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

We will, to explain our views, take as an example, the familiar instance of the sun and earth. 

From Thoughts on a Revelation by Jerram, S. J. (Samuel John)

We will take as an example a very restricted garden.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

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

Let us take, as an example, the principle of cause.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)