Sentence examples for instead of tick from inspiring English sources

A negative control (distilled water instead of tick DNA template) and a positive control (DNA from R. montanensis) were included in each test.

A negative control (distilled water) instead of tick DNA template in the PCR master mix, as well as a positive control (DNA from E. chaffeensis) were included in each test.

Instead of ticking off beloved local landmarks like Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind," or evoking the city's adrenaline-fueled atmosphere like John Kander and Fred Ebb's "New York, New York," it focuses more on Sicilian sights and sounds.

Instead of ticking off lines of her résumé in the most general terms, Ms. Kennedy would fare better laying out specifics about her philosophy on education, even if it meant staking out some thorny positions on those cash incentives and merit pay for teachers.

It's how it's been done since the 17th century and that won't change simply because the bauble buzzes instead of ticks.

A low rate of IgG antibody (2%, OR 0.4) and IgM antibody (7.2%, OR 0.5) was found in patients reporting an "insect bite" instead of a tick bite.

Consider spraying your dog with apple cider vinegar instead of pesticidal tick repellent.

Personal engagement is what is needed instead of merely ticking boxes as they come to school and pass their exams.

They talk instead of tokenism, tick-boxes, rubber-stamping decisions already made and being all consulted out.

Sonenshine told Squire and Livingston that a smarter approach would be "biomimicry": instead of hunting ticks, the robot should be hunted by them.

The new plaza, in the past few months, has been a hot, smelly enclosure, filled with people sitting under patio umbrellas comparing their cell-phone screens, which is what humans do instead of picking ticks out of one another's fur.