Sentence examples for instead mainly from inspiring English sources

Her reputation as a front-guard liberal rises instead mainly from her flair for the legislative process, which in many cases has involved causing a scene.

LL Despite the evident need and repeated calls for greater funding for education, the humanitarian system has, up until recently, focused instead, mainly, on urgent lifesaving demands such as food, shelter and water.

It was planned that he and his family would be sent to England; but instead, mainly because of the opposition of the Petrograd Soviet, the revolutionary Workers' and Soldiers Councill, they were removed to Tobolsk in Western Siberia.

Challenged by Crispin Blunt, the chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, that there was a "vanishingly small" number of moderate fighters, and instead mainly "various grades of Islamist fighters", Crompton insisted the Russians falsely tried to present all fighters as being linked to al-Qaida.

And as Wal-Mart finds itself off to a disappointing start of the holiday sales season, it is still not clear whether $4 drugs are indeed disrupting drug retailing and helping generate significant new consumer traffic — or instead mainly giving a break to people who are already Wal-Mart customers and can spend their pharmacy savings in the stores' many other aisles.

Alice has been unable to work for many years (she was a veterinary nurse) and instead mainly stays home, living alone in a dark and shabby apartment piled high with videotapes of talk shows and infomercials that she has recorded from TV. Alice is a nudnik and a connoisseur and a troubled person.

Instead, it mainly powers batteries that run the spark plugs and other electrical functions.

Instead, lawmakers mainly struck hard on the lending issue, describing situations in which their constituents could not get loans.

Instead, it mainly reflects weaker exports and higher energy imports, which will bring little benefit to other rich economies.

In theory, it would help people living in poor countries now, instead of mainly benefiting their descendants.

Instead, he mainly fraternised with Ferus Gallery figures like Ed Moses (who attended the LACMA opening), as well as Ken Price, Ed Ruscha and many others.