Sentence examples for and has opted instead from inspiring English sources

The two combined would become North America's largest gold company.Germany's Siemens abandoned plans to place its defence-electronics business in a joint venture and has opted instead for an outright sale.H.J. Heinz, an American food firm, plans a restructuring that will cut 6% of its global staff through lay-offs and sales of non-core businesses.

McConnell has been skeptical that Schumer, Portman and Ryan can complete work on their bill this Congress and has opted instead to push for a bill that would ensure the highway funding issue does not come up again before the 2016 election.

City council has largely been absent from the discussions and has opted instead to wait for guidance from the Colorado Municipal League.

However, more than 140 authorities have turned down a Government offer to freeze their council tax and have opted instead to charge householders more money.

However, more than 140 authorities have turned down a Government offer to freeze their council tax and have opted instead to charge householders more.

With the decision to boycott the referendum, the opposition signaled that it had given up hope that it could defeat the draft charter at the polls, and had opted instead to try to undermine the referendum's legitimacy.

This year the big Right Wing data point was the startling discovery that Starbucks would toss aside that "deeply-held" Christmas tradition of putting snow flakes on their cups during the holiday season - and had opted instead for using the "Christmas colors" of red and green.

Faced with a potentially intriguing story about personal and political conflict on both an intimate and global scale, Dahan has opted instead to make a movie about himself – a self-regarding portrait of tantrums and tiaras with zero interest in (or apparent knowledge of) the awkward realities of real life.

In a statement today, Collins said that after review and consultation with stakeholders, NIH has opted instead for "functional integration".

And while tech companies are filing thousands of patents for trivial UI items and software methods, the inventor, Steve Hoefer, has opted instead to give away his invention for free under a Creative Commons license.

The big shooter series, rather than continue to try and navigate the political minefield of modern warfare, has opted instead to bubble wrap itself in fantasy and irony.