Sentence examples for instead of tackling from inspiring English sources

2. Trying to knock the ball carrier down instead of tackling him.

Instead of tackling, a defensive player must pull a flag attached to the ball carrier's waist.

Instead of tackling dismissal rules, the government's strategy creates a third category of contract worker.

It's like shipping the garbage off to Ireland instead of tackling it here.

Instead of tackling hot-button social issues, Reagan made sweeping tax cuts his priority.

Meanwhile the country faces more uncertainty, with the government fighting for survival instead of tackling Thailand's mounting economic problems.

Instead of tackling these issues and the causes of unemployment, the reforms would make these problems worse.

Instead of tackling the root causes, we have been left to fix the problem through our hospitals and health services.

Instead of tackling structural problems, much of the endless chatter about the common currency centers on financial engineering: rescue funds, backstopping banks, printing money and the like.

Paddick said that, instead of tackling the threat of these new drugs, the proposed legislation was likely to make things worse.

When my family and I approached the local police to lodge a complaint, instead of tackling the situation they advised me to back off.