Example sentences of "[verb] a good example of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such publications must be treated critically ; Namier provided a good example of the deflation of a quasi-official authoritativeness in his review of the Survey of International Affairs , 1938 published by the authoritative Royal Institute of International Affairs ( Chatham House ) . |
| 2 | Education provided a good example of the accommodation feminists had to make in regard to scientific theories of sexual difference and the ambivalence many of them felt about the whole issue . |
| 3 | Constructive dismissal cases ( examined in Chapter 15 ) provide a good example of situations in which it is vital to have evidence of conduct on your employer 's part which you find objectionable . |
| 4 | The scheme was not adopted and the results of the feasibility study provide a good example of some of the difficulties that the state has faced in attempting to change the pattern of welfare . |
| 5 | Castes also provide a good example of the process described by Weber as ‘ social closure ’ . |
| 6 | The personal social services provide a good example of a transfer of responsibility for provision from the state to the commercial , voluntary and informal sectors . |
| 7 | The vagaries of currency exchange rates provide a good example of interdependence — given the tendency for changes in value of the American dollar or the German mark to provoke a sterling crisis in Great Britain . |
| 8 | If you want a good example of value for money , look no further than the National Audit Office . |
| 9 | English , as distinct from British , culture seems to provide a good example of such a tendency ; it is a culture largely undisturbed by invasion or revolution , difficult for foreigners to plumb , subtle and rich in social allusion at every level . |
| 10 | The data describing the prevalence of smoking illustrates a good example of a cohort effect as older women , those aged 60 and over , have the highest proportions classed as never smoking . |
| 11 | Again , you 'll see a good example of that , where closed questions are good in a situation if you want to get a direct answer to somebody who tends to waffle , but again , if you 're asked closed questions and you want to give information , it is harder , it 's easier if you ask somebody an open question and on the film , John Cleese comes up with the starters to an open question , which are the Who , What , Which , Why , Where , When questions . |
| 12 | SENT BY a reader in Redhill , this picture shows a good example of an early 17th-century oak ‘ gate-leg ’ table , circa 1685 , and the photograph clearly shows the reason for its name . |
| 13 | Elgin became a good example of the reaction to Johnson in Scotland . |
| 14 | The Corporate Report represents a good example of the entity view . |
| 15 | It could he argued that Latin America offers a good example of this . |
| 16 | ( Brunsdon 1986 , p. 55 ) In relation to the production of more differentiated cultural meanings , Jacqueline Bobo 's article in Female Spectators ( 1988 ) on Black women 's viewing of Spielberg 's The Color Purple offers a good example of where feminist film criticism might go next . |
| 17 | The conservation of energy offers a good example of the way that this happens . |
| 18 | The monastery of Ferrières offers a good example of the sort of dilemma now faced both by individuals and by communities . |
| 19 | An article in The Times carried the heading " Yuppies oust the hippies of yesteryear " .8 This offers a good example of a test developed by Newman who called it " Chronic vigour " .9 This is not , however , to be understood as " whatever is old is good " . |
| 20 | Indeed , here one can detect a good example of how rich one has to be to be poor : precisely because a poor family can not afford expensive but once-and-for-all repairs ( assuming such repairs to be feasible ) , household maintenance must either be neglected , or undertaken in a cheap but piecemeal fashion , where any improvement is partial and temporary in its effect . |
| 21 | This could be for many reasons : for example the database does not contain a good example of that particular form of letter , or the character may have been badly written . |
| 22 | It presents a good example of the geological phenomenon of dolomitisation . |
| 23 | The railway train effect gives a good example of visual counterpoint , when two trains are halted on opposing lines in a station . |
| 24 | Kitcher gives a good example of how a theory becomes accepted by the generality of scientists : Alfred Wegener 's theory of continental drift achieved acceptance after half a century of intermittent discussion only when the concept of plate tectonics provided an acceptable mechanism . |
| 25 | I think a good example of N C V O helping voluntary organisations to help others . |
| 26 | A recent paper * submitted to the Faculty of Actuaries in Edinburgh gave a good example of how divorce is bringing a change in the way we live . |
| 27 | If this is true ( and it is not so far-fetched : if you carry on an intelligent argument with your readers in the columns of a newspaper , you can not expect them to believe that the responsibilities of self-government are beyond them ) , then it would seem a good example of propaganda having the opposite effect to that intended . |
| 28 | The tall spire was unfortunately lost in 1703 but the building remains a good example of a Medieval town hall ( 554 ) . |
| 29 | Professor Andrew Christie , convener of the taxation practices committee , said a good example of the programme was an architect or builder required to pay professional indemnity insurance long after he or she had retired . |
| 30 | Readers will find a good example of legislation for which statutory instruments are important in the 1986 Social Security Act . |