Sentence examples for instead of pushing for from inspiring English sources

But religious leaders sanctified existing social structures, instead of pushing for justice.

Instead of pushing for regulations, Lepard says he "likes that we have our differences in the way we make foods.

But not until we have an administration that can be trusted to enforce safety and security rules at the plants instead of pushing for ever more deregulation.

But instead of pushing for a genuinely two-tier Europe, says Elliott, Cameron accepted crumbs from the Brussels table and called it a "special status".

She has been criticized for agreeing, as the US attorney in eastern New York, to cash settlements with multinational banks instead of pushing for criminal convictions.

The president has been forced to reach for smaller measures, such as raising exit taxes on foreign travel; raiding the middle class instead of pushing for structural changes.

During the past year, he's also backed off some from his plan to switch to natural-gas cars, which has been widely criticized as impractical, focusing instead on pushing for a fleet of natural-gas tractor trailers.

Backers of the euro have instead fallen back to a position of pushing for an early reassessment of the tests and a new judgment call before the next election, expected in 2005.

Ms. Weingarten accused the mayor of seeking to score debating points instead of pushing vigorously for a contract, which she says is badly needed to raise salaries and help attract more teachers.

Sutardi told me that instead of pushing subscriptions for one box, the company gets potential clients to fill out a questionnaire.

"The boys took the right approach, although maybe when we were 2-0 up we should've controlled the tempo instead of pushing forward looking for a third goal too unreservedly".