Example sentences of "[prep] the [det] instances " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case of Nicholson v. Revill is one of the many instances in which this rule of law has been applied , and the reason upon which the rule is founded is as clear and plain as the rule itself . |
| 2 | Yet in many pastoral societies , and in the modern West and Japan , they are widely used , in some of the former instances becoming virtual panaceas . ) |
| 3 | For her it was one of the few instances where Susan was allowed to be anything other than a 15-year-old schoolgirl . |
| 4 | For instance bedrooms , much more use of bedrooms for actually living , particularly for children , although I think that is one of the few instances where you can discover class patterns if you like . |
| 5 | As it was your generous gift of the physic Garden to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries that encouraged the supporting of that Garden for the improvement of Botany and so consequently was the Occasion of my being employed in a service so agreeable to my natural inclinations , so the favourable opinion you have had of my abilities , when you was pleased to recommend me to that worshipful Company , with the several instances I have since had of your generous inclinations to encourage the Art and me , will ever lay me under the greatest obligations to endeavour to answer that character you was please to give of me and herein humbly hoping to approve myself what I most desire to be thought of … |
| 6 | Even in the latter instances , however , the entity is identified by means of the properties which it designates . |
| 7 | In the many instances of old warehouses , barns , etc. being converted to catering premises , even though external work may not be undertaken , planning permission is required owing to the change of use , and similarly with large private residences being converted into small country hotels . |
| 8 | In the many instances where updates arise in a batch' mode , as for example incoming mail , there is seldom any good reason to process directly , as the overall level of service will be improved by batching and sorting . |