Sentence examples for term in lieu of from inspiring English sources

To try to insulate judges from electoral pressures, some states ask voters to cast yes-or-no ballots on whether to grant them another term, in lieu of having judges face opposing candidates in regular multicandidate contests.

Thus, it is more precise to use the descriptive term CPC in lieu of the label 'chronic bronchitis'.

Gov. George E. Pataki signed legislation yesterday allowing local governments to collect long-term payments in lieu of taxes reached through negotiations with the new owners of nuclear power plants.

In the clip, McGowan tells Argento that she can recall all the details from her alleged assault by "the monster," a term McGowan uses in lieu of Weinstein's name.

But a derailment still looms thereafter.For almost six months now, the government has been subsisting on a series of short-term "continuing resolutions" in lieu of an annual budget.

First and foremost, the self-identification of activists and protestors in terms of citizenship in lieu of sectarianism is in stark contrast to the Lebanese political system founded upon the notion of the co-existence of various religious traditions - whereby citizens identify themselves primarily as members of a certain religion.

However, in keeping with more recent literature (e.g., Kwan 2006), the term "strategy" is used in lieu of "step" in this study.

The Tavern is one of the Territory's last segregated bars which is a term I'll use in lieu of its more poisonous colloquialism "animal bar".

In seismology, the term 'rays' is often used in lieu of characteristics.

In our manuscript the term "UML" is often used in lieu of "UML2" to refer to diagrams created via this UML2 plugin.

If they were, the terms "left" and "left winger" would appear in your paper in lieu of the term "liberal".