Example sentences of "[noun sg] instead of [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly the reference is to German flutes , those of the now universal variety blown through a hole at the side instead of through the upper end . |
| 2 | He should have arranged to meet his friend Billy in the pub instead of in the cold street by the river , but Billy had insisted . |
| 3 | ‘ It looks like it was made in someone 's front room instead of in the open air in front of thousands of people . |
| 4 | It was a rainy day in May , so this ceremony was held in St Mary 's Church instead of in the open air at the place of execution . |
| 5 | Cllr Brooks was unavailable for comment but Elizabeth Leitch , Monklands housing convener , said it was regrettable that Cllr Murphy had seen fit to make allegations to the press instead of to the appropriate authorities . |
| 6 | Far more than a ‘ companion ’ to the Hornblower novels , clarifying and extending the historical background and arranging the events of the hero 's life in chronological order instead of in the irregular order imposed on readers by the dates of publication of the books , Parkinson 's book is related in intention , though not in style and tone , to the amiable pamphlets published from time to time summarising the relationships and activities of the fictional inhabitants of Coronation Street . |