Sentence examples for an example of certain from inspiring English sources

However, the courts were explicitly intended to be "speedy" and were sometimes encouraged by higher authority to make an example of certain offences, and in practice the leniency of the court and the ability of the accused to defend himself varied widely.

An overview of the required publication is provided, and an example of a certain data browser (concerning the secondary research) is given.

In a similar vein, Nabokov's posthumously published "Lectures on Literature" reprints a corny magazine ad that Nabokov liked to show to his students at Cornell, as an example of a certain kind of sunny American materialism and kitsch (or poshlost, in Russian): it's an ad for flatware featuring a young housewife, hands clasped, eyes brimming as she contemplates a place setting.

Stuart Jeffries piece on faith and unbelief is an example of a certain kind of liberal intellectual position which seeks to stand above the current debates about the place of religion in contemporary society, to (using the term Jeffries is so fond of) wryly adjudicate from the sidelines.

Mr Maksoud, a former Arab League ambassador to the UN, is Lebanese.Pierre HabshiBeirutCuban missile crisisSIR – When Condoleezza Rice declares the Cuban blockade an example of "forestalling certain destructive acts against you by an adversary", she gives an interesting interpretation of the Cuban missile crisis ("Caveat pre-emptor", June 22nd).

A microfluidic circuit, including the pressurized system, has been implemented for testing and as an example of a certain application.

I was interested in Alcoa's story because people had told it was an example of a certain kind of habit -- a "Keystone Habit" -- and it's power to transform lives and organizations.

Certainly, some was designed to endure, such as documents, family portraits, and gravestones; occasional types were made purely for display, such as the "show towel" of the Pennsylvania Germans and the sampler (a piece of needlework with letters or verses embroidered on it as an example of skill); and certain household treasures were preserved for generations.

Carson continued, "It gives us a very good example of certain types of Washington ethics.

However, in encountering the other person in this manner not as another person but as a case or example of certain functions, roles or characteristics—I myself cease to be a person, but take on the role, speaking metaphorically, of the pen that would record these disparate elements onto the form.

Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, has used the blockade of Cuba in 1962, which stopped the Soviet Union putting nuclear-tipped missiles on the island, as an example of ways to "forestall certain destructive acts against you by an adversary".