Sentence examples for past for instance from inspiring English sources

The stately apartment buildings do not have the liveried doormen of days past, for instance.

Are those empty lots a hidden past, for instance, or a reminder that the Design District is still growing?

In the past, for instance, British exports suffered because the pound was too strong against the euro, making British goods expensive for Continental Europeans to buy.

In the past, for instance, the Louvre has turned down offers of financial help from philanthropists who asked that galleries be named after them in return.

The North stated clearly, rather than implying, that its nuclear program would now be aimed at the United States — something suggested in the past, for instance, by propaganda posters showing a missile striking what looks like Capitol Hill.

In the past, for instance, English teachers in 10th grade were told how many words and which grammatical rules they had to teach their students and exactly what they should tell them about America.

I hope the complexities of people and the past - for instance, Nancy's unbreakable love for the evil Bill Sykes, Heathcliff's revenge, Pierre, in War and Peace, trying to make sense of love, loss, war and betrayal – will unravel in the child's mind with all the riches of growth of understanding.

This past spring, for instance, he analyzed "Crazy," by Gnarls Barkley.

But Jeter has showed support for beleaguered teammates in the past (Chuck Knoblauch and Jason Giambi, for instance).

Schools generally do not allow parents to see any part of a teacher's past evaluations, for instance.

In the past season, for instance, American Ballet Theater danced John Cranko's full-evening version of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew".