rare instance

collocation in English

meaningsofrareandinstance

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rare
adjective
uk
/reər/us
/rer/
not common or frequent; ...
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instance
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.stəns/us
/ˈɪn.stəns/
a particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that ...
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(Definition ofrareandinstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrare instance

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Note that (13b) is arareinstanceof thought being followed by a present-tense complement.
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But even in therareinstance, it is a mistake to indulge the talent except sparingly.
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If in somerareinstancea brassiere was burned, that was reported.
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This is arareinstance.
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In therareinstancein which the woman's health necessitates delivery, all efforts should be made to help the child.
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That is an extremelyrareinstance.
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This is not arareinstance.
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We are talking about a particular andrareinstance.
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This is to be welcomed as arareinstanceof musicologists producing identical results from separate examinations of the same evidence.
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This alteration is arareinstanceof the triunmph of politicians over experts.
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The house contains arareinstanceof preserved 17th century decoration.
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Computer users of that era used coding in therareinstancethat they needed lowercase text.
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It marked arareinstancewhere the band licensed their music for a television series.
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It is also arareinstanceof the artist, album, and song names being the same.
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This was arareinstancewhere two liberal talk stations existed in the same radio market.
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Built c. 1910, it is a locallyrareinstanceof the style built in brick.
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Some consider the final position to be an extremelyrareinstanceof zugzwang occurring in the middlegame.
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It gained its name because the final position is sometimes considered arareinstanceof zugzwang occurring in the middlegame.
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At the time, this was a veryrareinstanceof a television personality working on two different networks simultaneously.
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In the veryrareinstancewhere a player ties all five times, they still are awarded five extra lives.
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The former was arareinstanceof a game being accepted by a publisher when it was already nearing completion.
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In arareinstancethey have been observed foraging along the branches of a banyan tree for ripe figs.
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