How To Use Example In A Sentence

Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
A liquor pour cost of 18.3%, for example, means that it cost a little more than 18 cents to generate a dollar of liquor sales.
Back in the mid-1980s, for example, knee replacement surgery was considered a success if the patient wound up with 90 degrees of flexion, which is "nothing near normal," he says. Latest News
For example, paper might appear to be two-dimensional because it is so thin.
Designed and built by hiveMODULAR partner Bryan Meyer and his wife, Anne Ryan, this little woodland getaway is a great example of how versatility makes small spaces livable. Jason Sahler | Inhabitat

The example of the first fighter aces fixed itself in the imaginations of a generation being born just as they had met their deaths. FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940
For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)
Another mystery surrounds the only example of body armour to be found among the primates.
Following the example set by her father, she has fulfilled her role and done her duty.
High-quality sprinkler systems and new fireproof roofing materials, for example, can reduce the chance of fire.
I suggest you follow Rosie's example and start doing regular exercise.
For example, it was embodied in a system of "informal economics". Critical Social Research
His Eminence Don Pelasio de Labastida, an eighteenth century bishop of Mexico City set a scandalous example of such indulgence in earthly pleasures. To the charreada with stars in her eyes
Yogurt manufacturers, for example, portray fit, lively people, glowing with health.
The state has also passed laws that are inimical to the short-term interests of particular capitalists, but necessary in the longer-term interests of capitalism itself - for example, health and safety legislation.
The Trabant, for example, boasts textile floor covering and a two-tone horn.
For example, you may not be allowed to study, say, economics unless you also take statistics or computing.
HIV-positive Pedro Zamora from the San Francisco season, for example, put a face to the stigmatized disease of AIDS and did a world of good with his exposure -- even getting the recognition of then-president Bill Clinton. Ryan O'Connell: Auditioning for the Real World Is Too Real
And since the Department of Public Prosecutions are so hot on prosecuting hatred and bigotry, let me point out an example to them.
A delectable path, for example, runs up behind the cemetery, bordered by butterfly orchids and lithospermum and aristolochia and other plants worthy of better names; it winds aloft, under shady chestnuts, with views on either side. Alone
For example, utter the words: "A house is my fire," and observe the comparative duration of time in the pronunciation of each word, the comparative stress, and the relative pitch (e.g. of _a_ and _fire_). The Principles of English Versification
On two consecutive nights of Hardball, Chris Matthews brought up this same trio as examples of Gore's "delusionary" thinking. Going After Gore
For example, Emperor Norton said that Governor Wise of Virginia was to be removed from office by royal decree.
For example, the origin of ivory can be identified by its strontium isotopic composition, which reflects the diet of the elephant.
There are innumerable other examples. Times, Sunday Times
Estuaries (where fresh river water meets salty ocean water) are examples of brackish waters.
With automobile insurance, for example, an insurance company accepts part of the risk that you will be involved in a car accident. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
Call me a moon-eyed dreamer: I still believe the work of the serious writer will be recognized for what it is, whether it takes place examples chosen only for clarity and expediency in Ambergris, or 351 West 52 St New York City Apt # D RIGHT NOW, dammit. Evil Monkey on Fantasy
For example, male orangs are typically much larger than females and have longer canine teeth.
Even where, for example in an unfair dismissal case, the employment tribunal makes an order that the employee be re-employed by the employer in one way or another, if the employer fails to do so there is no contempt of court.
Indeed, the schemes of co-determination in Germany constitute functioning examples of shareholders sharing control with one other stakeholder group, namely the employees.
Drinking among the upper classes of Persian society, for example, took place at secret parties reminiscent of Greek symposia with their strictly ritualized etiquette and emphasis on poetry and discussion.
Such bottom-land as borders the Pamunkey river, for example, might be called undulating, compared to the general greater flatness of the whole great region under consideration. Agricultural, Geological, and Descriptive Sketches of Lower North Carolina, and the Similar Adjacent Lands
Watch our expert show you an example of jamming in an Ab major scale in this free video clip on music theory.
