Sentence examples for instead of grant from inspiring English sources

That brother, Thornton, uncritically loving, slow and generous, had been chosen by arrangement with the local draft board to go to the war instead of Grant, and his death is a cause of deep shame for Grant.

Instead of grant proposals, he focused on manuscript reviews, particularly inept manuscript reviews--which, in his interdisciplinary field, apparently are not uncommon.

Suggestions that vulnerable countries be given loans instead of grants were not politically acceptable.

Instead of granting him such a hearing, the Bush administration sent him to Saudi Arabia.

Instead of granting automatic pay increases, it will pay them based on how well they reduce costs, increase patient satisfaction and improve the quality of care.

Scenario two: Instead of granting myself $50,000 in bonus, I repay myself that amount against the money I have loaned the company.

Instead of granting and recording a new loan when a borrower refinances, the assignment process transfers a mortgage to a new lender, which then revises it.

Instead of granting it to a political columnist, or even to a medical reporter, Clinton chose to sit down with a food writer, Marian Burros, of the Times.

Unlike the German patent system, the American system gives judges the option of awarding proportionate damages instead of granting outright injunctions that ban sales of disputed products in cases where "irreparable harm" cannot be demonstrated.

But instead of granting a swift pardon (which he did for his interior minister, Rehman Malik, who was convicted of corruption last year) he dithered until the case became a cause célèbre for fundamentalists and then lost his nerve.

Instead of granting that request, the Tony committee announced in a statement that the actresses would receive a special award — Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater — "to recognize their outstanding performances this season".