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Its inner walls should have been the brownish hue of muscle, but instead were bone white.

The tender, rice-stuffed grape leaves were neither briny nor gamy, but instead were creamy and redolent of caramelized tomatoes.

Authorities have stated the issue was not sinister, but instead were caused by a YouTube uploading error.

4. Instruments that were not intended for conventional live performance but instead were designed to read an encoded score automatically.

They expected to be attacked, but instead were told by the insurgents that they could carry on their work.

My hands were no longer holding up my torso but instead were gripping a set of low handlebars.

Fans were not allowed to gather in the rows near the field during batting practice, but instead were asked to go directly to their seats.

The missiles killed two hundred and sixty-five who "were not senior al Qaeda leaders but instead were 'assessed' as Afghan, Pakistani and unknown extremists".

Goldsmith calls this "an inadequate response to concerns that particular individuals were not enemy fighters but instead were innocent farmers scooped up in Afghanistan".

They expected to defend the title won by the late Sammy Wanjiru in Beijing but instead were upstaged by an athlete who lives, breathes and trains among them.

"Past recessions have had a very damaging impact on young people, who should be starting their working lives, but instead were unemployed," he said.

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