Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] a particular [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you do know th th that you 're saying that they want to make a particular point strongly and er that that might involve erm an elephant in of bad taste in order to make it striking and to make people look at it and think about it . |
| 2 | Even affable John , one of nature 's gentlemen , can only take so much and has now stopped being polite because when the police recognize him , as they do , they seem to take a particular delight in grilling someone famous . |
| 3 | There might be occasions when we feel that we 'd like MPs to take a particular line , in fact there are occasions when I 'd like to see MPs take a particular line , but we can only ask them , we can not in fact insist that they do take a particular line . |
| 4 | They 've got a particular jargon . |
| 5 | They 've had a particular focus on assisting the economic transition in the region . |
| 6 | Most perennials grow periodically , stopping before the end of the growing season when they have reached a particular stage , for example the production of winter buds . |
| 7 | Since they will not be viewing the whole picture comprehensively , since they will perforce be selectively choosing values and acting on limited information , it is all the more important that the reasons why they have chosen a particular course of conduct should be articulated . |
| 8 | In contract teaching , students receive a written list of the behaviour they must demonstrates in order to prove that they have mastered a particular unit of study . |