Here is a supreme example of sequential planning.
Probably the most famous example of this, and also a good illustrative case, is the "green revolution" in agriculture. Science, Technology, and Social Change
See, for example, the comments set out as notes under the entries for Thoosuchus and Yarengia.
Radiographs of the fingertips of rock climbers, for example, show unusual bony spurs and thickened phalanges.
“Part of an adult faith, for example, is a commitment to the inviolability of human life from its first moment, radically opposing the principle of violence, precisely in the defense of the most defenseless of human creatures,” the pope said. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
How ironic that a German footballer should provide us with sport's finest example of Schadenfreude.
The town itself is a wonderful example of a lived-in, somewhat shopworn, urban relic.
The most common is what's called a dipole antenna, a good example being those T-shaped, plastic covered wires that came with home stereo sets once upon a time. Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news
For example, some professionals are evaluated according to amounts billed to clients.
A current example is a digital camera on a chip that includes the imager, all control electronics, and an analog-to-digital converter - all on the same silicon chip.
Let's remember, for example, how much talk there was during the early 1970s when Olga Korbut performed the backward somersault in tuck position on the beam.
His maternal grandfather, for example, would probably be called something completely different. THE LAST TEMPTATION
As an example of such a substance one can put forward amino-valeric acid. Albrecht Kossel - Nobel Lecture
Their courage was an example to all of us.
Are these examples clear, or is there a degree of imprecision in the case law?
Advanced Mobile Phone Service ( AMPS ) is an example of a 1 G mobile network standard.
For example, Heinrich's work with ravens shows that the carnivorous birds will store bits of meat only for the short term.
The most egregious example is in payment protection insurance. Times, Sunday Times
Nonetheless, this era had the same conflicts (over cultural diversity and nativism, for example) as later periods, and established lasting policies toward immigrants and aliens.
A typical write-up of last August's vote in the New York Times, for example, focused on the way the president had "outmaneuvered" the Democrats. Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer
Meanwhile, we've now got 160 examples of political nepotism in Australia which you can read in full here.
Choose illustrative examples from the children's everyday experience.
For example, in proofs about sets, Venn diagrams provided a useful part of a concept image in some cases.
A classic example of cleaning fan losses can be found at headlands where combine speeds suddenly drop.
For example, the institute's Mountain Stewards coach national forest visitors on the fine points of low-impact recreation and camping.
Wearing baggies and doing big drops (as an example) doesn't limit your riding.
What a suasory example it is for those, who through some freak of fortune, being enabled to shake off the dust of honest toil and industry, are very ready to look downward with contempt upon the rank they have just left. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense
One example is bookmaking - punters can now both back and lay horses over the web.
Some taxonomic groups are particularly species rich in a global context: any impact of climate warming on such species, for example, willows (Salix spp.), sawflies, stoneflies, wading birds, and salmonid fish, is likely to affect their diversity at the global level. Arctic environments north of the treeline
Yield the title of the website, for example the thread that IT myna makes whole story, become a story to move toward the core element of ideal outcome, make graven one part.
In ways often too subtle to be conscious but sometimes overt, I believe, blacks remain devalued in American schools, where, for example, a recent national survey shows that through high school they are still more than twice as likely as white children to receive corporal punishment, be suspended from school, or be labeled mentally retarded. Race and the Schooling of Black Americans
For example, a wireless link between a cell phone and an earpiece supporting an audio link is currently available in the marketplace.
Its best influence may be indirect, by the example of sudden, transforming prosperity. Times, Sunday Times
In Yemen, for example, rhino horn is carved into handles used in daggers called jambiyas.
So maybe BP isn't the best example yet, but clearly businesses that embrace principles of social entrepreneurship--discovering how to "unstick" society when it has gotten stuck, by changing the system--are having widespread impact in making the new buzzphrase "social value" the litmus test for success for not only social entrepreneurs but profit-oriented businesses, too. Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II
An exposed ribcage or the exo-skeleton of a Tyrinid monster are good example.
