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01. Parents are concerned by a number of [instances] of bullying at the school.
02. Usually, I don't change a student's mark, but in this [instance] I will.
03. A further [instance] of computer problems occurred this morning.
04. An appeal was launched at the [instance] of his advocate.
05. Any further [instances] of poor behavior on your part will be severely punished.
06. In rare [instances], wounded or provoked lions may attack human beings.
07. There are many examples of social breakdown. One example is the increase in the [instance] of homeless people in the streets.
08. There has been an increase in the rapid spread of communicable diseases worldwide. In one [instance], a virus spread from Hong Kong to Canada in just two days.
09. There have been numerous [instances] in which children in the school have used bad language in class, and this must stop.
10. We will need to do some tests to find out what the problem is. In the first [instance] we will do some blood tests.
11. I know you didn't mean to do it, so in this [instance], I won't punish you. But if it happens again, watch out.
12. We studied a number of car accidents, and in each [instance], it was either due to excessive speed, or a driver that was drunk, or both.
13. If you need any help, with your grammar homework for [instance], don't be afraid to ask for assistance.
14. Several [instances] of late deliveries resulted in a considerable loss of business for the store.
15. Thomas Jefferson once remarked, "I never yet saw an [instance] of one of two disputants convincing the other by argument."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • instance — [ ɛ̃stɑ̃s ] n. f. • v. 1240 « application, soin »; lat. instantia 1 ♦ Sollicitation pressante. Vx au sing., sauf dans Demander avec instance. ⇒ insistance. « mon camarade me fit de telles instances » (Balzac). Mod. Céder aux instances de qqn. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • instance — INSTANCE. s. f. Poursuite, sollicitation pressante. Grande instance. faire instance, de grandes instances, de vives instances, des instances pressantes auprés de quelqu un, envers quelqu un. je l ay fait à son instance. je l en ay sollicité avec… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • instance — n Instance, case, illustration, example, sample, specimen mean a concrete thing which has or manifests the qualities, characters, or nature of a type, a class, or a group. Instance applies to an individual person or thing brought forth in support …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Instance — In stance, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr. instans. See {Instant}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. [1913 Webster] Undertook at her instance to restore… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • instance — [in′stəns] n. [ME instaunce < OFr instance < L instantia, a standing upon or near, being present < instans: see INSTANT] 1. Archaic an urgent plea; persistent solicitation 2. an example; case; illustration 3. a step in proceeding;… …   English World dictionary

  • instance — in·stance / in stəns/ n [French, from Late Latin instantia, from Latin, the fact of being present or impending, vehemence in speech, urgency, from instant instans insistent, pressing, from present participle of instare to be pressing, stand upon] …   Law dictionary

  • instance — ► NOUN 1) an example or single occurrence of something. 2) a particular case. ► VERB ▪ cite as an example. ● for instance Cf. ↑for instance ● in the first (or second etc.) …   English terms dictionary

  • instance — (n.) mid 14c., urgency, from O.Fr. instance eagerness, anxiety, solicitation (13c.), from L. instantia presence, effort intention; earnestness, urgency, lit. a standing near, from instans (see INSTANT (Cf. instant)). In Scholastic logic, a fact… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Instance — In stance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Instancing}.] To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact. H. Spenser. [1913 Webster] I shall not instance an abstruse author. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Instance — In stance, v. i. To give an example. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This story doth not only instance in kingdoms, but in families too. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • instance — [n] case, situation case history, case in point, detail, example, exemplification, exponent, ground, illustration, item, occasion, occurrence, particular, precedent, proof, reason, representative, sample, sampling, specimen, time; concepts… …   New thesaurus

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