Sentence examples for instead until recently from inspiring English sources

Instead, until recently, most people avoided it.

Instead – until recently at least – bodies were eaten by vultures in a centuries-old tradition, though this has been stopped because of a shortage of the birds.

If only this verve had been put to work supporting Europe, instead of, until recently, being against it.

But it is a miscarriage of medicine instead, and until recently it has passed largely unnoticed by outsiders.In much of the developing world, diagnostic tools which practitioners in rich countries take for granted, such as sophisticated laboratory tests for serious infections, are too expensive or impractical for local conditions.

Instead, America's attention has shifted to China, with its soaring foreign-exchange reserves and (until recently) fixed currency.

UNTIL recently, they were rivals.

UNTIL recently, Serbia was an authoritarian state.

Instead, until relatively recently, he was regarded as a great thinker.

Instead, Geraldo Alckmin, until recently the governor of São Paulo, the biggest state, did unexpectedly well, winning 41.6% to Lula's 48.6% and forcing the run-off.

Instead, the focus has, until recently, been on answering complaints that Obama is soft and doesn't listen enough to the generals on the ground by offering up talk about shooting Osama bin Laden and the violent careers of drones.

LL Despite the evident need and repeated calls for greater funding for education, the humanitarian system has, up until recently, focused instead, mainly, on urgent lifesaving demands such as food, shelter and water.