Sentence examples for instead concrete from inspiring English sources

Instead, concrete experience, usually in the form of catastrophic failure, forces people to search for new ideas, many of which have been lying around for quite a while.

The anchors developed steel fracture instead of concrete breakout failure despite large cracks and concrete spalling occurred to the surrounding concrete.

Ms. Fitzroy trained to be an architect but wound up in dough instead of concrete.

When installing a new overpass, for example, planners try to use stone facing instead of concrete.

"Don't lecture general pronouncements are hard to hear". Instead, be concrete and matter-of-fact.

The bomb also tilted the cathedral because, instead of concrete foundations, it was built on a subterranean base of bamboo, Sister Mary explained.

With the Auditioner, if we don't like the sound, the designer can change it with a pencil and paper instead of concrete and steel.

Today, Ms. Zheng peers at the landing and sees new black-and-red-flecked carpet instead of concrete, freshly painted walls instead of graffiti and crumbling plaster.

Mr. Buarque added that "there is a tendency toward building stadiums that guarantee the comfort and security of fans" — including chairs instead of concrete steps and more security personnel.

From the street, the house has a traditional Saxon appearance: walls built of stone and red brick and a roof of red tile; chalk and sand were used instead of concrete where possible.

Instead of concrete barrier defenses, the teams are aiming at ecological solutions and "soft infrastructure": artful piers and parks, adaptive chains of new wetlands and giant oyster beds like those that once buffered the New World.