Japan, for example, has no natural resources: no oil, no diamonds, no other rich mineral deposits.
For example here was the winnt. sif file from my current install: Separate Data From Windows On A Standalone Partition | Lifehacker Australia
His was by no means the only example of academicians' pettiness.
For example, someone with a sore throat should gargle with salt water.
For example, the request variable is bound to the request zone, which means you can use a dot notation such as request.myData to access myData in the request zone.
I thought of biochemistry in our neighboring sciences and of psychophysics, and more recently of psychopharmacology, as examples of fruitful splitting and recombination in our own science.
Furthermore, outgroup comparison (with macaques, for example) indicates that some of these characters are primitive for the cercopithecid clade that includes these species (Papionina). Archive 2006-06-01
There is much in the words and thoughts of the Romantic poets that is excessive or impractical, but their beliefs and the passion with which they pursued them still serve as an example.
We use them as an example to show other parts of the company what can be done. Times, Sunday Times
They say that the mark of a great team is the ability to grind out results when they are below par, and this was another conspicuous example.
If a product cannot be cleaned by any method, the manufacturer is required to attach a label saying so—for example, “Do not wash, do not dry-clean” or “Cannot be successfully cleaned.” HOME COMFORTS
This paper deals with geophysical exploration methods used in mineral resource survey, their application conditions, instrument equipment and application examples.
Other examples of dense regular connective tissue include most ligaments, aponeuroses, and the cornea of the eye.
For example, last year our wildlife department verified natural reproduction in both rainbows and browns in the Lower Mountain Fork river, which is a fantastic year-round tailrace fishery in SE Oklahoma. Hatchery Fish: The Weakest Link
For example, consider the disparity in flight rates between Saturn 1B and Saturn V during the Skylab program or between the Soyuz and Proton in the Russian Salyut & Mir programs. Ares V - Ares 1 = Ares IV - NASA Watch
For example, one of IBM's patents is on the idea of marking text in a word-processor in different colors for correcting.
Artists should be nominated for an overall appreciation of their work to date, of which we should be shown the finest examples.
For example, synchrotrons, cyclotrons, linear accelerators and interplanetary spacecraft all cost too much for single investigators.
Encouraged by her example, they all set to work with a fresh sense of purpose.
For example, the content of a curriculum vita was reformatted to look like a letter, a dictionary and so on.
It is a classic example of how not to design a new city centre.
The example he gives is of tender and incomplete feelings of love for another. Philosophy at the Limit
But unlike Karl Barth or Paul Tillich, for example, who saw themselves as fusing philosophy and theology, Rosenstock-Huessy refused to see himself primarily as a philosopher or theologian ” though when the term philosopher was qualified by the preceding ˜social™, he was more willing to accept that designation. [ Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
For example, the huge student population makes it impossible for teachers to conduct seminars or offer individual tutorials to students.
You could, for example, take the Urban Birds or Marine Birds tours; familiarise yourself with the amphibians living in the ponds up on Montjuïc, or inspect the biodiversity of the Parc del Castell de l'Oreneta through a magnifying glass. 10 of the best outdoors activities in Barcelona
I then said that no one I knew could serve as a better example of martyrdom than Joan of Arc, before relating a short account of her life for the rest of the essay.
When a person has any kind of injury - a broken shin, for example, or a sunburn - the pain system becomes hypersensitized, firing up in response to normally painless sensations induced by, for instance, walking or a gentle massage. Undefined
For example, while acknowledging that Whitney wants us to worship religious monuments and funerary traditions, we may wonder which Church he is referring to.
Other examples of affective lability can be found in women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.
Note the language she uses - for example she talks about defeminising herself.
