Sentence examples for instead of the requisite from inspiring English sources

He was flying so high and turning so fast, that he had done four and a half somersaults instead of the requisite four.

Moreover, the court ruled, the first confession was invalid because it was uttered only once, instead of four times, as required by Islamic law, and only one judge presided over the first trial, instead of the requisite three.

And instead of the requisite heels, the models all wore sneakers or raffia slippers, perhaps to enforce the sense of easy, no-fuss dressing that is a hallmark of the brand.

Instead of the requisite pleasantries and eyeing over of the display, people were going up close, touching the fabric and, in a most rare occurrence, asking about the collection.

We love classic Disney, but we wanted to invent fresh, new and exciting ideas". For example, instead of the requisite prince, the directors designed the romantic male lead as a wise-cracking thief who mixes it up with bandits and beer-swilling thugs.

He was out because he had a 31-count indictment for the rape of a child, and he was out on $15,000 bail, instead of the requisite $450,000 bail that he never could have made and never would have been on the street.

So instead of waiting the requisite two weeks for the second shot, he had it after only 12 days.

Instead of doing the requisite research in patients with heart disease -- who frequently have arthritis as well and are thus prime users of anti-inflammatory medicines -- the company undertook studies that avoided them.

Instead, he gave the requisite thanks for the son's service, and then jumped into a rat-a-tat-tat litany of his Iraq talking points: He hails the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

Instead, respondent contended that any mandatory referendum provision, regardless of the requisite margin for approval, violated due process as applied to its rezoning application.

Most often, however, they don't, and, instead of offering her own views, Ginzburg limits herself to the deadening task of providing enough of the requisite factual details to insure that the letters make sense on a literal level.