Sentence examples for but instead of laying from inspiring English sources

But instead of laying down their arms in Swat, the Taliban took over the adjacent district of Buner.The army has now taken them on.

But instead of laying up, Mickelson took a full swing with a 4-iron, and the ball sliced into the water well short of the green.

Mr. Gore knows this, but instead of laying it on the line he opted for an Olympic-quality, full-body pander -- offering a quick fix to garner votes, and pain-free solutions for the future.

But instead of laying on a lavish formal dinner for clients, as in past years, the watchmaker scaled back to a cocktail reception, reflecting a 50percentt cut in its hospitality budget, said Oliviero Bottinelli, chief executive of Audemars Piguet South-East Asia.

Perhaps carbon fertilization was taking place, but instead of laying down extra wood the trees might be wasting energy with a higher metabolism or putting carbon into short-lived fruits and flowers, says study co-author Pieter Zuidema, also a tropical ecologist at Wageningen UR. "Trees can do all sorts of things with their extra sugars".

But instead of laying off, the militiamen came after him.

This time, instead of laying it overlapping one of the other strips, lay it sticky-side down so that it matches the top edge.

"Instead of laying on an exam table with a paper liner, you have them lay on a sheet," said Deborah Bish, a former nurse who works as a practice consultant in Yardley, Pa.

Not "I was wrong," an a posteriori apology, but "I'm wrong," or "I don't know," or "I'm not interested," instead of laying down some trope about a band.

Unlike most nonmammalian animals, scorpions are viviparous, giving birth to live young instead of laying eggs.

Instead of laying off workers, German companies cut back their hours.