Sentence examples for works instead of from inspiring English sources

The quirky ensemble, the brainchild of Bang on a Can, plays funky arrangements and imaginative new works instead of standard brass-band fare.

If Clinton really wants to deal with short-termism, she'd be better off targeting the way executive compensation works, instead of the way capital gains are taxed.

Here is it how it works: Instead of filing financial reports with the Federal Election Commission by a push of a button, senators and candidates for the Senate first print their records on paper.

When asked whether he would rather his new disc had been of his concert hall works, instead of music catering to "simple needs", he laughs and excuses himself from the room.

Here's how it works: instead of concentrating the study of information in single blocks, as many homework assignments currently do — reading about, say, the Civil War one evening and Reconstruction the next — learners encounter the same material in briefer sessions spread over a longer period of time.

In light of the ensemble's enthusiasm for "Dim Sum" and other imaginative projects, a listener would have preferred to hear more contemporary works instead of the highly competent but mostly unmemorable performances of Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 1 and Dvorak's String Quartet No. 14.

"It turns into work instead of games.

Why not play a new work instead of a novelty?

"I want to work instead of sitting in the house".

They raise the prospect of working instead of stealing to make ends meet.

"Do some work instead of showing drama," my mother said contemptuously.