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For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.
例えば、たばこをぷかぷか吸う先生が、たばこを吸う生徒に注意してもその注意は矛盾しているだろう。
See the example given above.
上に上げた例を見なさい。
For example, do you like English?
例えば、英語が好きですか。
There are no rules without exceptions.
例外のないルールはない。
In proportion as our GNP increases, our living standards go up.
国民総生産が増えるのに比例して、我々の生活水準も上がる。
Correct it, as in example 1.2.
例1,2のように訂正せよ。
This is an exceptional case.
これは例外的な場合だ。
Give me another example.
別の例をあげてください。
I can give you several instances.
私は事例をいくつか出せます。
Cats usually hate dogs.
ネコは通例犬が嫌いだ。
Now let's return to the main problem of education.
さて例の教育に関しての本題に戻るとしよう。
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, ...."
Tatoeba is the website I use when I don't find enough examples in dictionaries.
タトエバは、辞書に十分な用例がないときに私が使うサイトです。
Japan is full of beautiful cities. Kyoto and Nara, for instance.
日本には美しい都市が多い。例えば京都、奈良だ。
As usual, Tom got up early in the morning and swam.
例によって、トムは朝早く起きて泳いだ。
As a rule, we don't allow smoking.
通例、喫煙は許可していません。
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.
Life has often been compared to climbing a mountain.
人生はしばしば登山に例えられてきた。
This rule has no exceptions.
この規則に例外はありません。
A new case occurred. They applied the new rule to it.
初めての例が生じ、新しい規則をそれに適用した。
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。
As is his way, he eats reading a newspaper.
例によって彼は新聞を読みながら食事をしている。
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.