Example sentences of "instead [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First Paul Nixon showed intelligence when he ignored an opportunity to shoot and pulled the ball back instead for the better-placed David Mehew to score and then , two minutes later , Mehew combined with Devon White before sending over a cross that Gary Penrice , a yard out , accepted with relish . |
| 2 | Sexually exiled trom the repressiveness of the home culture ( to which psychoanalytic theory has contributed in no small part with theories like the one just mentioned ) , homosexuals have searched instead for fulfilment in the realm of the foreign . |
| 3 | We are in the wrong position to see the flash of light as the sun erupts again , settling instead for seeing it emerge from behind the northward island as we paddle slowly in . |
| 4 | After the link in 1966 with Scripture Union , he took on the role of secretary instead for several years . |
| 5 | THE Government yesterday brushed aside growing pressure from business and higher education for radical reform of Alevels and called instead for greater use of contrasting A and ASlevels to provide breadth in sixth-form studies . |
| 6 | That honour is reserved instead for the Peter Hall Company — or , to put a finer point on it , for Peter Hall . |
| 7 | So he would go instead for Mallorca in June , 14 nights half board for £239 in Alcudia , or the Hotel America in Calas de Mallorca . |
| 8 | It calls instead for a negotiated settlement based on two principles . |
| 9 | Mungo felt like saying : ‘ Well , Emily 's not much better , ’ but opted instead for peaceful co-existence . |
| 10 | Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’ |
| 11 | My hope is that on May 19 , when the full Board vote , they will go instead for eight four-day games , the remainder to be played over three days on uncovered pitches and run-ups , thus restoring life to pitches , variety to bowling attacks and a priceless education to batsmen . |
| 12 | Although he had once thought about going on stage he has opted instead for directing . |
| 13 | She eschewed all requests to be interviewed about the contest on radio or television , opting instead for a few newspaper interviews with sympathetic journalists . |
| 14 | They opted instead for continued UN sanctions and negotiations . |
| 15 | The normal recourse of exiled Spanish knights was to the nearest Moorish court , but Rodrigo made instead for the Kingdom of Barcelona . |
| 16 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 17 | He was forced to abandon his original plan for an arched bridge of cast iron by the need for ships to be able to pass through the strait , and he opted instead for a suspension bridge 100 feet above water level and with a span of 579 feet . |
| 18 | He argued instead for the establishment of a small number of what he termed ‘ freeports ’ , within which unregulated free enterprise would be encouraged . |
| 19 | But Ball 's committee seems likely to press instead for a box which doctors should tick if they want a generic drug substituted . |
| 20 | Another , equally ingenious , theory sees the black and white coats as a display , not for predators or for fellow zebras but instead for insect pests . |
| 21 | Thirdly , unlike many other animals , cats are unable to obtain vitamin A from plant sources ( such as carrots ) and must rely instead for this crucial substance on animal foods such as liver , kidney or fish oils . |
| 22 | The absence of demand for industrial development forced MDC to abandon its original strategy and opt instead for a tourist and leisure based strategy . |
| 23 | In the event of Sir Cyril being unable to attend , he was asked instead for a short message for the association 's newsletter , ‘ Tummy ’ . |
| 24 | Shevers , who had already dropped the name Hawk 72 for the new aircraft , opting instead for ‘ Liberty ’ , says he is concerned that Textron , which already produces engines for light aircraft , may decide that resumption of single-engined aircraft production does not represent such an increase in its product liability exposure as it did for Cessna 's former parent General Dynamics . |
| 25 | She pushed the thought away , praying instead for Angel on her very first Christmas . |
| 26 | Instead for millions of consumers , it is something between a chore and a nightmare … |
| 27 | Thinking that the aircraft was on fire , he tried to land at once at Takali , but was driven off by the ground defences , heading instead for Hal Far . |
| 28 | Thankfully , they do n't press the wah-wah pedal too hard , opting instead for a frothy , tumbling spiral of sound and some trippily mesmeric highlights . |
| 29 | Look instead for books for his age with plenty of visual clues , and read them together . |
| 30 | Most yearn instead for a caring lover who would become a considerate family man in later life . |