classic illustration

collocation in English

meaningsofclassicandillustration

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classic
adjective
uk
/ˈklæs.ɪk/us
/ˈklæs.ɪk/
having a high quality or standard against which other things ...
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illustration
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/
a picture in a book, magazine, etc. or the process of ...
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(Definition ofclassicandillustrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am tired of giving what is aclassicillustrationnot of the quantitative but of the qualitative issues involved in unemployment.
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Take 1924 as aclassicillustration.
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Here, surely, is theclassicillustrationof the parable of the mote and the beam.
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Here we have aclassicillustrationof their being wholly inconsistent, and yet they look pained when such inconsistency is pointed out to them.
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They are aclassicillustrationof powers which can best be exercised at local level.
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This proposed closure is aclassicillustrationof what the fight was about.
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This is aclassicillustrationof the value of delegated legislation, as it would be difficult to do this by continual re-enactment of legislation.
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This is aclassicillustrationof the reckless danger involved in the policy of treating emergency cases only.
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That is aclassicillustrationof the sort of smear by association that we have seen so often during the past few years.
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I have nothing against lawyers, but their activities in that regard provide aclassicillustrationof the problems created by an over-complex tax system.
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The situation in our inner cities provides aclassicillustration.
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This is aclassicillustrationof an unnecessary extension of government and a failure to serve constituents, from wherever they may come.
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Her speech today was aclassicillustration.
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Aclassicillustrationof expenditure which should probably not be in the public sector is the huge amount that is being spent on housing subsidies.
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His stricture on the implications of this case in relation to the freedom of the individual to demonstrate was aclassicillustrationof that.
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It is aclassicillustrationof how dangerous it is to have legislation proceeding on its way to the statute book without proper parliamentary consideration.
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We have recently had aclassicillustrationof this problem.
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Its history is aclassicillustrationof why we should avoid protectionism.
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This is aclassicillustrationof how there could be economic benefit to the community at large.
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It is heartening to see such aclassicillustrationof the principle of cash limits being applied.
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