While some things bug Yagoda he despises "enthuse," for example, he has a healthy skepticism toward language extremists. Oh, the irony, part 2
A lack of contrition would be, for example, if the defendant was purporting to express regret for his crimes in the courtroom, but simultaneously sending anonymous tweets to the effect that the trial is a sham, the judge is bought off, etc. The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Subpoena to Twitter, Demanding Identification of Anonymous Critic of Corbett’s
The welfare/workfare transition thus represents an example of qualitative restructuring in state institutions and regulatory settlements.
Someone who writes a literary memoir, for example, is by necessity examining issues of self and identity.
They are demeaning the quality of public discourse, and setting an appalling example to young people. Times, Sunday Times
Week two of our special photographic supplement presents outstanding examples of beauty frozen by the camera. Times, Sunday Times
A varietal is a wine made predominantly from one specific grape and is labeled as such, for example, California Merlot.
A focus on texts and their position in all kinds of Italian secular vocal music of the time leads to a rather wordy book not very easy to follow in its layout, especially when a music example precedes its reference.
For example, all bathrooms include a high-pressure shower system and an electric hairdryer for the convenience of guests.
It could, for example, be used on rails in rural areas, which often get coated with a film of rust when not used at weekends.
The success of the operation was entirely due to his example and his rapid appreciation of the situation. Times, Sunday Times
We may be informed, for example, that the numbers have a dense linear ordering, that there are associative and commutative operations of addition and multiplication, and so on.
The light-gray tailgate is made completely from lightweight but highly robust Lexan, allowing a view of the aluminum structure that makes up the rigidifying frame, for example. Autoblog
In the following example, Spring would pass a reference to the Spring-managed object with a bean name of "dataSource" to the annotated setter method.
These cells change their ultimate destiny, or fate, as the disc regenerates tissue so that, for example, instead of regenerating leg structures they form wing structures.
The ideological clash between monotheism and polytheism furnishes the world with one of its first examples of asymmetrical warfare.
Again borrowing heavily from the Ghosd examples/animation.c file, the main loop creates a 400x400 alpha-blended surface area.
However, if you choose to travel further afield, to Ringsend for example, a woman's wash, cut and blow-dry will cost just £13.50 in one salon.
Obviously, one way to do it is to actually make them owners, for example, with an employee stock ownership plan.
One best and common example is the red diamond-shaped posters with the character 福 pinyin: fú, or "auspiciousness" which are displayed around the house and on doors. Sweetnicks- Food & Life - It's All at Sweetnicks
Some women, for example, may expect that their honey will handle everything.
Barilla is another example: it is built on the classic Italian image of tomato sauce, pasta, a carefree way of life, songs and sun.
The last datable examples of ancient Egyptian writing are found on the island of Philae, where a hieroglyphic temple inscription was carved in AD 394 and where a piece of demotic graffiti has been dated to 450 AD.
For example, a person may have several spirits of acrophobia (fear of heights).
Another example is the overworked ‘Prelude in C sharp minor,’ where he avoids extra-added stringendos in favor of a steadier tempo throughout.
An example is the stress on a material, such as a construction beam in a bridge.
For example, pilsner is one of the most popular lagers, while porter and stout are examples of ales.
In the second example the rosette is substituted for the inner curves of the spiral, and the intermediate space is filled in with the true lotus motive. Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers
By offering protection, not suffocation, Europe could set an example for the world in the best way to foster digital innovation.
Unsurprisingly, the story is much more complex than the headline suggests and provides yet another example of the story being spun to meet a commercial agenda.
This is true with the exception that of "Decorated" architecture there are but few examples, and it is probable that very little new work was done in connection with this cathedral until the monastery became vastly enriched by Abbot Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
Other kinds of human communication [besides speech] are sometimes called language: body language, or kinesics, is one example.
Many simple things, for example picking up an item, activating a switch or initiating a dialog, can be done with a single mouse click.
Effects on family life probably include contrary tendencies - accelerating or delaying decisions to start families, for example.
I have something of a soft spot for early 1970s British bubblegum, and this is one of the best examples.
For example, if my washing machine oversuds and overflows, I think it's amusing; the person who has to clean the mess does not. All articles at Blogcritics
Every day that passes sees the obituary columns of broadsheet newspapers bring us more examples.
