Example sentences of "for instance " in BNC.
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| 31 | They showed , for instance , that if you look at someone saying ‘ ga ’ on a piece of film with the sound being removed and replaced by the sound ‘ ba ’ , then subjects will actually report hearing the sound ‘ da ’ . |
| 32 | For instance , the patient PH ( Young and De Haan , 1988 ) shows no overt recognition of faces . |
| 33 | If one has to identify a stimulus — for instance a word - then one can accomplish this more quickly if presentation of the word is immediately preceded by an associated word or picture . |
| 34 | For instance , when subjects have to decide whether certain names are familiar or not ( say , Oliver Hardy ) they respond more quickly if they are shown , a few tenths of seconds earlier , a picture of a person who is associated with the target name ( Stan Laurel ) . |
| 35 | For instance the strength of the priming effect suggests that covert recognition reflects the otherwise intact operation of the normal face recognition system when it is cut off from some centre of consciousness ( Young and De Haan , 1988 ) rather than the operation of a separate , subsidiary face recognition system . |
| 36 | We may use physical methods of measuring light intensity that are apparently independent of our subjective experience — for instance photosensitive cells — but these are accepted because they correlate to a greater or lesser degree , under normal circumstances , with subjective experiences of brightness . |
| 37 | Steffi Graf , for instance , signs more autographs than any player I have seen and does care for them . |
| 38 | This year , for instance , Jonathan Haycock , defeated Jeremy Bates , and Sara Gomer was beaten by Virginia Humphreys-Davies in the 1st round . |
| 39 | If , for instance , a certain portion of a design includes a number of long , narrow , shapes ( eg tree branches ) then the grain in those components should be arranged to run along , rather than across , the strips ; just commonsense , but keep an eye on it . |
| 40 | Take for instance the example of yew wood . |
| 41 | Olive ash , for instance , makes a good ploughed field , as does yew , especially if you can find a piece with a nice ‘ crook ’ grain ; zebrano is useful for both water and sky ; walnut often yields a rock formation ; some of the ‘ burr ’ types ( eg. walnut , ash and elm ) make excellent tree foliage , if the scale is right . |
| 42 | You have to remember that wood is really quite a coarse material ( compared to fine metals , for instance ) and it is also stronger along the grain than across it . |
| 43 | For instance , we know in our workshop if you want to plane and thickness timber for a solid wood dining table that is longer than 10 feet , we have got to do it somewhere else . |
| 44 | Do not , for instance , think ah ! yes , a bottom rail here will have to be about 4in deep . |
| 45 | For instance under the floorboards were tons of sea shells used for insulation , and behind the wooden panels were mock painted versions , obviously applied as an experiment . |
| 46 | If the orientation of the writing on the disc is unimportant ( in the centre of a bowl , for instance ) you can engrave it now , before fitting . |
| 47 | Some offer a chance to meet other people and share activities and a meal ; others offer specialist care , for instance to people with dementia . |
| 48 | Waiting lists are known to be an inaccurate indicator of need , as many doctors do not refer patients if they know the wait will be long ( this is as true for instance for hearing aids as it is for hip replacements ) . |
| 49 | It is also difficult to see how such a policy will ensure continuity of specialist care , for instance through outpatients , after a distantly-resident elderly person has been discharged from hospital . |
| 50 | 7.2.3 For elderly people , the proposals appear to overlook the difficulties which they may face if , for instance , the contract for cataracts or hip replacements is placed at a hospital some distance away . |
| 51 | Even where relatives or friends purchase a policy on behalf of an elderly person , the insurance companies reserve the right , for instance , to re-negotiate a policy held through a company when the person reaches retirement age . |
| 52 | He 's got various types of grapes and environments ; for instance , some he grows using green manures and he 's experimenting all the time . |
| 53 | Take , for instance , the issue of protecting SSSIs . |
| 54 | For instance , the note describing the Central Pillar of Freney is likely to tickle a few egos : ‘ ED+ , rock to VI and A3 , mixed — at the end of the world and , given bad luck , delivered up to all the hells of weather . ’ |
| 55 | Did you know , for instance , that I led Birdman on Kilnsey Crag , or that I spent several days top-roping and practising Zero on Idwal 's Suicide Wall ? |
| 56 | Floors , for instance , require finishes that are hard , water resistant , but at the same time flexible , so that the surface is not brittle and will not crack when objects are moved across the surface . |
| 57 | French polish : furniture usually requires a finish of higher quality and appearance than one applied to , for instance , doors or wall cladding . |
| 58 | Most rocker switches are wired for one-way operation — that is , the light is turned on and off from just the one position ; but most are capable of two-way operation , where the light is turned on or off from two places — in a through room , in a bedroom , or top and bottom of the stairs , for instance . |
| 59 | In addition , you can use it for metal-grinding , for instance when sharpening cold chisels , rotary-mower blades and other cutting tool blades . |
| 60 | It does not take much imagination to realise the very serious risks if , for instance , a modern weed-killer solution contaminated drinking water supplies . |