Sentence examples for a poor example from inspiring English sources

Second, Boyd Raeburn is a poor example to use here.

Did it set a poor example to the children?

But Mr. Castro's Cuba is definitely a poor example of how to do that.

But the iPhone may be a poor example: people were already comfortable buying cellphones.

One can't argue with Rowling's unhappiness about the episode, but it seems a poor example of Fleet Street's darkest arts.

This sets a poor example to Oxford's students and those in the outside world who respect and acknowledge Oxford's reputation.

Environmental groups have expressed their dismay at B&Q's new product, accusing the market leader of setting a poor example.

School inspectors in England have attacked companies for setting children a poor example by having names that "subvert" and "disregard" standard spelling and punctuation rules.

A separate group of 18 participants judged whether the concrete version was "a good example" of the abstract version on a scale of 1 9 (where 1 = a very poor example; 9 = a very good example), yielding a mean rating of 7.99 (SD = 0.23).

Of the remaining 36 pretest participants, 15 judged whether the abstract version was "a good abstract description" of the concrete version on a scale of 1 9 (where 1 = a very poor description; 9 = a very good description), while 21 judged whether the concrete version was "a good example" of the abstract version on a scale of 1 9 (where 1 = a very poor example; 9 = a very good example).

But this is a very poor example because capital gains are a very special form of income.