simple illustration

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simple
adjective
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/ˈsɪm.pəl/us
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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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 ofsimpleandillustrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Section 1 begins the paper with asimpleillustrationof how the dualities might operate in a branching context.
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A horizontal rectangular bar in the plane provides asimpleillustration.
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Here is an imperfect butsimpleillustrationof this, in the comparability case.
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The selection index developed here is asimpleillustrationof how information about phenotypic plasticity can be exploited in artificial selection.
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I shall give a verysimpleillustrationof how our present machinery works.
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Asimpleillustrationis the ability to finance capital expenditure by a mixture of long-term and short-term borrowing which requires judgment y local authorities.
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Anothersimpleillustrationis that of training in industry.
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That seems to me, in asimpleillustration, how it really works out.
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That is only asimpleillustrationof the chaotic situation that exists.
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Asimpleillustrationof that may make my point.
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That is a verysimpleillustration, but one which contains the principle of what we are now discussing.
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Take a verysimpleillustrationof a minor kind.
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I will give asimpleillustrationof what 1 mean.
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Asimpleillustrationis that of a disabled peer.
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That is asimpleillustrationof how people identify with the colour of those engaged in a particular service or activity.
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That is asimpleillustrationand there must be many others of the waste of millions of gallons of water which we can ill afford.
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I will give onesimpleillustration, which will be sufficient to serve as a guiding principle for other local authorities.
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Let me explain, or attempt to explain, my meaning by the aid of asimpleillustration.
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I take, for example, thissimpleillustration.
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Asimpleillustrationis given by the shipping industry.
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