Sentence examples for instead of oppose from inspiring English sources

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As foreign minister, Carr rolled the then prime minister Julia Gillard and pushed for Australia to abstain, instead of oppose, a vote that augmented Palestinian status at the United Nations.

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So instead of opposing the nuclear plant, I felt more security.

"He ought to be on the same side, instead of opposing everything".

Instead of opposing the panel's report, the American Cancer Society could finance studies on environmental chemicals and human cancers.

So instead of opposing Eurocrats on behalf of national interests, let's try to form an all-European left.

The crisis that erupted last week in Charlottesville is simply an extension of the one that began last summer, when the Republican Party, instead of opposing Donald Trump, decided to go all in on his side.

The 17-page summary added that DaimlerChrysler would send letters to employees saying "the company 'fully respects' the right of employees to form and join unions" -- essentially expressing neutrality instead of opposing organization.

Instead of opposing sex selection outright, it says that in people who already need in vitro fertilization and want to test the embryos' sex without a medical reason, the testing should "not be encouraged".

Instead of opposing gun control wholesale, he told the paper, he was open to certain restrictions, including one he advocates today, a ban on the cheap handguns known as Saturday night specials.

Instead of opposing armies clashing in a primal battle of the sexes, or mismatched romantics wistfully waving at each other from a distance, the film portrays domestic discord as a series of tiny skirmishes in a civilized and ultimately banal power struggle between two people with incompatible agendas.

I questioned item-by-item the details in the deal instead of opposing the big picture".

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