A teacher may use it when she walks into a room where the students are playing and talking, instead of studying.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Instead,she said people with mental disabilities needed to be treated as useful citizens and given special education and training.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

Instead,she urges them to think about the one thing that most concerns them, and to deal with it.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

But instead of going to prison, she was permitted to seek treatment to end her dependence on drugs.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

She says incidents involving nationals instead of foreigners do not get the same level of attention.

VOA: special.2010.08.16

She chose to explore the unusual sides of society instead of accepting common subjects to photograph.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

Instead, he told her she could be successful by singing in concert theaters.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

Instead of resting, she met with representatives of the International Red Cross.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

Instead of looking at her subjects, she made them look at her.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

Instead,she went to London to study at Saint Bartholomew's Hospital.

VOA: special.2010.09.12

Instead,She urges them to create better ways to business.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

So,instead of dancing, she sang a song called "Judy."

VOA: special.2010.07.04

So she performed as a concert artist instead.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Instead,she created her own program of study.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

So she sailed for North Africa instead.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

Instead,she was a fierce, black woman.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

After a recent car accident she said she automatically dialed Italy's 118 distress code instead of America's 911.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

But instead of taking her son to college with her, she left him with her mother in Philadelphia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

When the time came, her parents objected. They only relented when Alexei said that she would instead become a police officer in a dangerous neighborhood.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

Instead,the big item she wants is for future generations to get an education.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28