Sentence examples for but instead of accepting from inspiring English sources

But instead of accepting their loss as Obama did, members of the Gang of 40 took hostages.

"But instead of accepting that fact and paying our clients, they scrambled their identities so that they wouldn't have to be paid".

"He described a totally different situation in all aspects but instead of accepting that, they went on with 15 new interviews".

But instead of accepting the old terms, which many African officials call unconditional surrender, some cash-starved African states are pushing back, showing an assertiveness unthinkable until recently and suggesting that the days of unbridled influence by the African continent's mega-investor may be waning.

But instead of accepting the successful talks that had taken place between Israel and the Palestinians at Taba in Egypt in January 2001 as a way toward a final settlement, Ariel Sharon decided, after being elected prime minister, to terminate the peace process.

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But instead of folks accepting that response, we get this instead.

We do, by nature focus on the negatives - "It was good, but I could have done better" or instead of accepting a compliment we deflect it with a negative statement.

"Instead of accepting it, they turned on the acolytes.

Instead of accepting her answer, he demanded to know why.

Instead of accepting its lot, however, it decided to work around the rules.