Sentence examples for instead of combat from inspiring English sources

But instead of combat zones, there are 435 Congressional districts.

The only difference is that company duty consists of rehearsing instead of combat work.

Also, there are assets beyond (or, at a pinch, instead of) combat troops that would make a huge difference, without "breaking the bank" for combat troops elsewhere.

Hobbled by strokes and wearing a business suit instead of combat fatigues, the frail 70-year-old gestured towards the families of massacre victims in an angry exchange of hand signals through the bulletproof glass that separated them.

But with a shift from combat operations to police and army training, European diplomats here said they hoped to buy some time with the public by emphasizing nation building instead of combat.

So what we get is a neophyte, a medical student named Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: pre-beard, pre-beret, dressed in a plain white shirt instead of combat fatigues, and still waiting for that "Che" to land at the front of his name.

The authors went on to describe two applications of their research: informational campaigns and outreach efforts geared towards communicating domain-specific knowledge instead of combatting nonfactual claims in a defensive fashion; and a smartphone app that prompts people to read information about a certain topic or technology, presented in manageable modules.

The solution is cooperation, scientific, commercial, political, and living with nature instead of combatting it.

Odyssey's writing is good, skilfully navigating humour and emotion, though it would benefit the game if it trusted its writing more instead of throwing combat into situations that don't need it.

Instead of wearing combat boots, she chooses to sport chunky Timberland boots, giving a tough-girl feel to her outfit.

However, a new manager at Looking Glass Technologies, instated by venture capital investors, demanded that Blackley work on Flight Unlimited II instead of Flight Combat.