Sentence examples for have been an instance from inspiring English sources

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 may have been an instance of the government showing off its power to Google and using it as a leverage in their negotiations.

"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.

But then it seems to follow from the "modal transitivity" of identity (i.e., the principle: ∀x□∀y y=x → □∀z(x=z → y=z))) that if a member of a natural kind is literally identical with a C, then it is possible that an instance of a given kind could have been an instance of a very different kind.

"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".

Debate before the vote was heated and Mr. Cooper received word from Elks members that there had been an instance of blatant racism.

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.

Mary Cheh, the council member who has conducted the hearings, said that just one of the five children's jobs appeared to have been an actual instance of nepotism.

While there have been "a few instances where we were forced to remove material from the site," Mr. Irwin said, "I have no interest in music piracy.

There have been a few instances of demonstrable harm.

There have been a few instances of the program freezing while retrieving a Web page.