Sentence examples for instead of fixing up from inspiring English sources

Instead of fixing up the properties as the law requires, the speculators dumped them and moved on.

It was as if, instead of fixing up the targeted house, the renovators decided to do some engine work on a recreational vehicle parked three blocks down the road.

Instead of fixing up a real cell with a dirty floor, a freestanding toilet, and the kind of bars that the guards drag their batons along, they put me in a small yellow room with shelves on the wall, a desk of light wood, and a fat TV without a remote.

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Instead they are fixing up the ones they have, a trend that is beginning to show up in the financial reports of retailers.

"We thought we'd get into sailing, and instead we got into fixing up old boats," Mr. Nisbett said.

So instead of fixing it, they put up the fence, which is actually more of a safety issue, because there's less room if you were in trouble up there.

"But instead of fixing Washington, Brownback's run up deficits and doled out earmarks that benefit his financial backers".

"A lot of sellers are fixing up," Ms. Atanas said.

"People are spending more money on fixing up the ride they have instead of going out and buying a new one," he said.

If, as some of us fear, taxpayer funds end up providing windfalls to financial operators instead of fixing what needs to be fixed, we might not have the money to go back and do it right.