Sentence examples for but instead offered from inspiring English sources

The president's Congressional liaison, Nicholas E. Calio, said Mr. Bush pondered whether to embrace the two Republicans but instead offered soothing words.

For example, if the person no longer held a club but instead offered the other person an incentive to hand over all the money, the reward might be seen as a source of power but probably not authority.

Bank of America had been specifically told to indicate what kinds of events would trigger a decision by its board to file for bankruptcy but instead offered only ones that would lead it to "escalate information" to the board.

What complicates the situation further is that the former East Germany, where Dresden is situated, did not have such a law at all, but instead offered improved social security for the victims of the Nazi regime.

Mr. Dutoit had initially been scheduled to open the program with Debussy's Symphonic Fragments From "The Martyrdom of St .Sebastian" but instead offered a less complicated piece as a curtain raiser: Glinka's Overture to "Ruslan and Ludmila," given a vibrant, polished reading.

As for why van Gogh did not accuse the boy before he died, but instead offered "hesitant, halfhearted, and oddly hedged" confessions of a suicide attempt, the authors speculate that he welcomed his own death and saw no reason to punish anyone for bringing it about.

The F.H.A. does not issue loans but instead offers private lenders guarantees against homeowner default.

Amazon never introduced a mail subscription service for video, as was once expected, but instead offers video on demand.

Like a Victorian Odysseus listening to the sirens, Turner doesn't tame nature but instead offers himself up to it.

Happily King does not ask us to give it up, but instead offers ways to work around it.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company decided to start the process over again but instead offer the stadium on a lease basis rather than a permanent one.