Example sentences of "instead of [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bonus for me was that the money was so much better than Whiteleys , Instead of getting 36 bob for Thursday evening and all day Saturday , Malcolm paid me three pounds 10 shillings — almost twice as much — for the Saturday only . |
| 2 | Great news , you might think , for Aunt Agatha , who had begun to fear that , instead of taking young Billy Whizzquid 's advice and putting her savings under the professional management of a unit trust , she would have done better to put them under her mattress . |
| 3 | Instead of taking decisive action , however , the cabinet 's reaction was at best ineffective and at worst irresponsible . |
| 4 | You know where er that circle is where there 's the shops , well instead of taking I know , instead of taking one road I took another and I got completely lost ! |
| 5 | A spelling system should be reasonable , so that beginners can use their intelligence in learning to read , and learn in 18 months , as in some European languages , instead of taking three years plus , as in Britain and the US . |
| 6 | Instead of taking ready-made food from their surroundings , they began to manufacture their own within their cell walls , drawing the necessary energy from the sun . |
| 7 | His only real criticism was directed at the wastage of ammunition ; he felt that some of the gunners had simply blazed away instead of taking precise aim at a target . |
| 8 | Instead of taking full responsibility for classes , they functioned in a variety of roles . |
| 9 | Instead of building massive shops which can be reached only by car , they rent small , cheap sites on street corners in order to get as near to customers as possible . |
| 10 | Instead of creating another SSR to reply to the new SPR , it is possible in this case to add the SPR to the SSR which already responds to the problem . |
| 11 | Instead of creating another SSR to reply to the new SPR , it is possible in this case to add the SPR to the SSR which already responds to the problem . |
| 12 | I taught for a term at a crammer half a mile from my home , and instead of passing lazy days with charming children whose actively hatted mothers would smile , condescend and yet flirt during some endless pollen-spattered sports day , I spent my time with the son of the local bookmaker ( he lent me his bike : I crashed it ) and the daughter of the suburb 's solicitor . |
| 13 | But instead of bringing civilian scientists up to the standard of their military colleagues , many Soviet scientists feel there has been a levelling down . |
| 14 | But instead of assuring potential bidders that C5 is a certainty , the Commission has buckled under intense pressure from an industry highly sceptical of the channel 's chances of success . |
| 15 | Saich tells how instead of debating planned reforms , the Plenum ‘ passed a resolution on the needs to improve work in the ideological and cultural spheres , issues identified with those who wish to limit political reform ’ ( Saich 1988 : 30 ) . |
| 16 | The Ife smiths were so self-confident that they seem always to have allowed a casting to cool slowly inside the mould instead of splashing cold water over it so it could be opened and checked quickly , which is the usual modern African practice , The slow cooling allowed the metal crystals to grow . |
| 17 | Miss Jenny ought to be more thoughtful instead of causing extra work . " |
| 18 | instead of facing each other in a clash the arrows are aligned in their upward movement . |
| 19 | ‘ Instead of manufacturing sulphuric acid as a feedstock for our plants , we can use the acid produced in this way by a power station . |
| 20 | Why does not the Prime Minister address those issues of life and death instead of parading false claims about his Government ? |
| 21 | Now what I 'm wondering is this : instead of thinking that staying put is natural , and then having to introduce a force of gravity — which then mysteriously pulls on everything to make them behave in the same way — why not start out by saying that falling is the natural thing to do ! |
| 22 | Instead of advocating greater restrictions and sanctions on ‘ mentally ill ’ people , perhaps the current debate should address the fundamental contradiction that has become all too apparent in contemporary psychiatric practice : the contradiction between care and control , cure and coercion . |
| 23 | Secker & Warburg , Chatto & Windus and Hamish Hamilton started to publish books straight into paperback instead of producing first editions in hardback . |
| 24 | Had you said this first instead of producing emotional gush about the hospital 's welfare , we could have saved a good deal of time . |
| 25 | Instead of choosing one road or another , like Hercules at the crossroads — sin or virtue , company or solitude , capitalism or collectivism — as ancient religions and modern dogmas have sometimes demanded , it invites one rather to settle into a questioning and critical acceptance of things as they are . |
| 26 | Instead of considering more legislation , Bill Clinton should think about deregulating medicine . |
| 27 | Their treks cost a lot of money , but strike a good balance between looking after people and keeping planning flexible enough to take advantage of unforeseen opportunities : on the Borneo trip some of them camped by a waterfall and , instead of eating dried provisions , cooked a deer shot by one of their guides . |
| 28 | Reviewing the Salon d'Automne , Allard grouped together the work of Metzinger , Le Fauconnier and Gleizes , and , using one of the paintings shown by Metzinger an example , stated : ‘ there is thus being born in opposition to Impressionism an art which instead of copying natural phenomena , offers to the mind of the spectator , in their pictorial entirety , elements that as a result of synthesis are fundamental and timeless ’ . |
| 29 | Instead of banning corporal punishment outright , however , it sought merely to give effect to the Court 's ruling . |
| 30 | Instead of collecting these resources by disguised taxation , through inflation , they would then be collected by open taxation , and the public sector would no longer be exerting a substantial inflationary influence . |