Sentence examples for instead of bombers from inspiring English sources

By driving the enemy air force on to the defensive, by forcing him to build fighters instead of bombers, London and other cities were spared from further devastation.

If Britain had decided in 1936 to put its main effort into building ships instead of bombers, the invasion of France might have been possible in 1943 instead of 1944, and the war in Europe might have ended in 1944 instead of 1945.

Yet instead of Nazi bombers, we see Blue Meanies, the villains from the "Yellow Submarine" cartoon film.

If the pigs were to begin using generally accepted construction practices or the birds began using ammunition instead of suicide bombers, the tide of their endless war could be turned in favor of either party.

Re "Israeli-Arab Hero Is Praised, but Not Embraced" (front page, Sept. 26), about Rami Mahamid, who was seriously wounded and wrongly detained for two days by the Israeli police after foiling an Arab suicide bomber: Instead of giving this hero a piece of paper and a handshake, the Israeli authorities should have given him a substantial amount of cash, otherwise known as a reward.

Don a bomber: Instead of a blazer, try wearing a bomber jacket for instant cool.

We spent weeks fighting among ourselves instead of bringing the Cole bombers to justice.

Some of the attackers now use bicycle bombers instead of car bombs, he said.

The insurgents also shifted increasingly to the use of roadside bombs and suicide bombers, instead of small arms and ground attacks where they would be outnumbered and outgunned.

But instead of waves of German bombers in the Battle of Britain, these pilots are guarding against a more elusive enemy: terrorists who might seek to rain destruction on the Olympic Games from the air.

This time, instead of using B-52 bombers, it will be using the hands of native turncoats". Until now, she went on, the Vietnam War served to justify the government's grip on power.