Sentence examples for terms and not from inspiring English sources

"She helped define the issue in our terms and not somebody else's".

She did so on her terms, and not as a latter-day Jackie Kennedy.

He kind of sees liberalism adrift and maybe mired in his terms and not mine in identity politics.

And if you try to analyse it in those terms – and not in terms of its relationship to pop culture – then you kind of miss the point.

Everyone involved seemed to embrace a composer too often thought of in intellectual terms and not as the volcano of life force that he actually was.

Maybe he figured that by referring elliptically to "one candidate," he could claim to be speaking in general terms and not pouncing on a specific individual.

Mary Tyler Moore's Mary Richards made it more acceptable for women to be independent, to define themselves on their own terms and not through a man.

The group's focus in these negotiations continues to be on agreeing appropriate terms and not the timing of such an agreement".

During the talks, Ms. Amendolia advised, it helps to speak in general terms and not to put a price on your head.

But the union said their opposition was based on its overall economic terms, and not any provisions specifically related to their jobs.

Another place I ran into trouble was with DACTYL, because my brain got caught up with legal terms and not with poetry, where it belonged.