Sentence examples for in a startling example of from inspiring English sources
In a startling example of the rift, Mikhail Saakashvili, the young justice minister, stood before a meeting of government ministers on Wednesday and angrily accused several of them of profiting from corruption.
In a startling example of its shortcomings in counterterrorism, the Pakistani Army has been unable to thwart the FM radio signal of the leading Islamic militant in the Swat Valley, an area just 100 miles from this capital city.
The spectacular arrest of the alleged Fifa corruptibles in Zurich provided a startling example of hegemony in action.
The spectacular arrest of the alleged Fifa corruptibles in Zurich provided a startling example of hegemony in action.
Richard Pevear, in an eloquent introduction, provides a startling example of the ways in which translators do not simply tidy up texts but make things "clear" that they deem obscure.
But it was the Polish-born British anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski who pinned down the idea in 1925 by coming up with a startling example of the principle in action.
Jesus, Barton explained, was not only "the most popular dinner guest in Jerusalem", and "an outdoor man", but a "startling example of executive success".
"It's a startling example of convergent evolution," says evolutionary aerodynamicist Adrian Thomas of Oxford University in the U.K.
Last month, Griner became a video villain, a startling example of possible increased violence among female athletes, punching a Texas Tech player in the face and breaking her nose.
A startling example of the bidders' reticence was provided by the star picture, "Femme assise près d'une fenêtre" (Woman Seated by a Window) painted by Picasso in 1932.
