in the pound instead of the provisional figure of 36 pence in the pound announced last month . |
| 56 | The Smiths were the second coming of Postcard — the whiter-than-white ‘ pure pop ’ : the sexual ambiguity ; the Luddite insistence on guitars : Edwyn Collins 's avowed rating of romance over sex ; the swoon instead of the earthy R&B rasp ; the flustered undanceability . |
| 57 | An experienced publicist would go for a colour piece somewhere instead of the cover , but we were instructed to only go for cover pieces , so we ended up getting them of course , and we ended up creating this whole myth around him which was fabulous . |
| 58 | COOK 'S NOTE : A milder sauce can be made by puréeing the leeks with 250ml/10fl oz/1¼ cups milk instead of the canned chillis . |
| 59 | Thus ruisseler ( to flow ) becomes il ruissèle in the third person singular instead of the prettier il ruisselle . |
| 60 | And it observes that the use of regulation or taxes instead of the market creates inefficiencies and slows economic growth . |