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a concrete example
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I can illustrate this point with a concrete example.
an obvious example
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This case is an obvious example of what can go wrong.
classic example/mistake/case etc
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Too many job hunters make the classic mistake of thinking only about what’s in it for them.
extreme example/case
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an extreme case of cruelty
fine example of
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Hatfield House is a fine example of Jacobean architecture.
follow the example
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Some state schools follow the example of private schools in asking parents to donate money.
gave...example
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He gave the following example .
glaring example
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a glaring example of political corruption
hypothetical situation/example/question
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Brennan brought up a hypothetical case to make his point.
notable feature/example
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A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower.
outstanding example
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an outstanding example of a 13th-century castle
quoted as an example of
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The nurses’ union was quoted as an example of a responsible trade union.
set an example (= behave well in a way that other people can copy )
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Parents should try to set a good example to their teenagers.
telling comment/example/detail etc
textbook case/example
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The advertising campaign was a textbook example of how to sell a product.
there is no better way/example/place etc
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There’s no better way of exploring the region.
typical example
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This advertisement is a typical example of their marketing strategy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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classic
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The lectern at the Guildhall is a classic example of one that looks beautiful but is too small and fragile to use.
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This was a classic example of big government advocates misunderstanding a problem and designing a government solution guaranteed to make it worse.
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C., was a classic example .
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The Employment Training Scheme is a classic example of blaming the victim.
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This is another classic example of our ability to shoot ourselves in the feet.
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The fate of the monastic libraries serves in popular imagination as a classic example of mindless iconoclasm.
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A classic example of cognitive processes is that of animal memory and the demonstration of subsequent decisions based thereon.
clear
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One very clear example is shown in Fig. 9.1.
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The 830s offer two particularly clear examples of aristocratic dependence.
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Here is a clear example of a rare rock type that has been strongly concentrated by lunar geological activity.
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This was a very clear example of breach but others are less obvious.
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The clearest example of an incompetent teacher is one who lacks knowledge about the subject he or she is supposed to teach.
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The dichotomy between rights and privileges provides a clear example of this.
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These circular reactions are clear examples of active interactions with the environment.
early
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Why, then, were these early drawings such examples of ugliness?
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Lev in the earlier example spoke only to himself.
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One earlier example is of the cross-in-square type with a dome over the crossing.
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It was an early example of what you call recycling.
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The dome is one of the earliest examples raised on a drum and pierced with windows.
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The globalization of all things electronic is still far from complete; and many early examples of electrical revolution existed 100 years ago.
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Following the earlier example , assume the payment for each quarter's electricity is made in the next quarter.
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The Thomson organization was an early example of movement outwards.
extreme
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In an extreme example , imagine you have been told you have an incurable disease.
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That's an extreme example of the volatility, but it shows how brutal the market has been, analysts said.
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Fresh food is the most extreme example of the change that has come over the shops.
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It represented an extreme example of a theocracy - of a body politic organised essentially around religious principles.
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This enables its neck to stretch, coil and almost revolve the head; the most extreme example being the owl.
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It is, however, an extreme example .
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An extreme example of this effect is that foamed polystyrene cups feel warm, even without any hot coffee in them.
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This is an extreme example , and most tracks come in the hundreds rather than thousands.
fine
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The gallery is a very fine example and in good repair.
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Of these periods, the Renaissance is the finest example .
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The doors, which are the finest ancient examples in Rome, were originally gold plated.
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A fine example is the new visitor centre at St Andrews Castle.
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Sewstern Lane is a fine example of part of a multiple road system.
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It is a fine example of Stoddard Mercia Contract's Custom facility, where a special design can be woven.
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It was built in the fifteenth century and the paintings date from c. 1520; it is a very fine example indeed.
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This represents a fitting illustration of what has been achieved under the fine example and leadership of Graham Gooch.
following
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Many such incidents are of a consensual nature as is illustrated in the following example .
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The following is an example of some cognitive objectives for teaching the nursing care of a patient recovering from heart surgery.
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The following example shows this working.
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The following examples illustrate the type of situation that could call for the utmost in tact and diplomacy.
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You could write something similar to the following example anywhere in your program where you wished this calculation to be carried out.
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Li gives the following examples from a variety of topic-prominent languages.
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The following example is a single program to provide a 24 hour clock.
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The following example illustrates the problems involved here.
good
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Of this argument Max Hammerton, an experimental psychologist, is a good recent example .
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Perhaps the best current example is the Baldrige.
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WordPerfect is a good example of a word-processor that makes heavy use of these key combinations.
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The best example is the evidence that surfaced last week in the billing records of her former law firm from 1985-86.
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John Wylie's experience in Ballymoney is a good example .
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Walton is a good example of an inside player excelling without being a prolific dunker.
notable
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Winston Churchill, an evident manic-depressive who rarely slept, is a notable example .
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The most notable example is debt securities which companies promise to hold until they mature.
