Sentence examples for single instead of from inspiring English sources

Still a teen-ager, oversensitive and insecure by his own admission, Robin clashed with Barry over the decision to release the saccharine "First of May" as a single instead of Robin's soaring "Lamplight".

He mentioned one of the biggest risk factors leading to crime: remaining single instead of getting married, a link uncovered by Mr. Laub and Robert J. Sampson, a Harvard sociologist who was a co-winner of the Stockholm Prize.

It was down to two strokes of luck - my record company putting it out with a colour sleeve, which made it a collectors' item; and someone at Radio 1 playing our single instead of Simple Minds, because they liked our name better.

The track features singing performances from stars including Sir Paul McCartney, Take That singer Robbie Williams, and the Spice Girl Mel C. Williams, who has another track in the charts, asked his fans to buy the Hillsborough single instead of his.

With nearly 19 million Facebook "Likes", Paramore has a big web presence, but they and other artists are using Onesheet to post their new single instead of emailing radio stations and other distribution sources.

5. Go single, instead of double or triple.

iPod owners tend to download singles instead of albums.

"We need to look at hitting singles instead of home runs," he said.

'I mean, why don't you just try and do an album of 12 singles, instead of three?

"I've never wanted to buy a matching pair of anything," Degen says about offering singles instead of matching socks.

After Mathieu's quick recovery, Guy Forget, the French captain, chose him to play second singles instead of the veteran Arnaud Clément.