Example sentences of "[adv] [be] singled [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | While individual players have rightly been singled out for special mention , the very considerable success of Canada 's World Cup campaign was based on a concerted team effort . |
| 2 | At present about 85% of foreign aid is earmarked by Congress for specific purposes in selected countries : unlucky countries that have not been singled out for earmarked money are vulnerable to savage cuts . |
| 3 | Elderly people have not been singled out for special consideration either , but for quite a different reason : their needs are broadly the same as those of younger adults , and specialist mental health services for elderly people are now developing all over the country as a direct response to the enormous growth in the numbers of people with dementia . |
| 4 | The boys queued in sets of five outside the headmaster 's room , each clutching his signed slip and praying he would not be singled out for special treatment . |
| 5 | Radio 4 's Today is singled out for attack . |
| 6 | But Mary was not actually being singled out for special treatment or favour , except in so far as her own attractiveness and charm marked her out . |