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

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

In order to make the working of these regulations plain, let us take as an example the Kamilaroi tribe of N. S.

From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

Let me take as an example in point, a lady, now dead, who wrote many charming books of travel—the late Mrs. Bishop, better known as Miss Bird.

From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)

Let us also take, as an example, those most commonly occurring injurious constituents, the magnesian and calcareous impurities.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert