Sentence examples for instead of agreeing from inspiring English sources
Instead of agreeing to this, we decided to open our own business in Brazil and handle Pepsico's needs directly.
"Instead of agreeing to that, we submitted a letter, saying we would like to discuss the constitutionality of the permit process.
"The government seems to cut the programs according to whichever ones whine the most or put up the least fight, instead of agreeing on which programs deserve to be cut," said Ms. Shirley, a 37-year-old Republican.
Instead of agreeing, Mr. Altfest suggested the client reallocate his portfolio back to 65 percent stocks and 35 percent bonds and then go back to that allocation whenever the stock position dropped below 63 percent.
Instead of agreeing to compete on business terms, elites from powerful ethnic groups have for decades, in collusion with factions of the Congolese and neighboring governments, been organized into mafias.
Feinberg still can't stop the payments, but he has been threatening to pay those executives practically nothing, as he did this year, if they take the bonuses instead of agreeing to roll them into stock.
Instead of everyone agreeing to cheat as a group, everyone agreed to not cheat and to make sure no one else did.
For example, when you "make the determination" instead of "determine," "arrive at a decision" instead of "decide" or "reach an agreement" instead of "agree". Here are some more of the most common offenders and what to do when you can spot them in your own writing.
Instead of immediately agreeing to a call, make a plea for greater efficiency.
Male executives we interviewed said that in order to hold the floor in meetings, they use active words and authoritative statements, avoid hedging, take ownership of their opinions, and build on others' ideas instead of just agreeing with them.
Mr. Lundy, for one, faults her for fighting the S.E.C. instead of just agreeing to restate earnings, and for not jettisoning all executives who might have been responsible for Xerox's accounting problems.
