Sentence examples for obvious instances from inspiring English sources

Buyers showed increasing discernment, balking at the obvious instances of auction house greed and snubbing works that were simply not good enough for their price tags.

Revolutionary movements provide obvious instances of such redirection, whether or not they identify their pragmatic goals with the cause of science.

Of course, historically, the oppression of large groups – slaves, women, and minorities of various types – are obvious instances where inequalities are the result of power relationships, not marginal returns.

"A company that collects data to see how well its marketing programs are working ought to be able to accept a responsibility to see where relatively obvious instances of abuses are occurring," Mr. Greenwood said.

Electronic banking, personal computers, the Internet and associated e-commerce, and "smart" cards were some of the more obvious instances where this revolution affected every aspect of private and commercial life.

If that inquiry finds violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including obvious instances of conduct unbecoming an officer, then those staff officers should be publicly relieved of duty and (where appropriate) court-martialed.

Common experience seems to contradict the claim that if one knows what is good he will do it; there seem to be obvious instances where someone does what she, in some sense, knows is not good.

Layered in between the profound and most obvious instances of alienation is the more nuanced story of the major institutions of American life, steered by power-brokers who have used the job scarcity of the Great Recession to promote obsequiousness over expertise, and to reward not merit but the ability to control its designation.