Instead of dealing with it, they just lived their lives among like minds, apart".
Instead of dealing with subcontractors, she said, "you're negotiating with the project owner and general contractor.
Instead of dealing with individual investors, he was trading large blocks of stock with other traders.
The NT CLP government are simply locking up their problems instead of dealing with them.
"The state is under attack; instead of dealing with them as aggressors, the government has abdicated".
"We regret that he uses ad hominem attacks instead of dealing with the actual facts.
Instead of dealing with one country, it must deal with the 17 members of the currency union.
Unfortunately, instead of dealing with the problem of collapsed demand, Mr Koizumi seems content to carry on addressing the symptoms.
The prison guards union accused the state of scapegoating employees instead of dealing with overcrowding and violence behind bars.
Instead of dealing with a distant call centre, customers are given the local rep's mobile-phone number.
So instead of dealing with the problem, they tend to avoid it — which just makes the problem worse.
