Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] instead [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lord clearly despises the practice of reaching for the stars instead of turning to him . |
| 2 | At the same time it received a B.2 trolley mast , hoops over the end of the upper deck , folding platform steps and slatted gates between the bogies instead of the wire cages . |
| 3 | Although such examination might improve the drafting of the rule books — and that would be ( procedurally ) beneficial — it could have the unfortunate and fundamental consequence of inducing tribunals to determine what is or is not a fair dismissal by reference to what has been agreed between the parties instead of by the yardstick laid down by Parliament . |
| 4 | " The student did not seem to know how to use the library ; he was mooning about the shelves instead of consulting the index . " |
| 5 | One engineer made the fatal mistake of putting Bluecol anti-freeze in the header tank of the toilets instead of the main engine fresh water header tank . |
| 6 | After the resignation of John St Luce as Finance Minister on Feb. 22 , the Prime Minister had taken on the Finance portfolio himself and presented the 1991 budget to Parliament on March 7 , giving only an outline of the proposals instead of a detailed budget speech . |
| 7 | It will then combine the resulting findings to examine how in using the various techniques the interaction can be directed into one of the options instead of the other . |
| 8 | The dealers want the tax office to recognise an appraisal loss of the paintings instead of valuing the paintings at the price paid for them , just as , under Japanese law , losses in stocks and securities are recognised if there is a great difference between the acquisition price and the current price at the end of the fiscal year . |
| 9 | And it may be that the Gardener Centre has a broader community function than previously realized , in that it might be a marvellous place for families and kids and mums and dads , as they did on the recent Gardener Open Day , to come up and spend some time in casual appreciation of the arts instead of what , traditionally , a university campus is supposed to do , which is a serious and intensive look at experimental and avant garde work . |
| 10 | He was , to her amazement , remarkably patient with her efforts , and she found she was actually enjoying the lesson , relishing the challenge of making her body work with the skis instead of against them . |
| 11 | Walking to the shops instead of taking the car or bus , or walking up the stairs instead of using the lift are comparatively painless ways of working towards greater things . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd like to go under the machines instead of you . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In effect , the building 's frequency is lowered or ‘ detuned ’ below the earthquake 's , and the structure moves like a rigid body above the isolators instead of flexing . |
| 15 | But people get the effects more quickly from sniffing because the substances enter the blood-stream from the lungs instead of the stomach . |
| 16 | This meant that a large part of the lesson time was wasted getting on buses and to and from the slopes instead of learning to ski and also a lot of walking around in boots and carrying skis . |
| 17 | This worked very well , but in 1988 people were pushing in from the sides instead of joining the queues , and tempers were becoming frayed and the situation somewhat dangerous as people trampled over the numerous electricity cables and water pipes . |
| 18 | sand in the bags instead of sharp sand . |
| 19 | I 'd have seen it if I 'd been coming down the stairs instead of in the lift . |
| 20 | When a pilot activates his reversers , he also pours on the power to create reverse thrust , to have the blast from the jet engine going forward over the wings instead of backwards . |
| 21 | You must remember that , when we were gon na go , we were gon na over the fences instead of going round the close . |
| 22 | We could hang it over the stairs instead of that fish . |
| 23 | punctuation that is allowed to fall outside the margins instead of staying within the measure of the text . |
| 24 | She says we 'll get some old bikes so we can bike to the baths instead of walking . |
| 25 | Walking to the shops instead of taking the car or bus , or walking up the stairs instead of using the lift are comparatively painless ways of working towards greater things . |
| 26 | You can now start venturing away from your measured route and start looking for additional ways to clock up the extra miles — try walking to the shops instead of driving ; try parking the car further away from work and walking the rest of the way ; or getting off the bus or train one or two stops from your destination and walking the rest of the way . |
| 27 | As a result you can end up with a file bordering on the megabytes instead of a few tens of kilobytes . |
| 28 | He was given a questionable standing count in the second of three thrilling rounds , but he spent too much time battling rather than boxing and too much time on the ropes instead of using his footwork . |
| 29 | ‘ Document A. That the man , who was belligerent on several occasions at first , threatening the social worker called in by the Visitor , said it was no business of theirs as it was a family matter and that the girl 's father , his own brother , had given his consent , and what more could you want , and there was no higher authority than that , and no wonder there was so much crime on the streets if the government took away the father 's power , and why did n't they do something about crime on the streets instead of invading people 's homes . |
| 30 | The final audit of the accounts found only £45,220 of stock on the premises instead of the £570,680 declared . |