Sentence examples for instead of about from inspiring English sources

Now, firefighters are required to take them every 15 months, instead of about every four years.

"This way, I end up talking about the music instead of about all the other stuff.

A White Plains project will get $100 million instead of about $3 million.

In Nomura's view, instead of about €62 billion, Spanish banks' needs would exceed even the proposed €100 billion bailout.

The moment the question becomes about the technology instead of about the people then something has gone horribly wrong".

Kerry Collins, who also played with Jurevicius at Penn State, talked today about Jurevicius' projected replacements instead of about him.

For the UK, that means a debt-GDP ratio of close to 75% in 2013 instead of about 70%.

Perhaps a letter to Donald Trump instead of about Donald Trump, in terms that he can understand, will gain his attention.

He seemed to me distinctly Canadian, and not just because he said "aboot" and "kaiyoot" instead of "about" and "coyote". He projected a certain reserve and quiet humor.

"We talk mostly about family things, instead of about the show," said Brenda Hampton, creator of "Secret Life," who cast Ms. Ringwald after a lengthy phone conversation.

Mr. Page, now 66, was never much of a talker, and when he gave interviews he mostly preferred talking about his music instead of about himself.