Sentence examples for term instead of from inspiring English sources

"People are just fighting over this term instead of solving the problem.

The president, Sharon Lindsay, resigned after serving a two-year term instead of the usual one, Ms. Friedman said.

They are renting apartments and driving modest cars, looking at the long term instead of the immediate.

The Elders also want future secretary generals to serve only one seven-year term, instead of standing for re-election after five years, to make them more independent.

That way, traders would have an incentive to act for the long term, instead of churning out short-term, often illusory, profits.

In practice, few defendants in other states plead guilty to capital murder charges unless they receive a prison term instead of death.

It also allows a president to hold office for two consecutive four-year terms, instead of just one.

PAGE A5 Shift in Term Limits Possible The New York City Council is considering altering the term limits rule to allow council members to serve three terms instead of two.

Patents and copyrights, he suggests, should have short, renewable 5-year terms instead of the current system of 90- to 150-year terms.

In 2002, the Council approved a slight change in the term limits law, allowing six members to serve three terms instead of two.

Microsoft wanted to make the disclosure on its own terms instead of allowing Oracle lawyers to break the news in court.