concrete illustration

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And our series of forms described in the second, third, and fourth chapters is merely a concrete illustration showing how this sequence may have been evolved.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

I conclude this chapter with a concrete illustration, cut from my morning newspaper.

From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton

The abstract truth gets the concrete illustration; the concrete illustration finds its proper foundation in a series of abstract inquiries.

From On Liberty by Mill, John Stuart

He had occasionally seen a small wheel in a toy shop, but this so concrete illustration of the game startled him more than he would have been willing to admit.

From Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger

As much of the following must be to some extent controversial in character, a concrete illustration may serve to prevent misconception as to this important distinction.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various