Sentence examples for instead of seeking to from inspiring English sources

Instead of seeking to control inflation indirectly, central banks aim expressly at price stability.

He believes his compatriots should face unification head-on instead of seeking to avoid it.

The left accepted a parliamentary monarchy instead of seeking to restore the Second Republic snuffed out by Franco.

Instead of seeking to divide people, we want to ensure everyone plays their part so we can rebuild Britain together.

The United States and its Western allies should accept and respect this fact, instead of seeking to impose their will and their values on the Syrian people.

Rather than a "surge," something like an "accommodation" is more apt, capturing the shift to buying off insurgents instead of seeking to defeat them.

Instead of seeking to create peaks and valleys, Beach House songs thicken without building up; they find equipoise and hold it.

Instead of seeking to meet their peoples' demands, however, too many Arab leaders are betting on a mix of fear, inertia and confusion to change the subject.

Instead of seeking to meet them, Cameron's ideological entourage sought to allow a charity with a highly sensitive remit to do more or less what it wanted.

Instead of seeking to entice customers away from their existing banks, they merely tried to poach a share of their savings.

An American commander says that instead of seeking "to serve and to protect", the Afghan police works "to exploit and to extort".