He set an example of plain living.

他树立了简朴生活的榜样。

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By doing this he set an example to the rest of the world.

他的这一行为，为世界上其他人树立了榜样。

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He set an example to all of us by risking his life to save the drowning boy.

通过冒着生命危险去救那个溺水的男孩，他给我们树立了一个学习的榜样。

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House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Howard Berman voiced hope the new treaty will set an example for other nuclear powers and help strengthen global nonproliferation efforts he says "severely threatened" by Iranian and North Korean efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.

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He would set an example that just wouldn't allow this environment to develop.

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He wants his right honourable friends to set an example to all public servants and settle for a more modest 1.9%, paid in two stages.

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"Running on clean fuels would set an example to normal cars on the road, " he said.

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