Another way is to observe a distinctive pattern of argument employed, in which the hypothesis that a certain type of substance, quality, etc. exists is supported on the ground that it explains some feature of our linguistic practice (for example, the argument that space exists as it explains our use of directional terms).
As a society we need to get better at looking for people, rather than just accepting that a certain type of black person doesn't exist".
There is a certain type of company that can only exist in Silicon Valley.
It takes a certain type of character to be freelance.
Basically, Mr. Engber falls into the same error as his colleague Ms. Arnold-Ratliff -- he begins from the assumption that a certain type of book shouldn't and couldn't exist, doesn't find what he isn't looking for, and then takes this as confirmation of what he thinks he's known all along: that memoirs and novels about or narrated by cats are a non-starter.
There are so many that you lose count, all of them claiming to address a certain type of 'problem' with your hair that doesn't exist.
It seems very likely that the gilding of the shields was part of Michelangelo's original scheme since they are painted to resemble a certain type of parade shield, a number of which still exist and are decorated in a similar style with gold.
In this account, we replace the possibilist idea of merely possible worlds with that of a certain type of state of affairs (alternatively, a certain type of proposition) which exists but fails to obtain (alternatively, fails to be true).
Though that kind of cash has always existed in politics, McCain attracts a certain type of contributor, namely the mindbogglingly rich, unscrupulous kind.
It's about a sense of place attracting a certain type of entrepreneur who starts businesses and creates jobs, including some jobs that, by strict cost calculations, maybe shouldn't exist where they are.
A certain type of author.
