"instead of referring to" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used when contrasting two different things. For example: "Instead of referring to the new technology as a burden, we should see it as an opportunity for progress."
The coreferential interpretation of a pointer (e.g. 3rd person pronoun) uses the address of a preceding (antecedent) or following (postcedent) referent, instead of referring to the STAR.
Instead of referring to a previously annotated single interactor, this participant references the interaction that describes binding of Cyclin A to Cdk2 by using the ID of this interaction (which is 5 in this case) as value of the 'interactionRef' element.
Therefore, instead of referring to the screen directions as "up," "down," "left," and "right," we talk about the compass headings North, South, West, and East.
Instead of referring to an external, pre-existing reality, Robbe-Grillet's descriptions seem to create their own objects, their own hallucinatory reality.
Instead of referring to "occupation," Mr. Sharon may repeat an earlier statement that Israel cannot continue to rule another people, another senior Israeli official said.
It also told companies to explain properly why the amount paid to the chief executive was justified each year instead of referring to pay schemes set down beforehand.
Its habit of referring to "partners" instead of "allies" jars.
The limitation of this study is that we should have observed motor improvement instead of just referring to existing literature.
Mr. Higgins surprised some people by signing the bill on Tuesday, instead of referring it to Ireland's Supreme Court to determine its constitutionality.
These include selling music to users directly instead of referring them to other online shopping sites.
Administrators say that under the new "community standard" allowing faculty members to discipline first-time offenders on their own instead of referring them to a disciplinary council, students are more likely to learn that cheating is wrong, because teachers are more likely to take action.
