Sentence examples similar to and is 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.

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.

The reported inquiry is an unusual instance where the SEC has opened an inquiry into possible disclosure violations of a company without securities listed in the United States.

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 move was one of four such transfers from Uzbekistan underwritten by the United States since January, and it capped an unusual instance of intensive cooperation between the countries.

Boulder is an unusual example of density.

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

It is an unusual choice of adjective.

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

It's an unusual sort of speech.

There's an unusual amount of cilantro.