Sentence examples for contracting instead of from inspiring English sources

Instead, the model suggests a universe pretty much like the one we live in today existed before the event, except it was contracting instead of expanding.

If the Universe were contracting instead of expanding, we would see distant galaxies blueshifted by an amount proportional to their distance instead of redshifted.

"In fact, we're starting to experience people wanting appraisals before they go to contract" instead of waiting for mortgage lenders to order them, he said.

I think it works, though I suspect some people who see the movie cold will wonder why its scale contracted instead of expanding.

If you try to have a bowel movement without an urge to evacuate, your muscles may contract instead of relax, which leads to dysfunction of the pelvic floor muscles.

There is a contract instead of a deed.

Hedge funds even step directly into the role of insurer, writing their own contracts instead of buying the securitized bonds.

He also showed that using legal contracts instead of arbitrary favouritism would bring more profits for the Netherlands.

"Today" has been anticipating Ms. Vieira's departure since at least last spring, when she opted for a one-year contract instead of a more common long-term agreement.

Mr. Hevesi charged that the city failed to meet legal requirements in the contracting process by negotiating the contracts instead of putting them out for competitive bidding.

Mr. Korb added that Boeing had been adept at arguing that more jobs would be created in the United States if it won the contract instead of its rival.