Example sentences of "instead [prep] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our behaviour plan can then be built around the ‘ bits ’ instead of depending on vague intentions . |
| 2 | Instead of skipping through unnoticed he was now the focus of attention . |
| 3 | So let us promote better health for the population that we have at present instead of experimenting with high-cost technology . |
| 4 | • Buy for durability ; instead of settling for cheap plastic , spend a little more on something that will last . |
| 5 | Instead of learning from past mistakes and triumphs , say the proponents of ‘ business process re-engineering ’ , managers should forget everything they know about how their companies operate , and reinvent their businesses from scratch . |
| 6 | Instead of plumping for shop-bought toys , build up a useful box , filled with everything from buttons to old magazines , which children can glue together to make their own sculptures . |
| 7 | Labour leader John Smith yesterday accused Premier John Major of turning Britain into a Third World country , instead of competing with European neighbours . |
| 8 | Then , ‘ Instead of struggling in vain to prevent them from reaching my consciousness , I stepped back , as it were , and let thoughts and feelings come and go . |
| 9 | Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ . |
| 10 | Instead of looking for different relations in different contexts to prove ambiguity , one may adduce sameness of relations as evidence of generality . |
| 11 | Now in recent years , what has happened is that because of the recession , mineral operators instead of looking for enormous new areas to work have been seeking to erm improve er through their own review processes , the working within their existing sites and perhaps to go for some modest increases , so the number of applications has kept up , the amount of work that we are engaged in has er been at least as much as in the past and in some cases because of enforcement matters has been greater , but the fee income has been slipping . |
| 12 | ‘ Madam , I wish you would listen instead of jumping to ridiculous conclusions ! ’ |
| 13 | An immediate freeze on prices and wages was imposed , the latter to be adjusted twice yearly instead of according to monthly indexation mechanisms . |
| 14 | The irony , however , is that in fact the new system is more likely to increase central control over , and funding of , local spending , instead of allowing for local variation , accountability and choice . |
| 15 | Moreover , if employers had to bargain with trade unions their preference was for multi-employer bargaining at regional or industry level instead of engaging in direct enterprise dealings . |
| 16 | Instead of opting for generalized decadence and satanic luxury , Mr Alexander and his designer , Fotini Dimou , locate the action in a precise world : Naples in 1504 under Spanish rule and Catholic sway . |
| 17 | So if you cry babies would stop moaning and get a life and support the greatest , most wonderfully gifted team in the world instead of worrying about petty , shitty sides like Leeds then you 'd be able to watch them on tv all the time . |
| 18 | It has to be said that the world would be a much better place if we just got on and did things instead of waiting for other people to do them on our behalf . |
| 19 | Having drawn a blank with the local councils , and having been used instead of helped by nearby ‘ conservationists ’ , Jane now wrote dozens of letters to banks , charities , environmental societies , corporations , official bodies , in search of sponsorship , or even a loan . |
| 20 | WHEELCHAIR competitors in Sunday 's London Marathon have been told that instead of going for personal best times they must take at least one hour and 50 minutes to complete the course . |
| 21 | Luckily they 've decided to modernise the gauges instead of going for full bailing-wire authenticity , and the Vintage Reissue Strings come in a sensible .010 to .039 size . |
| 22 | Instead of going into private practice , or after some years of practice , the solicitor may seek an appointment . |
| 23 | So what philosophers have said is , Instead of talking about good in the abstract , let's look at the way people actually use words like ‘ good ’ in non-philosophical contexts . |
| 24 | ‘ Instead of talking about basic acoustics and the physics of sound itself , and then how that maps to our experiences of things like pitch and so forth , you can talk about sources of sound and the physics of sources of sound and how we experience those . ’ |
| 25 | He was released in June 1916 but , instead of campaigning for negotiated peace , argued ( now to classes of 1,500 students ) that the revolutionary crux had arrived . |
| 26 | So when we are thinking about helping bereaved people , instead of turning to emotional issues straightaway , we should perhaps consider the practical issues that the bereaved person is facing . |
| 27 | " Yeah , they have to spend so much of the galactic year out of the Milky Way or the galactic tax federation hammers them for gigacredits , but instead of paying for expensive inter-galactic travel they camp out on some backwater planet still in the galaxy and just hide , see ? |
| 28 | Erm , so , instead of paying for primary schools , eleven point nine per cent , which is the the actual er amount of er indirect support that is provided within the erm , Education Department , and seven that 's in relation to primary schools , and seven point eight per cent schools . |
| 29 | It is also extending its horizons : introducing the latest annual report , Blundell spoke of the opportunities of trying to feed the world 's expanding population instead of concentrating on parochial matters like European food mountains . |
| 30 | Instead of indulging in sterile exchanges of statistics across the Chamber , should not the House decide whether the level of investment in this country is adequate to ensure that our manufacturing base can compete against other countries ? |