Sentence examples for instead of designating from inspiring English sources
Instead of designating a vice presidential nominee, Roosevelt made no formal declaration of support for anyone.
Instead of designating a favored buyer for the Nets or setting up an auction, the 15-member YankeeNets board took no action at its meeting yesterday, Howard J. Rubenstein, a spokesman for the company, said.
Instead of designating anyone scoring above 65 — the passing grade — as "qualified," it adopted a second benchmark of 89 and decided to hire only from this "well qualified" category.
But instead of designating specific prisons for closing in his budget — a move that would harden opposition to his budget, perhaps implacably, among lawmakers whose districts are home to the facilities — Mr. Cuomo will appoint a task force of lawmakers and prison officials to come up with a consolidation plan after the budget is passed, people briefed on the plan said.
Instead of designating clairvoyance as the purview of a privileged few, Sutherland democratizes the intuitive process.
When Hašek recovered and got back into his stride, Detroit chose to alternate goaltenders in tandem instead of designating either as the backup.
Real reason: the player, a striker at club side Amrokgang, had to have his designation changed because Jong-hun named only two goalkeepers in his squad instead of the designated three.
San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy says he plans to use his slugging pitcher instead of a designated hitter on Thursday night when the Giants visit the Oakland Athletics.
Mr. James, 47, was shot in the head by another club member, who fired his own gun instead of the designated gun with blanks, Lieutenant Fitzpatrick said.
If the Guantánamo detainees were prosecuted in federal courts instead of being designated as "combatants," most by now would be serving prison time as convicted terrorists, instead of being celebrated as victims or freedom fighters.
