Sentence examples for procedures instead of from inspiring English sources

I'd like to see police agencies mold the procedures instead of legislatures or courts".

Doctors follow carefully documented procedures instead of relying solely on their instincts, as Indian doctors tended to.

A general practitioner, Dr. Silvestre found it increasingly difficult to get his patients appointments with specialists, who tended to focus on lucrative procedures instead of routine care.

Mr. Schwartz said that he advised Mr. Spano to use the existing plan to improve upon evacuation procedures, instead of dismissing it altogether, and also to call for other precautionary measures.

It would impose tougher restrictions on National Security Agency eavesdropping than the Senate version does by requiring court approval before the agency's wiretapping procedures, instead of approval after the fact.

MR. LEHRER -- I've got -- Q. -- O.K. Are either of you concerned with finding some feasible way to lower the price of pharmaceutical drugs, such as education on minimizing intake, a revamp of the F.D.A. process or streamlining the drug companies' procedures, instead of just finding more money to pay for them?

Schools should follow a similar procedure instead of continuing to operate under "emergency" circumstances.

In 2008, some 41 percent of birthing women in Turkey opted for the procedure instead of natural delivery, and the figure was 62 percent among the well-off.

Their protocol — using one doctor for the procedure instead of two, for example — became the universal standard, and articles they published about their thousands of successes confirmed the safety and efficacy of colonoscopies.

Further, Commissioner Hartnett said, the Police Department has instituted a new complaint procedure: Instead of having to pick up a complaint form from an officer at a police precinct house, residents can download the forms from the department's Web site or report potential misconduct through a 24-hour telephone hot line.

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