Sentence examples for instead of trying to play from inspiring English sources

The coaches panicked, and instead of trying to play ball control, they thought they had to play catchup.

Popovic told his players at half-time not to force the issue instead of trying to play the perfect ball every time.

He gets greedy, however, and instead of trying to play in Shevchenko he has a go from distance and it's a rubbish attempt.

On the previous play, the Saints' defense showed its hand: Instead of trying to play its standard defense, it played to prevent the Vikings from getting out of bounds to stop the clock.

"We've tried to look at it as 'How can we best serve our kids?' instead of trying to play some numbers game against federal law," said Bert Shulte, the deputy commissioner of education in Missouri.

Instead of trying to play down the conflict, which began when Mayor Giuliani accused Mr. Greene of verbally abusing a mayoral aide during the preparation for a press conference last January, Mr. Greene and Mayor Richard J. Riordan of Los Angeles gloated.

Instead of immediately trying to play a lot of shows, we worked on recording songs, making videos and just getting our music out there and seeing if people liked it.

Having missed four majors since his victory on one healthy leg at Torrey Pines, Woods said he had no doubt he made the correct call by walking off the Blue Monster instead of stubbornly trying to play the last seven holes.

He decided that instead of focusing on trying to play catch up and exploring ways to make energy more renewable, he wanted to focus on using less fuel and expending less energy by making things more lightweight.

Instead of trying to recreate that atmosphere, Mr. Martin turns the play into a portrayal of personal confrontation in which the lust of the ill-suited lovers is brutal but the contempt that fuels it has a certain elegance.

Microsoft is trying to play to Apple's strengths instead of their own.