def check_valid_instance_batch(instances: Sequence[Instance]) -> bool:
    """Checks that all objects are valid Instances

    Args:
        instances (Sequence[Instance]): Sequence of object of the Instance class

    Returns:
        bool: If all of the objects inside the instances parameter are valid
    """
    return all(isinstance(x, Instance) for x in instances)

def check_valid_shapes(instances: Sequence[Instance], *args) -> bool:
    """Check that all components have the same length of the instances

    Args:
        instances (Sequence[Instance]): Collection of instances to compare the length to.

    Returns:
        bool: True if all the other components have the same length. False otherwise.
    """
    expected = len(instances)
    try:
        return all(len(component) == expected for component in args)
    except Exception:
        return False