Sentence examples for instead of ties from inspiring English sources

And it might be nice, for a special Father's Day treat today, instead of ties and gadgets to give Dad a day of old-fashioned fatherhood.

I had a spot of trouble in the northwest because I did not know the 1955 film "RIFIFI" and had TIES TO instead of TIES IN at 28 Down.

While some would ask "Why rent when you can buy?" I'd wholeheartedly recommend renting goats instead of buying them, even though Google could probably buy every goat in the entire world and make them all wear three-piece goat suits with bells instead of ties, set up a few thousand adirondack chairs, and provide some hilarious break-time reprieve for its employees.

Instead of tying up plans with talk of permits, crowds and noise, they helped push the project through.

Instead of tying the game, the Giants settled for a field goal to make the score, 24-20.

Not only was Boise State bold enough to go for a victory instead of tying the game for another overtime, but the Broncos did it with an incomparable gusto.

Instead of tying themselves in knots about social mobility, politicians should dwell on the single most important "agent" for doing well in life, the teacher.

What about texting — that's media and screen-based, but a lot of it is conversations between friends, instead of tying up the home phone for hours, like teens used to do.

He wonders why more great writers don't write about nature instead of tying themselves to the uneventful world of men & concludes that when writing about animals one has to know one's subject.

Instead of tying up so many employees in the revenue-draining chores of compliance and certification, RSA Security rededicated some of them to operational improvements, such as streamlining the customer order process and expanding supply chain capabilities.

An unbeaten run of 25 matches came to an end for Holland but it would have been better for their reputation had they lost earlier instead of tying themselves to this notoriety.