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Instead and accepting
Instead of accepting such fictions, we should recognise that the fact that a being is human, and alive, does not in itself tell us whether it is wrong to take that being's life.
Instead, Rupert moved on, accepting a well-paid commission from Anne of Austria to serve Louis XIV as a mareschal de camp, subject to Rupert being free to leave French service to fight for King Charles, should he be called upon to do so.
Instead, deriving from the name of its capital city, the ROC government finally formulated the name “ Chinese Taipei ,” instead of accepting the offer of “ Taiwan ,” because “ Chinese Taipei ” signified an uncertain boundary that could exceed the ROC ’ s actual territory of control of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, whenever the ROC government wished to assert it.
Instead of accepting her as the spoils of war, Guan Yu decapitates her with his sword.
Instead of accepting their role in the event, they view themselves as caught up in a situation that was unforeseeable and therefore they are not the culprit, which is referred to as defensive processing, or view the situation as inevitable and that there was nothing that could be done to prevent it, which is retroactive pessimism.
Instead of accepting a new contract from the Oilers, Jari Kurri opted for a season in Italy and played for HC Devils Milano of the Italian Serie A. Kurri had 27 goals and 48 assists in 30 games while he played in the less competitive Italian league.
Instead of accepting it was now in the public domain, any discussion about the Norden was immediately shut down.
Instead, looking to break the Washington stereotype of him as a Chicago machine hack, he surprised many by accepting the more complex challenge of becoming Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means.
Instead, while remaining true to the convictions of their own faith, Christians should approach their larger cultures in an ad-hoc way, accepting or partly changing some aspects of culture, possibly completely withdrawing from still others, and cheerfully celebrating many others.
Instead of accepting evacuation on a hospital ship, Bennett returned to his battalion.
Instead, it is used to signify a person who is accepting of their enjoyment of sex and the pleasure of intimacy with others, and chooses to engage and accept these in an ethical and open way — rather than as cheating.
Instead of accepting this offer Banu Mustalaq declared war and shot one of the Muslim soldiers with an arrow, at which point wild fighting broke out.
Instead of accepting deletion, he retreated into the programming of the Matrix, disguised as a human, and resolved to aid other programs who have become obsolete.
Instead of raging against their fate, humans are quietly accepting.
Instead of accepting her social and legal status as another ’ s personal property, Eliza publicly performs her dissent as visible evidence of the legitimacy of her proprietary claims .”
Instead, they stress the necessity of accepting the co-presence of linguistic literacies and visual literacies as interacting and interlacing modalities which complement one another in the meaning making process.
Instead, 113 of them signed their support in Anjala, accepting responsibility for the note and criticizing the attack on Russia.
Instead of accepting a foreign object for what it is, the foreign object is incorporated and changed to fit one ’ s lifestyle and choices.
Instead of accepting the said position, he designated his son, Datu Mamadra Mastura who served from 1922 to 1923.
Instead, Vaine decided to try and make up with Williams, with the latter accepting the apology and resulting in them both becoming the co-General Managers of DSW.
Instead of accepting commissions, he composed marches when inspired.
Instead of accepting this as the truth, he flees the scene as demons rise to assault him.
Instead Ajit Singh chose to negotiate with Husain, accepting the governorship of Thatta with a promise for a return to Gujarat in the near future.

Instead and charge
Instead of using an explosive charge, it launches a kinetic projectile.
Instead of a soup, the atom was also sometimes said to have had a " cloud " of positive charge.
Instead, on 22 May, Elizabeth was moved from the Tower to Woodstock, where she was to spend almost a year under house arrest in the charge of Sir Henry Bedingfield.
Instead, Attianus, Hadrian's former guardian, was put in charge in Rome.
Instead an approximate correction may be used where Z is substituted with an effective nuclear charge symbolized as Z < sub > eff </ sub >.
Instead of securing a settlement of his quarrel with Dupleix, he was arrested ( 1748 ) on a charge of gubernatorial speculation and maladministration, and secretly imprisoned for over two years in the Bastille.
Instead, he gave use of his studio, SARM West in London, free of charge to the project for 24 hours, which Geldof accepted, assigning Midge Ure as the producer instead.
Instead of placing Ayyubids in charge, however, an-Nasir Yusuf handed Jerusalem to a Mamluk named Kutuk while Nablus and Jenin were given to Rukn al-Din Baybars.
Instead they, have a high contingent deferred sales charge, or CDSC that declines gradually over several years, combined with a high 12b-1 fee.
Instead, it remained part of the Holy Roman Empire, making the Swedish rulers Reichsfürsten ( imperial princes ) and leaving the nobility in full charge of the rural areas and its inhabitants.
Instead, Tirpitz was placed in charge of the German East Asia Squadron in the Far East but with a promise of appointment as Secretary at a suitable moment.
Instead of a barrel, there was a steel rod known as a ' spigot ' fixed to a baseplate, and the bomb itself had a propellant charge inside its tail.
Instead of pursuing the fleeing militia, Webster wheeled around and launched a bayonet charge into the left flank of the Continental regiments in the center.
Instead, Rutherford suggested that a large amount of the atom's charge and mass is instead concentrated into a very physically small ( as compared with the size of the atom ) region, giving it a very high electric field.
Instead a ' service charge ' is permissible under executive order.
Instead, he tells Lestrade to charge him with actual murder, for Moran is the man who murdered Ronald Adair.
Instead it allows employees and their dependents to maintain coverage at their own expense by paying the full cost of the premium the employer and the employee previously paid, plus up to a 2 % administrative charge ( 50 % for the latter 11 months under the disability extension ).
“ McGraw is going out and we want to make you manager .” Instead, for reasons that some traced to Lindstrom ’ s leadership role in a player revolt against their often dictatorial manager ( a charge he consistently denied, although admitting that he often spoke out against the feisty skipper nicknamed Little Napoleon ), club owner Horace Stoneham chose first baseman Bill Terry to replace McGraw.
Instead, she does tastings, provides input on menus, and is in charge of the operations of the restaurant and of the Chez Panisse Foundation, a non-profit organization that funds the Edible Schoolyard, in Berkeley, and that Waters founded in 1996.
Instead, he was placed in charge of the newly-formed Travel and Exploration Unit, striking a deal which would allow him to continue to film his popular Zoo Quest ( 1954 – 1963 ) series alongside natural history output from the fledgling Bristol unit.
" Instead, the audience themselves were now in charge, with the organizers just making sure the bands came and went – it was, if somewhat inadvertently, the first large-scale " people's festival " held in the UK.
Instead, the standard render safe procedure for any unexploded SD2 butterfly bomb was to evacuate the area for at least 30 minutes ( in case the bomblet was fitted with a type 67 time delay fuze ), then surround it with a ring of sandbags ( to cushion the explosion ) and destroy it in situ by detonating a small explosive charge beside it.
Instead, he allowed von Richthofen to take charge of all operations over Sevastopol.
Instead of recognition, Espejo acquired enemies because his work criticized the physicians and priests in charge of public health in the Royal Audiencia for their negligence, and he was forced to leave Quito.

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