Sentence examples for an unusual instance of from inspiring English sources

For Mr. Obama, who has rarely talked about race, this was an unusual instance of openly addressing an issue of deep concern to African-Americans.

It is, however, an unusual instance of old-school legerdemain in an era when mixologists have made an effort to be more scrupulous about cocktail history.

The deal will see the bank use Zopa's platform to find suitable borrowers, in an unusual instance of a bank outsourcing its credit decisions to a third party.

Finra's sanctions against Mr. Lerner individually also are an unusual instance of a regulator taking action against the head of a brokerage, industry lawyers say.

In an unusual instance of self-criticism, a well-known Hamas official has deplored the collapse of Gazan life into chaos and has said that much of the blame belongs to Palestinians themselves.

The kidnap and beheading of Croatian national Tomislav Salopek by the Islamic State affiliate Sinai Province in August 2015 was seen as an unusual instance of kidnap of a foreign national in Egypt.

According to Allen, she has become a celebrity among Christian activists, an unusual instance when cases of discrimination against Christian minorities typically receive little attention in the press.

The disruption of the fused aroF domain in P. syringae is an unusual instance where the catalytic function of one fusion domain has become discarded while the function of the second domain has been retained.

In an unusual instance in the fashion world of basic human solidarity, the continued applause for the absent Ms. Missoni at her show's conclusion signaled a group agreement to keep that hope alive.

Almost immediately we were told that this was not a rare, unusual instance of human misery and degradation, but rather a widespread phenomenon.

The incident appears to be a highly unusual instance of art being stolen for political ends.