And they are a rebuke to cultural pessimists in the West who often feel vindicated by the perfidies of the Muslim world but could stand, on occasion, to be humbled by examples of its courage. The Face of Pakistan's Courage
For example, in the cemetery of St. Cyriacus two women bought from the fossor Quintus a bisomus, or double grave, retro sanctos (near a martyr's tomb), and there are several other references to this practice. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
In fact, our lunar friend provides an instructive example of how a vulgar and dogmatic notion of ‘science’ can be quite compatible with the most arcane fantasies.
The silver made in Mexico during the viceregal period is legendary, yet most of the surviving examples are ecclesiastical rather than domestic.
Take the hustlers, beggars and streetwalkers who ply their dubious services along Beach Road and some of the other popular streets in the area, for example.
For example, it would be impermissible for the Society because it did not wish to offer annuities itself to use its discretion as to bonuses to make it more attractive for the policy holder to use another provider.
For example, a condom campaign in India in the 1970s involved renaming the product Nirodh from a Sanskritic word meaning “protection”. Diffusion of Innovations
For example, if a unary function is considered as a set of ordered pairs, then the domain and codomain are given by the first and second projections, respectively. Combinatory Logic
For example, the Banpo people cultivate millet , is from the north common ancestor Setaria nurture formed.
One example of flying a different course to your next waypoint is (after takeoff) to join a nearby airway that goes through that waypoint.
For example, many shorefaces - the dynamic zones between the continental shelf and the beach - are not simply surfaces of sand but rather are underlain by rock or mud.
In many respects, the development of international human rights is an example of the principle of subsidiarity - the international community only steps in when the State cannot or will not deal with the problem.
One day she would be the shining example of a loving wife and mother.
For example, the discovery of auscultation and later the stethoscope made individual patient reports of symptoms less important than the physician's own collection of diagnostic signs.
Industrial chemistry was first recognized in 1931 (Bergius, Bosch), but many more recent prizes for basic contributions lie close to industrial applications, for example, those in polymer chemistry. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry
When a well-intentioned program yields unwelcome results, for example, a truth-aversive organization will seek to minimize or disguise these consquences.
The first examples of the Western Region's main line diesel-hydraulics had appeared the previous year and Cornwall was planned to be one of the first areas of BR to banish steam altogether.
they gathered a harvest of examples
Waitrose, for example, has made a real and commendable effort to source sustainable fish and shellfish across the board. Times, Sunday Times
Such survivals in the unbroken tradition of the cottage garden are now rare examples of such excellence and are very scarce indeed.
In the fiscal quarter ended March 31, for example, VistaPrint said 6.7% of its $106 million in revenue came from referral fees.
For example, he repeatedly says the government never opposed a habeas hearing in Hamdi, but only at the end says that it should have been (and maybe still is?) ok for the government's evidence to be irrebuttable. Balkinization
For example, the right shift key is the same size as the standard letter keys, and lots of typists will go crazy hitting the next-door up arrow instead.
He overcharged the lecture with too many examples.
The Chelsea star rose to the challenge last night and gave an assured performance wearing the armband, leading by example. The Sun
Rare started with the underrated Blast Corps, which exampled how well explosions could look on the N64.
First, the most obvious example is the Internet bubble where the majority of enterprises have no economic value whatsoever without perpetual financing.
For example, one such bottleneck may occur during reinoculation of a chemostat, when tubes are changed.
Following Simpson, Newell mentioned the example of the relatively wider limb bones of larger land vertebrates.
For example, it was claimed that the study presented uniquely reliable evidence that simvastatin is not carcinogenic.
For example, plant monomeric forms, composed only of catalytic subunits, are relatively common in plant species and coexist with higher molecular weight forms (presumably tetrameric, according to its molecular size).
