Sentence examples for instead of a sharp from inspiring English sources

Now, instead of a sharp increase in donations, as once planned, the administration proposes only a slight increase in bilateral financing and a modest reduction in its multilateral contribution.

Instead of a sharp retort, I'd start with a question, "Why do you ask?" You may be surprised — some of those nosy parkers may actually be considering fostering or adopting.

But the big change is clear: instead of a sharp rise and fall in 2008-10, thecking the world food-price spike, the number of hungry people stayed stable throughout the 2000s.

The outline, agreed to last week and presented to Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes in Washington today, is intended to give California what officials describe as a "soft landing" -- gradually reduced consumption instead of a sharp cutoff.

Therefore, in our large-scale MD simulations, we use a round edge cutting tool with an edge radius of 6 nm instead of a sharp cutting tool.

Yet, instead of a sharp comeback, even on this endlessly gone-over gormless terrain, May just looked like she'd been caught fiddling the tills in B&Q.

Instead of a sharp-tongued comedy, this is an unexpectedly serious, fair-minded and humane look at a lonely woman and a searching man.

Instead of signaling a sharp break from the failures of the Bush administration in these two areas, the early indication from Obama is more of the same.

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Most of the banks are phasing in the dividend increases over the coming quarters, instead of announcing a sharp increase.

MPC member Martin Weale said last month that rates would start to rise "sooner rather than later" so the Bank could ease borrowing costs up instead of imposing a sharp rise.