Example sentences of "instead [prep] [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years there have been many attacks on what is sometimes called the classic realist novel on similar grounds : that far from being a means of communication it is a means of ideological domination and repression , reproducing on the cultural level the processes of industrial capitalism , making its audience passive consumers , reconciling them to their alienated state instead of liberating them from it , by making it appear normal or natural . |
| 2 | In which case it would make more sense to elect proven adulterers instead of discouraging them from public life . |
| 3 | And instead of distancing herself from her subject with the language of ‘ scientific ’ detachment , her message is one of passionate commitment to the primates she has studied for almost the whole of her adult life . |
| 4 | But instead of protecting her from attack , this mask forced the gas at her , rushing it up into her face with a sinister hissing . |
| 5 | That way , your 30 days terms will mean 30 days instead of meaning anything from 30 to 60 days ( which averages out at 45 days or 50 per cent more days than 30 days ) . |
| 6 | Generally , it is best for him or her to have some input into the management and other contracts instead of inheriting them from a lawyer . |