Sentence examples for devoted instead from inspiring English sources

Besides Giordano the show has few big names and is devoted instead to excellent or at least engaging works by lesser-known figures.

"This is history stripped to its essentials, shorn of fads and celebrities and hoopla, and devoted instead to what was of consequence," David Walton said here in 1999.

The money saved from not having to develop a powerful new engine nor an advanced braking system was devoted instead to other innovations most notably, the E-Type's aerodynamics, unitary body construction and, above all, its revolutionary independent rear suspension.

Imagine, for instance, a third-grade classroom that was free of the laundry list of goals currently harnessing our teachers and students, and that was devoted instead to just a few narrowly defined and deeply focused goals.

Imagine if only a small percentage of the billions that Americans spend each year on cosmetic surgery were devoted instead to education, the eradication of poverty, human rights and cancer research.

Almost all of the campaigns to promote "Where in the World" had been devoted instead to the traditional media: ads in newspapers and magazines and commercials on radio stations and cable networks.

She devoted herself instead to her artwork.

During that time she had, after publishing two novels in her early 20s, devoted herself instead to family life and her two careers, first as a teacher and later as a psychotherapist.

Yet outside of these early appearances, he had almost no stage career, devoting himself instead to teaching and directing.

And so she chose to remain childless and devote herself instead to her marriage and career, now as a still-healthy portrait photographer.

The Beatles were fed up with live performances by that point, and when their 1966 North American tour ended, they retired from the stage, deciding to devote themselves instead to recording.