Late in October, for example, it occurred to Eduard that if he cut a cherimoya a custard apple with green indented skin and a creamy white interior into thin slices, the flesh looked like crabmeat; now a dish with cherimoya and spider crab is on the menu. The Sorcerer’s Apprentices
Anyone who refuses to pay an on-the-spot fine for allowing their pet to foul a footpath, for example, could be taken to court and find their name in the newspapers.
EXAMPLE: My brother is a skilled wrangler who can keep a dozen horses calm during a storm.
King Edwards, for example are a dry floury potato that will disintegrate around the edges when boiled, so makes excellent mash, roast and chips.
I'll start with some generalities and then examine a few specific examples.
Examples are the digestive enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin, which only have enzymatic activity after the protein chain is cut and fragments of the protein removed.
The refusal to pray for an unbelieving kindred is justified, according to Mahomet, by the duty of a prophet, and the example of Abraham, who reprobated his own father as an enemy of God. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
I'm desperately trying to recall examples to illustrate any of this, and completely failing.
It was an example of the authorities' lack of foresight .
Examples of National Parks worldwide demonstrate that nature conservation does not mean excluding people.
For example, warring factions often induce drought and famine through the use of scorched-earth tactics.
For example who would ever think of a carpet installer, optician, construction estimator, geodesist, and agricultural-engineering technician as having the same aptitudes? Discover What You’re Best At
A successful example of this approach is the use of two dopaminergic medications, bromocriptine and L-DOPA, in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
The latter was an example of overreach that made no sense from an American standpoint.
In the pictures of girls - Miss Catherine Tatton is an extreme example - black and carmine are applied so crisply that you would, today, think of mascara and lipstick.
Some examples of words ending in -ful that have no forms in -less are awful, bashful and deceitful.
The numerical example shows that the combination results gained by this new combination rule are closer to the presentative judgment of human.
These are examples of a growing body of research that suggests humans have an affinity towards nature.
One example - out of many - is his discussion of the mezuzah, a small capsule attached to the doorposts of Jewish homes containing a piece of vellum with verses from the Book of Deuteronomy.
An excellent example of this return is the new psychological science of happiness, represented, for example, by the fundamental work of Edward Diener.
Mr. Masson's discussions of Milton's English are, it seems to me, for the most part unsatisfactory He occupies some ten pages, for example, with a history of the genitival form _its_, which adds nothing to our previous knowledge on the subject and which has no relation to Milton except for its bearing on the authorship of some verses attributed to him against the most overwhelming internal evidence to the contrary. Among My Books Second Series
For example, according to the First Amendment, Congress shall make no law abridging free speech.
A large number of sermons and pious treatises were also written in Latin during this period, by Aelred of Rievaulx for example, and by others: "Beati Ailredi Rievallis abbatis Sermones" (and other works) in Migne's "Patrologia," vols.xxxii. and cxcv. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance
During a recent conversation with somebody who is sticking to the term blessing, they said that the term inspiration sounds as though it only applies to the description of the process whereby one focuses on a person who has set a constructive encouraging example. Inspiration (��Blessings��) and Its Relation to Mantras and Oral Transmission
The team captain leads by example .
Example: 1983 was a very good vintage in the appellation of Margaux but nowhere else in Bordeaux that year. Investing in Liquid Assets
The letter will have full details but basically the gist is that there ` ll be a per Gigabyte overage charge dependent on plan with a maximum charge, for example here ` s the residential packages and overages, Cogeco to launch metered billing
For example, the average demonstration expense of an automobile in a showroom is $4.12 as compared to 1. 6c for which the car can now be demonstrated over television. TelevisionProgress and Promise
We must investigate what produces solecisms, and not merely adduce examples.
In the Pacific Northwest, for example, apple growers adorn their trees with dispensers that saturate the air with the chemical sex attractant, or pheromone, of female codling moths.
For the paso doble, for example, it usually involves some variation on dramatic black and red. Dancing With the Stars Backstage Report: Kendra Goes Wild
Well - they are out there somewhere, as they have always been, and the competitive route exampled by the well-established Donatella Flick jamboree may be one way of finding them.

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