Sentence examples for instead of pounds from inspiring English sources

The Imperial system uses the term stone instead of pounds—stone is the equivalent of 14 U.S. pounds.

The Toyota Motor Corporation said today that it had instructed British components suppliers to do business in euros instead of pounds.

Uptown Reservations, a booking agency for about 80 bed-and-breakfasts in central London, is now quoting rates in dollars instead of pounds through its call center at (800) 800-2632.

Instead of pounds, dollars or euros, we could as easily measure carbon in "Momme" (a unit of mass for measuring pearls in Japan – 1 momme = 10 fun), or "Cat" (an old American measure of the minimum fatal drug dose per kilo of cat).

(Although I do prefer my weight in kilograms instead of pounds).

Mainly using dollars instead of pounds because: come on, you can figure this out.

But inside the headphones, he could laugh about welfare bums instead of pounding the pavement.

Implying the beat instead of pounding it out, they sent dancers into frenetic motion.

But instead of pounding it, Agbayani grounded back to Haynes for an inning-ending double play.

Findings from the field portion indicate that compacting mixes using low amplitude vibration and with fewer vibratory passes kneads the mix instead of pounding it, leading to lower rebound and improved densities.

But instead of pounding pavement, millions now sprint into the woods, where the growing sport of trail running is bringing exercisers back to nature.