Again, he lists these as all, what he calls illustrative options and doesn't endorse any of them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2006] Reference
Caesar are largely made up of what one might term illustrative fictions rather than actual facts. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Roads and Other Essays] Reference
This is known as the illustrative or approximating clear light. From Wordnik.com. [The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� Session Three] Reference
In Eccl. 12: 5, it is referred to as illustrative, probably, of the haste with which old age comes. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Indeed, his answer to the king is itself an analogy, or at least an illustrative example (the Chinese word for. From Wordnik.com. [School of Names] Reference
And it is kind of illustrative of the typical train robbery that they would have. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Jesse James: The Story Behind the Legend] Reference
The commission doesn't pretend otherwise, offering "illustrative" specifics rather than throwing its weight behind detailed plans. From Wordnik.com. [The Simpson-Bowles plan for capping stuff] Reference
The Welsh Lib Dems said the photo was "illustrative" and that it would not be disclosing the identity of the stand-in. From Wordnik.com. [WalesOnline - Home] Reference
Maguro, I've never found thoroughly disparaging comments like this to be "illustrative" of anything but...racism. From Wordnik.com. ["Even if you never met him, you know this guy."] Reference
A few illustrative cases, however, may here be cited. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The same artist also prepared a series of drawings illustrative of. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850] Reference
That was illustrative of the specificity of implications of this event. From Wordnik.com. [Q& A: Chairs of BP oil-spill panel discuss drilling moratorium, response efforts] Reference
The following Character may serve as an illustrative commentary on part of. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
The title itself is illustrative of what's going on with this album, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Madonna, Santogold Make Dance Records] Reference
Yuan banknotes are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Beijing July 26, 2010. From Wordnik.com. [China's Currency Glasnost Has Its Limits] Reference
The reaction among conservatives was more illustrative of the challenges GOP leaders face. From Wordnik.com. [Republicans: From 'party of no' to 'party of stop'] Reference
"This work is one of surpassing interest, and of marvelous typographical and illustrative beauty.". From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Mr. COHEN: And there's also a big picture fact that I think is really illustrative of the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Positive Developments In HIV/AIDS Research] Reference
The combination strikes me as wonderfully illustrative of what real culture and civilization can do for a man. From Wordnik.com. [Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information] Reference
But the process of reading this gut-wrenching Torah portion is profoundly illustrative of more common foibles. From Wordnik.com. [Joshua Stanton: Genesis 22: God's Call to End Zealotry] Reference
Hagar mumbled something, not exactly intended to be a speech but simply a small growl, illustrative of her mood. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Most of the works are painstakingly crafted but never rise above the decorous, illustrative and metaphorically simplistic. From Wordnik.com. [Transforming Works] Reference
The language, except that of Rules and Definitions, should be the pupil's own, and the illustrative sentences should be original. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Bound in clothene, ornamented on the sides and back with attractive illustrative designs and the title stamped on front and back. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
A similar case is described by Dr. Robb, in Sir W. Hooker's 'Journal of Botany,' 1841, vol. iii, p. 99, with illustrative figures. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
A case of melancholia, highly illustrative of the effects in this condition of electric baths, came under my notice very recently. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
Nothing new is likely to be added to his account, but because of its important illustrative bearing on the whole story of Sterne in. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
R. Flexman has made some remarks illustrative of the letters at the end of his transcript, and added some particulars relating to Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850] Reference
Again, I think it's illustrative of the mood in Iraq right now that the process, as it's unfolding, isn't necessarily all that viable. From Wordnik.com. [A Foreign Correspondent Reflects On Iraq War] Reference
My failures have been illustrative of the fact that the electric bath is no more a panacea for all ills than any other remedial agent. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
"The volume is an excellent piece of original research work, and it is most usefully illustrative of the working of the constitution.". From Wordnik.com. [The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)] Reference
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