Example sentences of "a example the " in BNC.

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1 Take as an example the feeding behaviour of a growing baby that is demand-fed .
2 He pointed out the importance of having both long and short term memory — ‘ you do n't want to clutter up your brain with information that is irrelevant long term ’ , he said , giving as an example the way you would look at traffic approaching as you crossed a street — you need to recall the situation for only a few seconds .
3 He gave as an example the New York Times which , he said , received over two million words a day .
4 He describes as an example the large drafting and design rooms of engineering companies as having
5 The consultative document cites as an example the fact that both a Ford Fiesta and Mercedes 1.90 fall within the same scale charge band .
6 As an example the pattern at the top right of page 61 in the small ‘ Duomatic 80 , Duomatic S ’ stitch pattern book uses the setting shown in diagram 3 .
7 Take as an example the formation of market exchange relations .
8 He gave as an example the ‘ Union of Building and Repair Workers of Korea ’ with an alleged membership of over one million , which was challenged by the Soviet delegation ; subsequently the American delegation conceded it did not exist .
9 If a person criticizes the criminal justice system and uses as an example the handling of his case , are his opinions to be considered opinions ‘ regarding such crime ’ ? ’
10 Anyway , she cited as an example the fact that it warmed her heart to hear the fledgling ringing the hospital every day to find out how you were . "
11 Indeed , in using as an example the books of Joyce Porter featuring the gross , lazy and self-indulgent Inspector Dover we have already touched on this difficult combination of crime ( which is , after all , a serious matter almost all of the time ) and farce , and these two types of book are , of course , closely linked .
12 Coveney argues that evidence for viewing such examples as alternants might be adduced from the linguistic behaviour of speakers , citing as an example the following incident where he heard a Frenchwoman asking a younger man the following question , using an [ SVQ ] variant : ‘ Tu es d'où ? ’
13 Lavandera illustrates this point , using as an example the tendency for cocoliche speakers to avoid indirect speech , which in certain types of Spanish clause is an obligatory environment for the subjunctive .
14 David cites as an example the 1981 Education Act which brought freedom of choice for parents .
15 Keeping , naturally enough , to the jurassic ( since it was the birthplace of stratigraphy ) , let us take as an example the Volgian Stage .
16 Let us take as an example the Edwardian Era , still well remembered by many living today .
17 We can use as an example the mining of xyzkqu , which is used in zyxuqk machines .
18 I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause .
19 Let us take as an example the adjective bovine .
20 Castells gives as an example the gay community in San Francisco .
21 The diagram gives as an example the concept of God .
22 Consider as an example the following data :
23 Can I ask something about , as an example the er , the Which work , because it 's repeat surveys rather than continuous surveys and we do n't therefore have enquiry forms each month .
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