Sentence examples for instead to follow from inspiring English sources

Gregory opted instead to follow the family tradition and joined Preston police force in 1941.

He was educated at Highgate school, but did not go to university, choosing instead to follow his parents into journalism.

Tolstoy elects instead to follow minor character Koznyshev's support of the Serbs and, most languorously, Levin's final religious rebirth.

It was advised of the existence of the exclusion zone policy and decided instead to follow the route of building a mock-up.

Some of us tended instead to follow an odd routine, visiting places and buildings that had once been important and writing "then and now" pieces.

It is understood the FIA also offered Symonds immunity; however, it is now clear he declined, opting instead to follow Briatore out of the exit door.

The original map showed US 41 following an unbuilt alignment between Powers and Marquette, but the US 41 designation was instead routed to follow the former M-15.

The Dark Horses have all this power and skill, but instead choose to follow the same musical paths that have by now been trampled into nothingness.

Her father Frank was a romantic, charming, thwarted man, an only child who had passed the grammar school examination but was instead obliged to follow his father into a career in the Post Office.

They are instead required to follow a curriculum chosen for them by others and to spend most of the day sitting in their seats.

This means fund managers don't actively choose which stocks to invest in, but instead tend to follow a big index such as the FTSE 100.