Example sentences of "it [prep] an example " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strongest critiques of local government as it was in the 1970s concentrate not on its localness , but its position within a national system and , above all , use it as an example of what its critics see as the failings of bureaucratic decision-making . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's strange , and I just hope younger players do n't see it as an example that international football is something you retire from early . ’ |
| 3 | He has approached it as an example of a much more general position in the debate about the possibilities of knowledge which he called ‘ historicism ’ characterized by a presumption about the nature of history : |
| 4 | This sentence distinguishes between , say , saying it as an example of a sentence , or on the stage , etc. , and saying it as an assertion . |
| 5 | ‘ I only offer it as an example of the Catholic guilt complex , ’ said William , looking hurt . |
| 6 | And what this section will do is stand back from the particularity of today ( though continuing to use it as an example ) and ask why economies develop such geographical variation and why their geographies are subject to change . |
| 7 | It is enough to recall that the Court of Appeal , accepting the defence submission on that point , regarded it as an example , according to the old law , of obtaining by false pretences : see p. 378b . |
| 8 | How many voted to put , smack the Conservatives , and do n't worry about politics I 'm just using it as an example , in the face . |
| 9 | Almost all of the papers which cite it use it as an example of how primate behavioural research should not be carried out ] . |
| 10 | Or you can classify the novel according to where it was written , " West of Scotland " , and think about it as an example of writing from this locality . |
| 11 | If the deceased was prone to depression , the court could treat it as an example of the egg shell skull rule . |
| 12 | Please do not take it as an example that you may all leap to your feed to make your bids . |
| 13 | He should face justice , and he should face it as an example to the men of violence on both sides . |