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

As a concrete illustration of the above statement, I want to point to a young man, intelligent, enterprising, industrious, and a graduate of the best known agricultural college poultry course in the country.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)

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

From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton

A concrete illustration will bring them before us more forcibly than an abstract characterisation.

From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by Leuba, James H. (James Henry)

The theoretical weakness of an arrested offensive received a practical and concrete illustration to a degree that war had scarcely ever known.

From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)