Sentence examples for has been an instance from inspiring English sources
"From beginning to end, the Yukos case has been an instance of unabashed plundering of a successful company by a mafia with links to the state".
Some, if not indeed all, of these rules have found 'most varied applications.' 33 And every application has been an instance of reluctance, indeed of refusal, to undertake the most important and the most delicate of the Court's functions, notwithstanding conceded jurisdiction, until necessity compels it in the performance of constitutional duty.
But honestly, there has been an instance or two in life when my drunken "no's" somehow got lost in the depth of the darkness, and I had to wake up to a friend not being a friend anymore and reconcile that situation and justify what happened, making it be more of a misunderstanding than it actually was.
Even though I haven't tried to hurt anybody's feelings in this space, there has been an instance or two where a column made people write me in the last few years--and when a couple of folks write to ask about a piece, I know a few dozen more are thinking the same thing.
It may have been an instance where the person no longer continued to be the right person at the right time for that position.
Debate before the vote was heated and Mr. Cooper received word from Elks members that there had been an instance of blatant racism.
I would have hoped the World Trade Centre attack would have been an instance when the civilised world would demonstrate that they didn't see this as an act of war but as a criminal offence.
Again, intuitively, it seems that one and the same construct C, structured one way, could have been an instance of one kind, and structured another, could have been an instance of a different kind.
"It might not necessarily be the last five minutes of a game - it might have been an instance maybe 15 minutes before when we could have wrapped things up.
It may have been an instance of the government showing off its power to Google and using it as a leverage in their negotiations.
