Usage examples of "invoquer comme exemple" in French with translation to English

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Le Président Barack Obama a loué la Pologne comme exemple pour les démocraties en devenir au Moyen-Orient et ailleurs. President Barack Obama praised Poland as an example for aspiring democracies in the Middle East and elsewhere.
As-tu un passe-temps... comme la peinture par exemple ? Do you have a hobby - for example, painting?
Pourquoi suis-je le seul dont ils se plaignent ? Ils veulent juste faire de moi un exemple et m'utilisent comme bouc émissaire. Why am I the only one they complain of? They're just making an example out of me and using me as a scapegoat.
Par exemple, si un professeur qui fume lui-même comme une cheminée avertit un étudiant parce qu'il fume, c'est une contradiction. For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.
Par exemple, si un enseignant lui-même gros fumeur avertit un élève des dangers de la cigarette, c'est comme s'il se contredisait. For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.
M. Wright parle japonais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle. Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
L'ensemble des nombres réels est un exemple typique de corps. A typical example of a field is provided by the real numbers.
Invoquer l'usage contre la règle, dans une langue construite, est insensé. To cite usage against rule, in a constructed language, is insane.
J'ai avancé le nom de Paul comme candidat possible. I put Paul's name forward as a possible candidate.
Voilà un exemple de la vie anglaise moderne. This is an instance of modern British life.
Aime ton prochain comme toi-même. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Par exemple, il est 7 heures à Londres en ce moment. For example, it is 7:00 a.m. in London now.
Il disait que parler le mandarin est comme de manger de l'ananas. Ça le démange partout. He said that speaking Chinese is like eating pineapple. It makes him itchy all over.
Son application est un bon exemple pour nous tous. Her diligence is a good example to us all.
Les filetages à gauches sont devenus rares en mécanique mais on les trouve encore sur certains objets, comme sur les pédaliers de vélo, par exemple. Left-hand threads have now become unsual in mechanics but they can still be found on some objects, such as on bicycles' pedals, for instance.
Donnez-moi un autre exemple. Give me another example.
Comme d'habitude avec lui, il est arrivé en retard. As is often the case with him, he came late.
Quand on sait que quelque chose de désagréable va se passer, qu'on va aller chez le dentiste par exemple, ou en France, ce n'est pas bien. If you know that something unpleasant will happen, that you will go to the dentist for example, or to France, then that is not good.
Maintenant que tu es grand, tu ne dois pas te comporter comme un enfant. Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.
Par exemple, est-ce que tu aimes l’anglais ? For example, do you like English?
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