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General Booth's Salvationist doctrine was a notable example , recommending mass emigration from the city slums to virgin colonial territories.
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The case of Sacco and Vanzetti provided a notable example .
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There is a collection of these miscreants - Heath identifies file formats, disk formats and install scripts as notable examples .
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A notable example among many of government intervention to avoid strike action occurred in the 1954 pay negotiations.
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A notable example occurs just after the fire has started in a gasoline station at Bodega Bay, near the harbour.
obvious
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An obvious example is the relationship of a part to a whole.
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An obvious example was reported recently in Tennessee.
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A direct and obvious example is that many marine animals are dispersed around the globe by ocean currents.
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The most obvious examples of spillover costs involve environmental pollution.
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The most obvious example is the electoral college, the phantom body that stands between voters and the final outcome.
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In a way, death is too obvious as an example .
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Addiction to drugs, tobacco, or gambling are obvious examples .
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The most obvious example of this principle would be the depreciation pattern of most new Ainerican automobiles.
other
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Many other such examples could easily be found.
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Not just in coronary care - there are other examples .
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There are other revealing examples of camp argot.
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There are many other beautiful examples , from the origin of life to the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge.
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Two other famous examples suffered in the Second World War.
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These two factors will also be characteristic of other examples which follow.
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And so on with all the other examples of this construction which have been found.
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The list shown in table 4.13 is not exhaustive. Other examples of polyatomic anions will be encountered in this book.
outstanding
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An outstanding example is Ferriby house, which dates from circa 1775, and was built by Sir Henry Etherington.
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One outstanding local example was the Broyle in Ringmer, 2000 acres of scrub and clay mire, an old deer park.
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To me, as well as being my old mate, he's a fine, outstanding example of a White Poplar.
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An outstanding example of peasant political particularism had occurred in 1921 in the Tambov guberniia bordering on Kursk.
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I saw outstanding examples of team work with results impressive in their professionalism.
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The outstanding examples have been in the dating of town defences, as demonstrated by Philip Corder in 1956.
prime
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Sherlock Holmes is the prime example .
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Jimmy Buffett and Steve Winwood are prime examples .
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Rural education is a prime example of this.
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Doble pointed to one prime example of poor communication between elected officials and constituents: the health care reform debate.
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The prime example of political control is the government's Action for Community Employment scheme.
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The lycee was a prime example of old-fashioned fluency-last pedagogy.
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A prime bland example is the local paper.
simple
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In this simple example , there is an obvious resolution to the dilemma.
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One simple example of the process would be estimating the height of a child by looking at the height of the parents.
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Here is a simple example of the complexity at issue.
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Smith liked to use simple examples .
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Let us begin with the simplest example and argue from that.
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A simple example will make the concept clearer.
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Clause 7.4 of Precedent 3 is a simple example of such a clause.
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Two simple examples are given in Fig. 4. 7.
typical
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You will note that it is a typical example of Viennese Baroque - so much more severe than Prague Baroque.
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A typical example was Gert, a complex boy who confused Bloomsbury House visitors.
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A typical example is as follows.
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Descriptions of experimental set-ups will be typical examples of initial conditions.
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A typical example is the tendency to blame yourself for instance, for smoking for many years before developing lung cancer.
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A typical example is Victoria Kagi, who was diagnosed with bone cancer.
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WordPerfect 5.0, Samna's Ami and Windows Word being typical examples .
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Figure 2.5 is a typical example .
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cite
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He cited as an example an intelligent man who had been disabled.
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An annex citing examples of good practice would also be helpful.
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She cites the example of an 8-year-old girl who loves animals and is always talking about them.
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And in truth, it wasn't difficult to cite examples of short-sightedness, bloody-mindedness, and cynical manipulation of memberships.
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He cited examples of cities that allowed noncitizens to vote in municipal elections in Maryland and several other states.
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I could cite many more examples of the tree as the Goddess, especially her Tree of Life.
consider
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So let us consider his examples with some care.
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Most of her Romantic Suspense novels are now considered classic examples of the subgenre.
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To see why an obvious procedure may not be valid we will consider a simple example .
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Let us see how this works in a specific case. Consider the sequence for example .
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But how reliable is demonstrative identification? Consider the following example .
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It could not even consider , for example , bringing its prices more in line with what consumers were willing to pay.
follow
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Even when other people around us do things we disapprove of, we don't have to follow their example .
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My parents made the difference, and I try to follow their example when I work with my own children.
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I wish that Merseyside, which I love dearly, would follow the example of Dublin.
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Kids learn by following examples set by Arthur and his fellow third-graders.
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He had persuaded two fellow-officers to follow his example and take Kirov as their personal tailor.
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What follows are two real-life examples of power situations where personal intents are given top priority.
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There follows a simple example of this kind of organisation of ideas and information.
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But there are alternative ways to teach and learn, as witnessed by the following examples of classrooms of commitment and conviction.
give
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Mr. Hattersley I will give three examples , all of which the right hon. Gentleman has rejected in the past.
