Instead of the usual straggling privet hedges and patches of bare dirt in most small-town squares, the building was hemmed in by a semitropical growth of camellias and azaleas and a smooth lawn the improbably bright-green shade of florist's grass.

Instead of developing a new name for the new type of monarchy, they used ( autokratōr, only partly overlapping with the modern understanding of " autocrat ") or ( basileus, until then the usual name for " sovereign ").

Instead of adopting the usual blue moonlight or blue street lamp look, he used an orange sodium-light effect.

Instead of the usual western facade and eastern apse, the cathedral sports two apses.

Instead of writing a piece for production by a theatre proprietor, as was usual in Victorian theatres, Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte produced the show with their own financial support.

Instead, over-under or total bets are handled much like point-spread bets on a team, with the usual 10 / 11 ( 4. 55 %) commission applied.

Instead of the usual gene repression, some organisms go in for large-scale elimination of heterochromatin, or other kinds of visible adjustment to the karyotype.

Instead of the usual transliteration, some English-language authors pseudo-translate reiki as " universal life energy ".

Instead of his usual dress, he wears white tie tuxedo suit like the other musicians around him.

Instead, the usual clinical practice is to offer hydration, nutrition, and comfort measures and to " let nature take its course ".

Instead of becoming a vampirish hopping corpse, the usual fate of suicides, he was made the god of the Kitchen, and was reunited with his wife.

Instead of the more usual bogies, Pacers use a basic four-wheel two-axle configuration.

Instead of usual Taiji translations " Supreme Ultimate " or " Supreme Pole ", Adler uses " Supreme Polarity " ( see Robinet 1990 ) because Zhu Xi describes it as the alternating principle of yin and yang, and …

Instead of usual Taiji translations " Supreme Ultimate " or " Supreme Pole ", Adler uses " Supreme Polarity " ( see Robinet 1990 ) because Zhu Xi describes it as the alternating principle of yin and yang, and ...

Instead, a " great crown " comprising a circlet of gold with crosses and fleurs-de-lys atop its rim, but without arches ( an open crown ), was a king's usual headgear on state occasions until the time of Henry V, who is depicted in statuary and illustrations with an " imperial crown ", i. e., the great crown with gold arches added ( also called a closed crown ).

Instead of the usual note bending with a tremolo arm, he achieves a kind of chord bending that Rolling Stone described as, " a strange warping effect that makes the music wander in and out of focus ".

Bart Blasengame gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, stating: " Instead of taking the usual tour documentary approach and dwelling on individual concerts or behind-the-scenes banter between the band, Gee's film focuses on the absurdity of being an important rock band in the current musical landscape-the shallow marketing of the band, the endless stream of redundant interviews, the blinding photo shoots and awkward television appearances.

Instead, they were waved in on Mr Feith's authority without having to fill in the usual forms.

Instead of taking classics — in Italy, the usual high-school education for lawyers — he had studied to become an electronics technician ( though he has never taken a computer course ).

Instead of their usual functional sporting outfits, the athletes adopted a variety of sexy outfits in order to raise money for the Sports Aid Foundation.

Instead of the usual life bar, characters build up a " kill meter ".

Instead the World Team opted for counterplay, as usual, this time by a vote of 72 %.

Instead of taking the usual route of teaching at a lycée, however, Mauss moved to Paris and took up the study of comparative religion and the Sanskrit language.

Instead of the usual black-and-grey-checked dresses, Miss Hardbroom persuaded Miss Cackle to change them to plain black.

Instead of the usual review article for World War II Online, he posted a long, profane and amusing chatlog of him testing the game offline, in which he proclaimed, " I WILL TAXI TO VICTORY!

Instead of most days having an associated saint as in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, each day has an animal ( days ending in 5 ), a tool ( days ending in 0 ) or else a plant or mineral ( all other days ).< ref >

Instead of being confined to a circle, javelin throwers are provided with a runway wide and at least in length, ending in a curved arc from which their throw will be measured ; athletes typically use this distance to gain momentum in a " run-up " to their throw.

Instead of ending the war with a swift victory that might have boosted their political prospects, the Liberals signed a truce that seemed to allow the Bolivians to regroup.

Instead, he wanted the ending to be " a poetic mixture of dream and memory and narrative resolution ".

Instead he moved his troops to Morristown for the winter, thus ending the victorious Trenton-Princeton campaign.

I liked ending it with that sort of ambiguous ending .” Instead, he wrote several prequels:

Instead of ending the chaos, these new powers only fed local ambitions and rivalries.

'" Instead, what he had to say about it was: " There's nothing you can't see coming in this flick, including the surprise ending.

Instead, neurotransmitters are recaptured (" reuptake ") by the pre-synaptic nerve ending, and recycled for later transmissions.

Instead of ending the Western Schism, the Council elected a third papal claimant, Alexander V, who would be succeeded by John XXIII.

Instead of trying the complexities of the 38. Rd1 line, Kasparov said at his press conference that he had no idea how the game would turn out, and began to force the World Team into an ending in which each side got a new queen, and the outcome was still very unclear.

Instead of ending the firing on Gilo, Palestinian militants stepped up their attacks, adding mortars and heavy machine guns.

Instead of ending his career at a post-season bowl game, which was expected, the two universities announced that each would penalize their respective football programs for their unsportsmanlike conduct by declining any bowl game invitations.

Instead of Homer, Bart, Barney and Moe going deer hunting and ending up at " Santa's Village " they would go back to the steel mill.

Instead of spending the novel tracking down the man who killed his parents, Starr spends much of his time in the man's company, fully aware of his identity but pretending ignorance in order to reach his larger goal of ending the pirate menace.

Instead of ending the concerto in a pompous way, Mozart chose to end it instead with the lonely oboe theme in G major played piano, adding the feeling of a musical " disappearing ".

Instead of a crossover with a definite ending, the publishers treated the scenario as though it were the new status quo, leaving it open-ended.

Instead of wasting all their time on this ridiculous ending they could have made it a heart-wrenching farewell ..."