Sentence examples for but instead of devoting from inspiring English sources

But, instead of devoting a few months to the project, as he had planned, he spent four years on it — a terrible distraction from filmmaking.

But instead of devoting their attention to the elderly people in their care, using the time to talk to them and put them at ease, the pair talked to each other.

He raised taxes, early in his administration, but instead of devoting the increased revenue to fund liberal investments, he paid down debt to appease Wall Street.

Instead of devoting himself to the fine points of torts or contracts, he teaches the school's first ever course in animal rights law.

He added that when Texas had the largest budget surpluses, "instead of devoting resources to improving the colonias, he made his priority a tax cut for wealthy interests".

I'm not talking about the first years of analysis when you're hard at work discovering your own craziness so that you can get some work done instead of devoting your entire life to your neurosis.

Instead of devoting a third of the page to criticizing the magazine's founders for choosing such a "screaming" title, she could have asked about the magazine's history, subject matter and audience.

An enlightened science responsive to their needs would provide them with the appropriate medicines and technological tools, instead of devoting most of its resources to fields like cosmetic-surgery research, which it does because (quite frankly) that's where the money is.

Instead of devoting four engineers to the site, Wong needs only one.

Instead of devoting time to charities and other extracurricular activities to shore up their college applications, many lower-income students hold down jobs to help their families.

Instead of devoting themselves to their "Big Idea," socially-minded entrepreneurs often spend their time entering online voting competitions and hosting banquets to raise money to support their operations.