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Ask her what in particular she liked best, and encourage her to give examples .
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Li gives the following examples from a variety of topic-prominent languages.
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Tell them that they are going to see light bend. Give examples of bend if necessary.
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Box 18 gives some examples from the different categories.
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This is the same amount of solute contained in the 3 L normal saline given in the last example .
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It might have helped if the hon. Gentleman had given people a better example in that respect.
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Table 4.22 gives examples of how valencies can be used to find the formulae of simple compounds.
provide
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The figure below is provided as an example .
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Cleft and pseudo-cleft structures, discussed under predicated and identifying themes in 5.1.1.3 above, provide good examples .
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The Mandelbrot set provides a striking example .
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The present chapter provides concrete examples of such an evaluation.
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The immune system provides another example .
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It would be appropriate at this point for teachers to provide examples of students' work and the resources they use.
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Healy provides a prIme example of this error.
quote
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He quotes the example of diversifying sources of supply.
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We all quote more memorable examples .
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One can, therefore, quote only examples of this range, and two are given below.
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The experience of Maydown Precision Engineering in Derry was quoted as an example of trade unions being relevant in fighting unemployment.
set
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The beech hedge is trying to set an example by maturing.
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Deadbeat has really set an example .
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Have to set a good example .
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Mr Son has set a good example .
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This is rather cruel when set against the examples of his predecessors.
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The interior minister, Jean-Pierre Cheve nement, has not set a better example than his predecessors.
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Cuckney also feels that a top executive needs to set an example by being something of an entrepreneurial risk-taker.
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They should set an example by observing rules and regulations, using protective equipment, etc.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lead by example
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Harman leads by example, putting his time in on the production line.
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It is best to lead by example and with support.
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Longfellows captain Billy McKibben led by example as his team got home 7-2 against the Strikers.
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Skipper Alan Kernaghan led by example at the heart of defence and Andy Peake did an excellent job against his former team.
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That is surely leading by example!
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They are the people who lead by example.
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They never preached about it, but just led by example.
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Top management will be seen to lead by example.
prime example
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All prime examples of been there, done that, but old age means I've forgotten.
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He was a prime example of self-disparagement.
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Indeed, asbestos is a prime example of how marginal exposure to carcinogens does not cause disease.
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Not surprisingly, then, the prime example of this new R & B sensibility was a black university graduate.
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Some of it is merely popular or a prime example of a genre.
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The prime example discussed by Stepp and Michalski involved classifying simple pictures of goods trains.
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The prime example of political control is the government's Action for Community Employment scheme.
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The prime example of that was his chief financial officer, whom he inherited from the previous president.
shining example
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But one shining example began several years earlier.
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Elliott's decision to dig up some rather feeble research and focus on the negative is a shining example of this.
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So are these lenders a shining example to the mortgage market or are they taking advantage of unsuspecting homeowners?
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The Centre is a shining example of how Care in the Community is designed to work.
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The project is not a shining example of a service that now fully involves disabled people and is controlled by them.
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Their cabin is a shining example of conspicuous consumption - fridge, light, fans and two ghetto-blasters.
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There are very few exceptions among composers, of which Chopin is the shining example.
take sb/sth (for example)
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Not everyone is doing so well. Take Sheryl, for example - she's still looking for a job.
the following example/way etc
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An illustration of the problems and possible solutions is provided by the following example.
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But there are alternative ways to teach and learn, as witnessed by the following examples of classrooms of commitment and conviction.
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In each of the following ways tracking hinders rather than helps chil-dren learn: 1.
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In general terms, the distinction between education and training can be formulated in the following way.
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Look at the following examples and compare your answers with them.
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Section 6 has been interpreted in the following ways.
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This can be seen in the following examples.
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This is known as the package index and is obtained in the following way for each package: 1.
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As the eldest in the family, she was expected to be an example to her younger brothers and sisters.
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Attitude problems? Can you give me an example ?
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Hitler, Mussolini, Franco: all prime examples of men hungry for power.
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Max is a classic example of a man who can't control his ambition.
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Some activities are too expensive for poorer children to take part in. Horseriding is a good example .
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The church is an interesting example of the Gothic style.
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The school is a shining example of what parent-teacher co-operation can achieve.
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There are many ways in which technology has changed our lives. The car is an obvious example .
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This painting is a typical example of Picasso's work in his Blue Period.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Already the new roundabout on Glasgow Road is a striking example of the high standards being sought.
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That's an extreme example of the volatility, but it shows how brutal the market has been, analysts said.
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The feeling of inadequacy, but of having to cope, is an example of a tension.
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The temperature gradient just above the core would become much steeper, for example , causing a much hotter boundary layer.
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This example illustrates again the important difference between semantic constraints and these sorts of pragmatic constraints.
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Typical examples of instructions and warnings can be found on household paints.
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Unfortunately, the Treatises tended to bore their readers through the sheer number of examples cited.