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It's a perfect example of cruel fate.
それは残酷な運命の極めつけの例である。
There is no rule without exceptions.
例外のない規則はありません。
For example, this is a pen.
例えば、これは一本のペンです。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
This is an interesting case where there is no principal determining element.
これは主要な決定要素が存在していない興味深い例である。
One of the reasons Twitter is popular in Japan is a characteristic of Japanese itself: Japanese uses ideograms which enable it to convey more information in just 140 characters than other languages, not counting Chinese. Incidentally, the Japanese version
As usual, Mike was late for the meeting this afternoon.
例によって、マイクは今日の午後会合に遅刻した。
We have had more snow than usual this winter.
この冬は例年になく雪が多かった。
Wherever you may go, you may find examples of his evil doings.
どこへ行こうとも、彼の悪行の例が見つかるでしょう。
Take England for example.
イギリスを例にとって見よう。
Tom copies dirty example sentences he finds in his dictionary into his notebook and memorizes them.
トムは辞書で見つけた卑猥な例文をノートに写して暗記している。
An illustration may make the point clear.
一例をあげればその点ははっきりするだろう。
Cats usually hate dogs.
猫は通例犬が大嫌いだ。
As is often the case with her, she was late for the meeting this afternoon.
例によって、彼女は午後の会議に遅れて来た。
We have no such example.
そんな先例はない。
This is an example of the survival of the fittest, as it is called.
これはいわゆる適者生存の例である。
For instance, in my father's business the timing of sales and purchases was very important, and he would sometimes write or say to his colleagues "There is a tide," without going into detail.
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
As is often the case with her, she didn't show up on time.
例によって彼女はまた時間通りには現われなかった。
I insist that exceptions not be made.
例外は作るべきではないと思います。
Instead use words like "some", "many", "often", and begin statements with openers like, "In my experience, ...", "Excuse me if I'm wrong, but...", "In many instances, ...."
