Sentence examples for instead of across from inspiring English sources

Practice the key words and phrases, taking special care to notice where you place stresses and drop or add letters (for example, Wisconsinites have a tendency to add the letter "t" at the end of words that end with a double-s, like "acrosst" instead of "across" and Connecticuters tend to either drop the "d" or stress on it less when in the middle of a word like "ranom" instead of "random").

These poets are reaching through difference, instead of across it, to make prismatic moments of connection.

Fewer doctors are needed if H.I.V.-positive inmates are kept in two prisons instead of across the state.

Also, a square stainless steel screen laminate was manufactured in a way which permits gas to flow along the screen wire instead of across it.

Which explains why the Bears were at AMC Theaters to watch "Wild Things," instead of across the street at the rival Century Theaters, which are owned by Cinemark.

That skate, in which the blade is fixed only at the toe instead of across the entire bottom of the skate, enables skaters to take longer strides.

Many employers have embraced pay-for-performance policies that often mean nice bonuses for the few instead of across-the-board raises for the many.

On the other hand, he has set himself up for a big battle with municipal unions over his demand for merit pay instead of across-the-board wage increases.

Regulatory agencies would also lose funds, but instead of across-the-board cuts, we could give these agencies the choice of cutting their least valuable programs — or, for that matter, we could cut farm subsidies even further.

Instead of across-the-board public service cuts (whether 7% or 10%), cut the big hugely costly projects which clearly cannot now be afforded (and were not fit for purpose anyway) – Trident replacement, ID cards, and massive government IT schemes that regularly break down and often leak disastrously – and for the rest cast the burden where it can most equitably be shouldered.

Obstinately, the pilgrims trace an elliptical course in front of the Jokhang temple instead of cutting across in a straight line.