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Discover LudwigThe phrase "at previous instances" is not correct in standard written English.
A more appropriate phrase would be "in previous instances." Example: "In previous instances, we have seen similar outcomes."
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"If you look at previous instances in tech history where there have been recalls, as long as it doesn't drag on to the point that the company becomes the butt of a joke, then it should be minor," said Bryan Ma, an analyst at IDC, a technology research firm.
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MIAMI — Florida law enforcement officials, already embarrassed by the revelation that two convicted killers were released from a state prison after forging documents that allowed them to walk free, acknowledged Tuesday that they had discovered at least five previous instances of such forgeries.
In 2008, a whitetip reef shark produced a single pup through possibly asexual means at the Nyiregyhaza Centre in Hungary; previous instances of asexual reproduction in sharks have been reported in the bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) and the blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus).
Since Mrs. Clinton had told a similar story in previous instances, this was misleading at best.
In June, Lord Cullen's report into the crash listed a catalogue of management failures by Railtrack and criticised it for not acting after previous instances of signals passed at danger in the Paddington area before the collision.
HuffPost has obtained audio and video of previous instances of Mezger hurling profanities at Griffin and Bick.
The Devils, who can advance to the Stanley Cup finals for the third time in four seasons with a victory at Ottawa on Monday night, have been ahead by 3-1 in eight previous instances.
There have been seven previous instances in which the Mets won more games on the road than at home.
Ohio State has faced previous instances of questionable academic conduct.
In each of the three previous instances, Church had been cleared by the team's medical staff and neurologists at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, but the symptoms soon returned.
In previous instances, the bank came back from the crisis and prospered.
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