Sentence examples for instead of acceding from inspiring English sources

Instead of acceding to his sensible request, European finance ministers imposed a new target of 5.3 percent.

Had she held to that resolve instead of acceding to the shrill demands of the amped-up genre movie, Ms. de Van might have nurtured the promising subtleties of her early scenes.

Their presence may show progress in the Bush go-it-together approach, instead of acceding to the North's divide-and-conquer demand that the U.S. alone negotiate another fruitless payoff.

White House officials show no sign of acceding.

Ministers however are making clear that they have no intention of acceding to this request.

Smith had the advantage of acceding to that arrangement without a whole docket of documented untruths.

In lieu of acceding to the UNHCR requests for resettlement, and in a political climate where Ukip and the Tory right have rendered all discussion of immigration toxic, ministers are proud instead of spending £500m on the Syrian relief effort in the region.

Within hours of acceding to the throne, King Salman, 78, vowed to maintain the same policies as his predecessors.

After the opening scene, a hilarious one-shot action sequence from a nameless low-budget Asian film complete with phantom punches and ridiculous weapons, Van Damme rarely brandishes his feet of fury, instead acceding to the robbers' requests and repeating his one catchphrase in the film: "Don't shoot".

Instead of explaining what else was needed, the White House acceded to "sequester" cuts that hobbled the recovery.

Instead of placing the onus mainly on Israel and urging it to accede to certain demands as a prerequisite to renewed peace talks, the United States must insist that the Palestinians demonstrate a show of good faith before moving forward.