Sentence examples for instead acted as from inspiring English sources

Last year officials eased the "material support" rule under US immigration law that was designed to prevent terrorist sympathisers from entering the US but instead acted as a dragnet, ensnaring Syrians with no real connection to terrorism.

It instead acted as a directory of sources from which to download illegal files.

Some sources are of the belief that the sawfilers were never sent out on specific missions but instead acted as unknowing spies, only having contact with the Okhrana who interrogated them regarding their experiences when they returned to Russia.

Interestingly, as they do not possess the basic domain, ID proteins do not directly bind to DNA and, instead, act as dominant negative antagonists of class A bHLH transcription factors.

In the Netherlands, GPs do not work in hospitals but instead act as gatekeepers.

Mr. Yanukovich has said Ukraine should not join any military pacts and should instead act as a bridge between Russia and the West.

And Laura Bush did away with a tribute to her as first lady and will instead act as hostess of a celebration of American authors.

He wrote: "My Summer Schools are also challenging the fashionable view that teachers should not impart bodies of knowledge, but should instead act as 'facilitators' or 'coaches', a notion which I find difficult to understand, I must admit".

Yet even though the web has enabled us to expand our output, The Economist does not try to cover everything, but instead acts as a filter for our readers.

French officials have pointed out that ending the cross-border agreement would be no magic solution for France, and might instead act as a magnet to more refugees eager to get to the UK.

All6P instead acts as an inhibitor of the M. tuberculosis enzyme in its action on R5P.