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It said, for instance, that 28% of civil service directors were women and out of the 36 CEOs of state-owned enterprises just five were female.

From BBC

Before turning to literature, Wells had studied zoology, and though much of what he had learned has now been superseded, the view of race advanced in this book, for instance, has held up well.

From The Wall Street Journal

Former health secretary Michael Matheson, for instance, told parliament that coercion would be an "inevitable" consequence of the bill.

From BBC

The tech journalist Kara Swisher, for instance, answered a query from a fellow journalist by labeling the Grammarly folks “rapacious information and identity thieves.”

From Los Angeles Times

For instance, if a yellow card has been awarded for a foul then the foul itself must be wrong, not just the card.

From BBC