Example sentences of "as for instance " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they may be otherwise arranged as for instance the two ways whether end to end in line , at an angle to one another or otherwise may be oppositely inclined from opposite sides of the head bay and terminate at foot each in its own tail bay connected with the lower pond . |
| 2 | More usually , as for instance in Scotland , one heir took on the duty . |
| 3 | He had a curious mixture of enthusiasm and impracticability in his approach to some everyday things , as for instance studying a most complicated recipe from one of his cookery books ( they included Mrs Beeton and Elizabeth David ) , then going out to buy not only the ingredients but equipment too . |
| 4 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 5 | More significant is the fact that the actual rhyming words in each first half are repeated once or more in each second half , as for instance ‘ seen ’ in the first stanza , ‘ leaves ’ in the second , ‘ feet ’ and ‘ roam ’ in the third , and so on . |
| 6 | It seems only apposite that he should hover so often on the edge of the ‘ pathetic fallacy ’ , as for instance in the assault on Caradhras , where Aragorn and Boromir insist the wind has ‘ fell voices ’ and that stone-slips are aimed , or on the bridge at Khazad-dûm , where Gandalf is ‘ like a wizened tree ’ , but the Balrog a mixture of fire and shadow , a ‘ flame of Udûn ’ — checked only for a moment by Boromir 's horn . |
| 7 | Company lawyers are not keen on this very good scheme because where damage or loss is suffered by a third party , as for instance where a brake failure results in damage to an airport building , the dissemination of details of the circumstances in which it happened outside the company could prejudice the defence they are going to put up for their airline when the airport puts in a claim for damages . |
| 8 | The identification of such people is incidental and they should always be described in terms of their function , as for instance ‘ the duty air traffic controller ’ , ‘ the aircraft designer ’ or ‘ the pilot in command ’ . |
| 9 | In prehistoric archaeology the only ‘ hard ’ data are often material products , and extinct peoples and societies become identified by their material relics as for instance ‘ beaker-folk ’ or ‘ basket-makers ’ ; such similarities in technology can then be used to establish links between different sites and their inhabitants . |
| 10 | With all its biblical and other evocative resonances ( as for instance the ‘ enchanted forest ’ of fairy tales ) , the wilderness begins where the warm sphere of human interaction ends . |
| 11 | The feminist debate on censorship , as for instance caught in the collection edited by Chester and Dickey , involves many complex issues of the relationship between representations and practice . |
| 12 | By tying an autobloc knot above the abseil plate ( Fig 2 ) and clipping this to your harness on a short sling , a sliding prusik is created which will lock automatically if you let go of the rope , as for instance if hit by stonefall . |
| 13 | This ceases to be the case when one considers rings which have extra structure , as for instance , when the ring is an algebra or a field . |
| 14 | Purpose-built accommodation , as for instance in Professor Ian Oswald 's laboratory at Edinburgh University 's Department of Psychiatry , may have facilities for up to five subjects to be recorded simultaneously , in sound-proofed bedrooms with air conditioning . |
| 15 | Where the material to be used in enquiry work is audio-visual ( as for instance a filmstrip , perhaps with the accompanying booklet transcribed on to audio-cassette so that the eye can concentrate on the pictures and the slower readers have quick access to the text ) then of course suitable equipment must be available in sufficient quantity for the expected numbers of students at any one time . |
| 16 | Those words apply , no doubt , to suspensions which are inflicted by way of punishment : as for instance when a member of the Bar is suspended from practice for six months , or when a solicitor is suspended from practice . |
| 17 | On the other hand , the writing by a testator of his name on a testamentary document , as for instance by writing ‘ My will by John Smith ’ or perhaps by typing ‘ The will of John Smith , ’ or in some other passage that left it uncertain whether in doing so he was intending to authenticate the document , would not , by itself , satisfy either paragraph ( a ) or paragraph ( b ) of section 9 . |
| 18 | Of course , you can change the fellow , as for instance Margaret Allingham did over a good many years with her Mr Campion , who started out as a form of imitation Scarlet Pimpernel and ended as an acute and compassionate observer of human follies . |
| 19 | However , you could use that initial unthinking response to the idea " vicar " to fool your reader , as for instance in a short story , by saying no more about the vicar and elsewhere stating that the murder could have been committed only by a man of enormous physical strength . |
| 20 | The glum and the cheery would at least have agreed that getting the best artist for one 's pictures was crucial , and some rows , as for instance between Albert Gunther and Francis Day , were over attempts to commandeer an artist . |
| 21 | in Kenlin v. Gardner that self defence was not available against an assault that was justifiable in law , as for instance a lawful arrest . |
| 22 | The brick-making operations were often directly linked with the railway , as for instance at Whittlesea , near Peterborough . |
| 23 | Banks are moving into Europe , either by share swaps ( as for instance between the Royal Bank of Scotland and Banco Santander ) or by the establishment of new branches , such as those by NatWest in Spain . |
| 24 | This point has now been made frequently over the past few years , as for instance in this passage from the Gulbenkian Report , The Arts in Schools ( 1982 ) : |
| 25 | These can take the form of explanatory words of comfort agreed between governments , as for instance discussed at the Birmingham meeting of Heads of Government on 16 October 1992 ; or they can be formal ‘ Declarations ’ appended to the Treaties . |
| 26 | Size of population is the first question : some polyptychs enumerate not only peasant households but individual members of them ( as for instance : " X , his wife Y , and their three children A , B and C have one mansus [ peasant-holding ] " ) . |
| 27 | There are few examples of their being scattered extensively and repeatedly used within a single text ; where this does happen , as for instance in Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin , the practice can readily be justified by its thematic significance ( on which see further below ) , as again can be seen to be the case with the cornucopia of excrement that Robin drops on to the deservedly victimized Jouglet . |
| 28 | " An ambassador " , wrote a member of the staff of the Spanish embassy in London in the 1690s , " should be specially careful to maintain the authority of his position and assert his prerogatives , as for instance in not giving the door or the right hand to any minister or individual , whether of his own country or another … |
| 29 | It was a form of devotion found not only among the learned but in prayers designed for the laity , as for instance , in another prayer recommended for lay folk at the elevation of the Host : or in the prayer , a fragment of which was carved on a church bench in Oxfordshire : Jesu for thy holy name And for thy bitter passion , Save us fro synne and shame And endles dampnacion . |
| 30 | To blend colours on icing , as for instance on a sky background , apply the colours with a paint brush and then , while they are still wet , brush lightly across where they meet so that they merge subtly into each other . |