Sentence examples for be in lieu of from inspiring English sources

Ms. Urbanski said the $2 fee would be "in lieu of a tip, but if a customer receives extraordinary service, they may choose to tip extra".

Looting a store may be in lieu of the traditional division of a big man's estate".

In effect, the payment would be in lieu of a cost-of-living increase for Social Security beneficiaries next year.

While the extra thousands would make the most difference to those on the bottom of the pile, the cash would be in lieu of all existing welfare benefits.

The head of Territory Families, Ken Davies, stressed that there would be wide consultations and that interim repairs would not be in lieu of a replacement facility.

His plan was not meant to be "in lieu of the political process, but to reinforce it," Mr. Fayyad said in an interview with The New York Times.

The money was in lieu of visiting me.

It is unclear whether those interviews were in lieu of testifying before the grand jury.

The stocking caps were in lieu of shaving the prisoner's heads.

The news might have been better received had they stressed that the discontinuation was in lieu of a 10 percent increase.

This is in lieu of a formal introduction, and it will be as formal an announcement as you will get.