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Every rule has its exceptions.
すべての規則には例外がある。
I remember that place.
例の場所のこと、思い出してるんだ。
Evidence that the above example is farfetched can be seen by comparing the total occurrences of component X.
上の例が不自然であることの証拠は、構成要素Xが現れた総数を比較することでわかる。
Whichever you choose, you cannot lose.
例えどちらを選んでも、損はしないよ。
Quote me an example.
例を一つ示してください。
The example doesn't fall into any type stated above.
この例は先にあげたどのタイプにも当てはまらない。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
Insofar as possible, our examples will be drawn from English.
できるだけ英語から例をひこう。
This is an exceptional case.
これは例外的な場合だ。
He was as gentle a man as ever lived.
彼は今まで例がないほど優しい人だ。
For example, what would you do if you had ten thousand dollars?
例えば君が1万ドル持っていればどうするだろうか。
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
I have gathered examples with the object of making a dictionary.
私は辞書をつくる目的で用例を集めた。
You shouldn't have made such a remark even if you had been angry.
例えあなたが立腹していたとしていても、あんな事を言うべきではなかった。
Japan is full of beautiful cities. Kyoto and Nara, for instance.
日本には美しい都市が多い。例えば京都、奈良だ。
She seldom, if ever, goes out after dark.
日がくれてから彼女が外出することは例えあるにしても極めてまれだ。
The punishment should be in proportion to the crime.
罪に比例して罰するべきだ。
We have no such example.
そんな先例はない。
Instead use words like "some", "many", "often", and begin statements with openers like, "In my experience, ...", "Excuse me if I'm wrong, but...", "In many instances, ...."
I wonder why the names Tom and Mary are often used in sentences that are in the Tatoeba Corpus.
タトエバの例文にはどうしてトムとメアリーばっかり出てくるんだろう。
For example, you don't need a personal seal to collect a parcel.
例えば、宅配便の受け取りには、判子は必要有りません。
You've set a bad example.
君は悪い前例を作ってしまった。
Please show me another example.
別の実例を教えてください。
Have you answered that letter yet?
もう例の手紙の返事を書いたかい。
Please ensure you always include a link-back in your replies. ">>" in plain ASCII + number (e.g. >>1).
回答にはアンカーを必ずつけて下さい。半角で ">>"+数字(例: >>1)です。
The exception proves the rule.
例外は原則のある証拠。
The company, although with some exceptions, usually utilizes its resources very well.
例外もあるが、その会社はたいていは資産をとてもうまく利用している。
There are no rules without exceptions.
例外のないルールはない。
Let me give you an example.
私はあなたに一例を示しましょう。
You don't need to bring up "A Winter Sonata" to show that South Korean culture is having an unexpected boom in Japan.
「冬のソナタ」を例に挙げるまでもなく、いまや時ならぬ韓流ブームである。
Do not delete this example sentence.
この例文を削除しないでください。
Tom copies dirty example sentences he finds in his dictionary into his notebook and memorizes them.
トムは辞書で見つけた卑猥な例文をノートに写して暗記している。
A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
例えば、フランス人ならロシア人のジョークを聞いてもなかなか笑えないかも知れない。
See the example given above.
上に上げた例を見なさい。
For instance, in my father's business the timing of sales and purchases was very important, and he would sometimes write or say to his colleagues "There is a tide," without going into detail.