Sentence examples for instead of a size from inspiring English sources

Believing you're too fat to indulge in ice cream on a spring day or feeling inferior because you wear size fourteen or more, instead of a size four, or doing unhealthy things to shrink your body hurts you more than your weight does.

If there were any size clines in natural populations because of a latitude or temperature effect, it would be a latitude-dependent size increase instead of a size reduction compared to the southern populations.

For example if you buy a size 4 instead of a size 5, the child will either feel bad and try to squeeze them in or they will ask you to return them.

Instead of using a size of 4040 for the last historical generation, the number of female founders was set to 32 000 so that 16 000 female offspring in the last generation were available for the imputation of their dams.

Instead of a fixed size for the final ensemble, only a minimal size of 2 for the target ensemble was used.

The size adjectives included adjectives which were not directly size descriptive, but instead suggestive of a size (e.g., portable suggests smallness) to reduce repetition.

"We're trying to create flexibility so we have roads that are more pedestrian- and bicycle-oriented instead of a one size fits all," said Montgomery County Council member Michael Knapp (D-Upcounty).

The separable compressive sensing theory uses two-dimensional separable random measurement matrixes instead of a huge size of random matrix to remedy sensing matrix storage and computation complexity.

Instead of a one size fits all platform for traders, portfolio managers, risk managers and the like, Sentieo has built a customized product for a specific target – the fundamental equity investor.

Whether it be ordering a small instead of a large size, sharing a restaurant entrée, advising others to eat less, or getting active in a health and portion campaign, small steps in encouraging our food environment to support healthier food choices can ultimately result in reversing our obesity epidemic.

Similarly, a telephone interview conducted among Chilean consumers also identified a preference for portion or serving information, instead of a serving size per 100 g (29).