Example sentences of "instead [prep] [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will Compacts encourage students to leave school at sixteen instead of participating in further education ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I must tell the Leader of the House that , if the election is to be on 9 April — everyone is planning for it , buying space to advertise and organising ; one hears it from sources in the advertising business who know what the Opposition and the Government are doing — then , for the good of the House , for heaven 's sake announce the date and let us do business in a sensible fashion during the next six weeks , instead of proceeding in this way and covering up the reality . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Instead of indulging in childish comments about the number of nuclear weapons , what does he say to the 140 non-nuclear nations who signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty ? |