Example sentences of "instead of [being] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patiently Rain concentrated on the windows , instead of being alert to every sound . |
| 2 | Many industrialists and people from local authorities on both sides of the political spectrum are saying , ’ We should have more power over the decisions that affect our lives ’ , instead of being subject to arbitrary decision making from institutions down here . |
| 3 | For , instead of being tantamount to the mysterious suggestion that actions are uncaused , the claim that they are autonomous can be interpreted as a summing up of the individualist view that they must be explained , at least in part , by appealing to the intentional properties of individuals . |
| 4 | This is really a differentiation within the category of sexual instincts as first conceived , the ego instincts of the first conceptualization being taken into a differentiation within the sexual instincts instead of being opposed to them . |
| 5 | Instead of being akin to a photograph , it is more comparable to a photomontage . |