take as an example

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So take, as an example, the operation that was mounted in 2011 to take down Bin Laden.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2016

Let us take as an example a set of operations which we are accustomed to see carried on by one great establishment, that of the Post-Office.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart

The third discovery which I shall take as an example demonstrating the value of experimentation, is the history of Serotherapy.

From The Pros and Cons of Vivisection by Richet, Charles

A Specimen from Anglo-Saxon.—Let us take as an example a verse from the Anglo-Saxon version of one of the Gospels.

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

He is a young man whom you might well take as an example, for he has great business capacity.

From The Firm of Girdlestone by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir