Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] instead [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are now looking at the idea of team appraisals instead of appraising individuals . |
| 2 | There are all kinds of reasons for Africa 's food problems — rich and precious land being used for cash crops instead of to grow food for local people ; a much smaller proportion of land fertile enough for cultivation than is the case in Asia or Europe ; farmers being paid such pathetic prices for food crops that they turn to coffee or tobacco in order to survive . |
| 3 | As many Co-ops will cash Co-op bank cheques , people can get cash during shop hours instead of being restricted to bank hours . |
| 4 | There are many more ways of forming cables for hand knitters and now that you understand how we simply cross over the stitches with transfer tools instead of cable needles , you may well find that others of the hand knit variety can be reproduced on your machine . |
| 5 | The principle of using a Doppler shift to indicate flow velocity can be applied with sound waves instead of light waves . |
| 6 | In 1928 ten new Pullman cars , fitted with pantograph collectors instead of trolley poles , took over the Fleetwood service . |
| 7 | Her hair was put up with rhinestone forget-me-nots instead of diamanté ones and when her friend Mr Lewis says : ‘ might I divest you of your plastic mac ? ’ the whole process shut down for an hour or so whilst six fairly literate people racked their brains for a ‘ mac ’ substitute . |
| 8 | In their wake , French economic life came to be characterized by market integration , specialization and commercialization in farming methods instead of subsistence polyculture , and intensified competition between the regions . |
| 9 | The Government , he added , should take over the legal battle to reclaim millions of pounds which Robert Maxwell plundered from pension funds instead of leaving professional advisers charging £1m a month to unravel the complexities of the disgraced tycoon 's financial dealings . |
| 10 | Fathers looked up at the uniform ceiling of grey cloud and decided to put on tweed caps instead of Panamas . |
| 11 | And despite repeated requests , there are occasions when Groups relate directly to Area Secretaries instead of Coordinators , as previously agreed . |
| 12 | Another rule of thumb is that if the act is obliged to rest their microphone stand and amplifiers on beer crates instead of the stage , it will be a good evening . |
| 13 | Well somebody said to me , when I get to traffic lights instead of turning right and going through the bar I turn left and go , as if I 'm off up to North Cross . |
| 14 | SCIENTISTS at Kyoto University , Japan , have built a prototype optical transistor which could form the basis of computers that will run on laser beams instead of electric signals . |
| 15 | Also , in their Kauai ( Hawaii ) study , the analysis was based on pregnancy intervals instead of birth intervals , with relative mortality rates calculated for several gestational and childhood age groups showing clearly the disadvantages of the shorter intervals in each age group ( Yerushalmy et al , 1956 ) . |
| 16 | Mr Poole urged doctors , hospitals and the public to continue approaching suspended London crews directly for emergency services instead of relying on the police , the army and the voluntary services . |
| 17 | Nursing has a well-developed managerial hierarchy , unlike medicine , and nursing audit has usually been introduced and run by nurse managers instead of being simply a peer group exercise . |
| 18 | The doors between end vestibules and saloons are now controlled by push buttons instead of floor sensors , but how do you press the button if both hands are carrying luggage or a tray meal from the buffet ? |