Sentence examples similar to instead of achieved from inspiring English sources

But instead of achieving their aims these gay groups would be banned under the new law.

Berlusconi, instead of achieving a strike against the left, was forced by parliament to wind up the Mitrokhin Commission.

But, instead of achieving all she hopes for, Katy has a terrible accident which confines her to a wheelchair.

Instead of achieving sexy, the five couples in the Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires opt for tricks and shtick.

Instead of achieving a breakthrough, Mr Roh found there was a wall of distrust that had still to be broken down.

And yet, instead of achieving a new reality, these films tend to feel more artificial and clumsily theatrical than the traditional Hollywood kind.

Instead of achieving the 3-0 win he had set his sights on, Mike Gatting had to settle for taking the Ashes 2-1 athehendnd of the 1986-87 series.

Instead of achieving our goal of restoring a million hectares of peatlands by 2020, we may end up taking a step back in conservation terms – so we urgently need to find new ways of funding the application of research.

But instead of achieving this by snapping up smaller steelmakers as before, in January he surprised most observers with a bold attempt to grab Arcelor, the second-biggest steelmaker.

Similarly, last week in Beijing after Holland had won 16 medals, including seven gold, their second best ever performance in the Olympics, van Commenee expressed his disappointment they had finished only 12th in the medals table instead of achieving the top 10 position he had targeted and insisted they should be aiming for a place among the top five.

Instead of achieving plump, soft skin, some women are winding up with visages that are "thin and kind of stretched, almost like Saran wrap," according to Dr. Macrene Alexiades-Armenakas, an assistant professor of dermatology at Yale School of Medicine and the director of the Dermatology and Laser Surgery Center in New York.