Sentence examples for instead of ruling from inspiring English sources

Instead of ruling out redevelopment in low-lying areas, the agency had essentially left floodplain elevations unchanged.

The idea that Arab governments should respond to their citizens instead of ruling them is almost unprecedented.

After another battery of punches, Abdulhamidov crumpled forward onto his knees; instead of ruling a knockdown, the referee merely asked him to stand up, and then let the fighting continue.

Preferring to exercise his authority in the traditional manner by marrying his daughters into the Imperial family and having his relatives appointed to high positions Kiyomori dominated the Emperor instead of ruling directly.

Instead of ruling out this approach entirely, now is the time to explore and experiment with how this information can be applied to help us improve, adapt and change.

In the wake of Helsinki, even Republican Sen. Ben Sasse dodged a question from a radio host as to whether Putin has kompromat or compromising information on Trump, instead of ruling it out.

You let your day get away from you A lack of structure in your day leaves you vulnerable to distractions and other people's demands, which means your day rules you instead of you ruling it.

He also wants a ¥10 trillion $82 billionn) cut in income and residential taxes instead of the ruling party's trifling ¥4 trillion cut.

Instead of flatly ruling out self-determination on constitutional grounds, he could say, "All right, let's settle the terms on which you could secede and then we'll see whether you really want to do it".

However, combining these mutants resulted in a slight synthetic sickness instead of suppression, ruling out this simple model.

"He's capable of ruling the roost".