Sentence examples for but instead to from inspiring English sources

My goal wasn't to write a New York Times best-seller but instead to help people.

Not to Mom or Dad, but instead to the dedicated fans following him on Twitter.

He said they told him not to kill himself, but instead to "just kill a nigger".

They urged Mr Erdogan not to run, but instead to lead the party into November's parliamentary election.

Mr. Wong said the borough shirts were not intended to literally represent each borough, but instead to evoke them.

Those letters instruct employers not to take any action against the workers, but instead to resubmit valid numbers.

The term "catnap" would no longer refer to taking a quick nap, but instead to dying by the thousands.

Much of the forest had been significantly thinned, a process leading not to regeneration but instead to further degradation.

This aggressive, sloganeering refusal to engage with the feelings of vulnerability of others, but instead to mock and belittle them?

Our first response here wouldn't be to say 'prove it', but instead to listen until we were satisfied".

Whatever the motive, the PCGG was ordered to seize nothing, but instead to work through the courts.