Sentence examples for instead of places from inspiring English sources

I want our inner-city churches to become ministries of health instead of places that serve up fried, fattening foods.

Though his own dry-climate garden, Wigandia, showcases vastly different plants, Mr. Martin reports that the two often correspond about "gardens as places for the mind instead of places for shovel and spade".

Going a step further, Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, is wooing online sports-betting sites with a tax break, hoping they will set up shop in Britain instead of places like the Caribbean or Gibraltar.

"What green belts really seem to be is a very British form of discriminatory zoning, keeping the urban unwashed out of the home counties – and, of course, helping to turn houses into investment assets instead of places to live".

Imagine the past few decades if those nations had been well-governed democracies, instead of places that breed resentment, funnel money to bad actors, attack neighbors, and in other ways destabilize their regions and the world.

Paul Cheshire of the LSE pegs it as "a very British form of discriminatory zoning, keeping the urban unwashed out of the home counties – and, of course, helping to turn houses into investment assets instead of places to live".

Instead of placing another impossible burden on Germany, we must again take international action.

Instead of placing an ad over an image, publishers can choose to place an ad midway through the photo gallery.

Instead of placing supervisors at each restaurant, Kura set up central control centers with video links to the stores.

They advised customers to use text messaging instead of placing phone calls to use fewer network resources.

Instead of placing a static ad on a Web page, Google will place a "Cavalcade" video clip.