Example sentences of "in [art] [noun sg] instead [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd have spent all his time looking at the bloody birds in the Jungle instead of reading his cue-cards . |
| 2 | But if the farmer had agreed to insert the phrase ‘ Twenty Four Fine Days ’ in the contract instead of one month , the contract would operate on fine days only : on wet days the men would do their usual tasks about the farm , drawing their usual wage for those particular days . |
| 3 | For weeks it would go on like this and then suddenly one day you would notice him just lying in the sun instead of studying his map , or reading a novel instead of his German grammar . |
| 4 | ‘ Living in the country instead of the stuffy old city . |
| 5 | Why did I , why did I do , put them in the machine instead of dropping them on the floor then ? |
| 6 | Course I hung around in the park instead of going to clarinet lessons . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm just not used to something that looks as though it should have wings and be flying in the air instead of being driven ! ’ |
| 9 | Greg remained perched uneasily , staring down into his glass , feeling like a juggler who suddenly finds he is keeping eleven balls in the air instead of ten , and wonders where on earth the other ball has come from . |
| 10 | On the other hand , if the room cues are rotated so that , for instance , the clock now appears in the south instead of the north , the rat will become confused , swimming to the region of the tank at which the shelf would have been relative to the clock if the latter had not been shifted . |
| 11 | keyhole surgery , where surgeons operate through small punctures in the skin instead of making a large cut , viewing their patients ' organs via an endoscope and watching the process on a screen |
| 12 | The Tonik suits were being worn in the day instead of only in the evenings . |
| 13 | Mr and Mrs Lennox were there in style and enjoying just being in the circle instead of up in the gallery where most of Rafferty 's regulars were . |
| 14 | When alkaline phosphatase was included in the analysis instead of bilirubin , only mean corpusculor volume and hypoalbuminaemia showed a significant association with laminin . |
| 15 | ‘ But why did you ask him to meet you in the garden instead of in the house ? ’ |
| 16 | The way to get the maximum flavour out of dried apricots is to bake them slowly in the oven instead of stewing them . |
| 17 | For instance , much of the fear about scientists playing God and creating children can be dispelled if we consider that in the process of in vitro fertilization , the scientist allows the sperm to meet the egg in the laboratory instead of the Fallopian tube , which is blocked . |
| 18 | By sticking to a glass of juice a day , removing skin from the chicken , and having three pieces of fruit in the evening instead of all the snacks would bring the calories down to 2,300 . |
| 19 | Last month , the Minister of Culture Alberto Ronchey simply decreed that , from a date as yet to be fixed , but in any case before the summer season , all State-run monuments , museums , galleries , gardens , villas , parks and archaeological sites are to be open from nine in the morning until seven in the evening instead of just from nine until two . |
| 20 | And , at the end of his busy career , he adds : ‘ It is rather interesting to be able to read The Times and The Northern Echo in the morning instead of at night . ’ |
| 21 | Perhaps if there really was ( and is ) ‘ widespread discontent … about the quality of education ’ , the best remedy would be to enhance teaching as a profession so as to attract and retain the best recruits , by paying them proper salaries and by promoting those who teach well , in such a way that they stay in the classroom instead of becoming administrators . |
| 22 | I know , he could have knocked me in the eye instead of just at the side and it hurts now . |
| 23 | ‘ You mean why are n't I peeling potatoes in the cookhouse instead of calling on actresses in their dressing-rooms ? |
| 24 | To avoid confusion between the different arrows the keys ' names are used in the Guide instead of their symbols , except in the case of the four arrowed direction keys , where both are given . |
| 25 | It was exactly the sort of letter she would have written if they 'd had two hundred thousand in the bank instead of less than nothing . |
| 26 | Local MP Bernard Jenkin was equally unwilling to second-guess the Boundary Commission but said : ‘ I can assure you there will be three solid Tory seats in the area instead of two . ’ |
| 27 | Coun Nilsson said : ‘ I can see their point , but the solution would be to seek a sponsor such as ICI or British Steel who have a vested interest in the area instead of selling the ground . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Australian racing has benefited from such a system and it would keep money in the game instead of it going to the big bookmaking firms who channel the cash into their other businesses . |
| 29 | ‘ Scouting attracts the hooligans , ’ he told the National Defence Association in 1910 , ‘ who are really the fellows of character if you can turn them in the right way ; and no doubt these fellows will be of some use to us in the future instead of being absolute waste material , fit only to be buried . ’ |
| 30 | Anyone would think she had committed the worst crime in the world instead of simply having a little too much to drink and — well , behaving just a little foolishly . |