Sentence examples for pets instead of from inspiring English sources

Outside Pyongyang people keep shepherd dogs for pets instead of smaller dogs.

As do the animals: Split, her Dalmatian, inspires the local children to think of dogs as pets instead of anonymous nuisances; Mrs. Thatcher, a pedigreed Toggenburg, is as intractable as her namesake, refusing to mix with the native goats.

"People fell in love with the adorable characters and wanted to keep them as pets, instead of understanding the film's conservation message of keeping Nemo in the ocean where he belongs," said Saving Nemo co-founder Anita Nedosyko.

Some -- including some of the most outwardly promising, such as the hot young scientist described above -- come to be viewed as what we call "pets" instead of apprentices.

Among the allegations is that Maya's death fits with the group's longstanding practice "to kill lost or stray pets" instead of finding them homes or returning them to their owners -- a claim that is bolstered by PETA's self-reported figures filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

This trap could be set off, perhaps capturing or injuring pets instead of the intended target.

It's like treating a pet instead of treating a person".

Reserving a play date with your favorite Golden Retriever once a week would reduce pet ownership – and the resulting economic and environmental costs – dramatically as people felt comfortable occasionally playing with a shared pet instead of owning one.

"If the Mac turned out to be such a revolutionary object a pet instead of a home appliance, a spark for the imagination instead of a mere work tool it is thanks to Susan's fonts and icons, which gave it voice, personality, style, and even a sense of humor.

The current trend in nuclear medicine is, however, in favor of PET instead of SPECT due to the higher sensitivity and resolution it provides [17].

This paper presents the development of a collapsible 15-l water fountain bottle made of an alternative material, PET, instead of a traditional refillable-type bottle made of polycarbonate.