Sentence examples for instead of elections from inspiring English sources
"Instead of elections, it seems the president wants civil war".
Unions across the nation are increasingly seeking to organize workers by using card-check recognition instead of elections.
But Khairy Jamaluddin, Umno's youth-wing leader, articulated Najib's paranoia last month when he accused Anwar's coalition of "trying hard to manufacture panic and disorder" by promoting street rallies instead of elections.
As the model for their card-check strategy, union leaders cite the organizing drive in which the hotel union has increased its membership in Las Vegas to 45,000 from 18,000 by using cards instead of elections.
While the majority of the credit for two credible elections can be attributed to the resolve of Malians, if not for France's military intervention in January and the actions of the international community that followed, instead of elections we might have seen a staggering loss of life and a country devolved into complete chaos.
Mr. Massoum and other members of the committee said that instead of elections, a number of Sunni and Kurdish members had pressed for a constitutional assembly to be "selected" by town-hall-style meetings in each of the country's 18 provinces.
Instead of election posters coloring the streets, plainclothes police officers make sure there are no spontaneous gatherings.
Instead of election by direct popular vote, each state would name electors (chosen however each state legislature approved), who would actually do the electing.
Putin responded by calling for, among other changes, an end to the election of Duma representatives from districts and the appointment (instead of election) of the executives of oblasts and similar divisions of Russia.
"Why are they not trying to create a proper atmosphere?" Now, instead of election posters coloring the streets, plainclothes police officers hang around at major crossings, making sure there are no spontaneous gatherings.
Instead of election coverage, NBC ran two hours of "The Biggest Loser" while CBS showed an episode of "Big Brother and ABCC did an hour of "Just for Laughs" along with some other can-miss TV.
