Instead, the phrase appears to have originated in the early 19th century United States ( particularly in the sense " pull oneself over a fence by one's bootstraps "), to mean an absurdly impossible action, an adynaton.

Instead, a phrase along the lines of “ first to reach ” would be needed as this conforms to rules of grammar.

Instead of phrase structure rules ATNs used an equivalent set of finite state automata that were called recursively.

Instead of one of his parents, the German version credits the lumberjack's " Uncle Walter " as inspiring his passion for cross-dressing ; this change was likely done simply for a rhyme with " Büstenhalter ", the German translation for " bra ", which caps the phrase preceding the " I wish I'd been a girlie ..." line.

Instead, a phrase that follows the form article-noun -“ and ”- noun, when the nouns involved are plurals, can involve two entirely distinct groups, two overlapping groups, two groups of which is one a subset of the other, or two identical groups.

Instead, the phrase seems to have been coined by Puritan scholar Perry Miller, and many Calvinists distance themselves from it.

Instead, only Joe Nuxhall's traditional phrase of "... Rounding third and heading for home.

Instead of beginning with cum (" since ") as what would be expected, Cicero suspends it to the end of the phrase to bring attention to the gravity of the names he states.

Instead of the inversion of the theme we expect in the second phrase of A, the strings take over and offer an entirely different melody, but with essentially the same contour as the inversion.

*# Instead the phrase “ Power Elite ” forces us to consider the union of the military, economic, and state power.

Instead, the phrase has a conventionalized meaning referring to any auction where, instead of rising, the prices fall.

Instead, readers should allow a text to be interpreted in terms of the language as " author.

Instead, the philosopher encounters a problem :" Now, if the ' to be ' of a thing could be conceived apart from that which exists, it should be represented in our mind by some note distinct from the concept of the thing itself ....

Instead, they can agree that certain paradigms should be treated in certain ways, and then agree on the similarities, the so-called warrants between a paradigm and the case at hand.

Instead, an inexpensive device fitting over hinges is available on the market and should be used to ensure safety ..."

Instead of October 3, the National Reunification should be celebrated on the first Sunday of October.

Instead high percentage agarose gels should be run with a pulsed field electrophoresis ( PFE ), or field inversion electrophoresis.

Instead, he improvised: " He says more than he should, something different from what his advisers had recommended, and is more provocative than he had intended to be.

Instead of figuring out which ship, if either, is the " same ", and then declaring that it should be returned, the pragmatic solution is to figure out which ship should be returned, and then declare that it is the " same ".

Instead, assuming that a civilization is still on an increasing curve of propulsion system velocity, not yet having reached the limit, the resources should be invested in designing a better propulsion system.

Instead he proposed that a revolutionary society should “ transform itself immediately into a communist society ,” that is, should go immediately into what Marx had regarded as the “ more advanced ,” completed, phase of communism.

Instead, they argue, individual creativity should make everyday life more emotionally acceptable.

Instead, the ruling family should unanimously designate a new Sultan after his death.

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, the whole day should be taken up with " public and private exercises of worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy.

Instead, the sunspot cycle in 2010 was still at its minimum, where it should have been near its maximum, which shows the Sun's current unusual low activity.

Instead of assuming something, the implementer should ask the architects to clarify their intent on a feature he is implementing, before proceeding with an assumption that might very well be completely incorrect.

Instead of every programmer having his own special set of tools, each team should have a designated tool-maker who may create tools that are highly customized for the job that team is doing, e. g., a code generator tool that creates code based on a specification.

Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all ...”

Instead, he maintained, " the British fleet should be as compact as possible, in order to take the critical moment of an advantage opening ..." Others criticise Hood because he " did not wholeheartedly aid his chief ", and that a lesser officer " would have been court-martialled for not doing his utmost to engage the enemy.

Instead, the argument shifted to a discussion of whether his demise should be considered a desirable or regrettable eventuality.

He urges Greeks to follow the example of Basil II: "(...) Instead of blinding so many people, Basil should have better killed them instead.

" Instead, they said, " we should be grateful to Mr. Fleming for providing a conveniently accessible safety-valve for the boiling sensibility of modern man.

Instead of being limited to the poor training facilities in remote areas, the student would be able to move to large institutions of concentrated specialized training.

Instead, all of the total costs are treated as variable costs, although these costs are divided into costs that are deemed to be functions of different variables.

Instead of quelling the dissension, as many captains of the era would have done ( Sir Francis Drake lopped a man's head off under similar circumstances ), Hudson decided to be reasonable.

Instead of her old confidence in the simplest, purest, most moving musical expression, Miss Schwarzkopf is letting herself be tempted by the classic sin of artistic pride -- that subtle vanity that sometimes misleads a great artist into thinking that he or she can somehow better the music by bringing to it something extra, some personal dramatic touch imposed from the outside.

Instead of starting from theory and applying theory to a particular case, casuists start with the particular case itself and then ask what morally significant features ( including both theory and practical considerations ) ought to be considered for that particular case.

Instead of using RS-422's balanced transmit and receive circuits, the AppleTalk Personal Network cabling used a single common electrical ground, which limited speeds to about 500 kbit / s, but allowed one conductor to be removed.

Instead, all services had names which, being chosen by humans, could be expected to be meaningful to users, and also could be sufficiently long enough to minimize the chance of conflicts.

Instead the two court owned theaters would be reopened under new management, and partly subsidized by the Imperial Court, as a new National Theater.

Since the 2002 edition, the Apostles ' Creed is included in the Roman Missal with the indication, " Instead of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, especially during Lent and Easter time, the baptismal Symbol of the Roman Church, known as the Apostles ’ Creed, may be used.

Instead, it posits the arising of events under certain conditions which are inextricable, such that the processes in question at no time, are considered to be entities.

Instead, the forms of service that were to be included in the Book of Common Prayer were drawn from the Missal ( for the Mass ), Breviary for the daily office, Manual ( for the occasional services ; Baptism, Marriage, Burial etc.

Instead, a plebiscite was held in which it was formally proclaimed that Castro's brand of socialism would be perpetual.

Instead of conductivity, a reciprocal quantity called resistivity ρ, can be used:

Instead, he ruled through a ' nominated assembly ' which he believed would be easy for the Army to control, since Army officers did the nominating.

Instead, early 21st century papers on Chinese history tend to be empirical studies of a small part of China which aim to reach a deep understanding of the socio-economics, political dynamics, or cultural dynamics of a small region such as a province or a village with little effort made to create a master narrative which would be generalizable to all of China.

Instead, they believe that only Christ Jesus went to Heaven, and when he comes back to the earth the true believers will live in the Land of Israel which will be the Kingdom of God on Earth.

Instead, according to Buddhist thought, a wise person adopts a middle way without holding conventions to be ultimate or ignoring them when they are fruitful.