Example sentences of "[prep] a specific [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was thus a particular target for the Tories , and according to his own account lost his seat at the 1702 election after a specific campaign against him inspired by the Tory leaders . |
| 2 | Alternatively the acquiror may wish to have a specific retention out of the consideration only to be released after a specific timeframe once all identified pre-contract trade debtors have been collected ) . |
| 3 | And Parsons claimed that what distinguished an organization from other types of social system is ‘ the primary of orientation to the attainment of a specific goal ’ ( Parsons 1956 ) . |
| 4 | I enjoy the faithful following of a specific clientèle who are motivated by their interest . |
| 5 | Other products in the portfolio , such as Twirl , Boost and last year 's big launch Strollers , are increasingly bought for snacking , says product manager Anne Greenwood , which prompted the development of a specific brand . |
| 6 | For example , the chief in Figure 5.15 has control over the whole machine , whereas the draughtsman only works on the fine detail of a specific part . |
| 7 | Many European houses are anyway more used to peddling bonds to investors whose main interest is price , than equities to investors who must be convinced about the health and prospects of a specific company . |
| 8 | The scope of a pro-active search will not normally extend to a fully detailed analysis of a specific company , competitors , forecasts etc . |
| 9 | The scope of a pro-active search will not normally extend to a fully detailed analysis of a specific company , competitors , forecasts etc . |
| 10 | In January 1971 , after the considerable discussion in its committees , the Council adopted a new formulation , dropping the stipulation of a specific requirement . |
| 11 | Phonetic representation of specific speech sounds is like a photograph of a specific person . |
| 12 | The social reality is that the uses of ‘ history ’ , if not always as crude and blatant as this , always involve selection , speculation and hypothesised connections , and that the scholars operating this process are products of a specific society , speak its language and are imbued with its ideology , so their work must always bear a complex if not tangential relationship to ‘ reality ’ and ‘ objectivity ’ . |
| 13 | We know that what the players do can be decisive for the survival of a specific enterprise within such an industrial sector . |
| 14 | While some goals refer to broad aims , such as efficiency or the pursuit of profit , these afford little insight into the operations of a specific enterprise , and so more detailed goals are normally of interest . |
| 15 | In some cases you can only include one character of a certain type in your army , or one of a specific unit . |
| 16 | In some cases you can only include one character of a certain type in your army , or one of a specific unit . |
| 17 | In some cases you can only include one character of a certain type in your army , or one of a specific unit . |
| 18 | A radioactive isotope of a specific element decays in a defined way ( see fig.7.1 ) . |
| 19 | The effects of isotope substitution on the observed spectrum may give valuable information about the numbers of atoms of a specific element present , and about any symmetry relationship between their positions . |
| 20 | For example , in the UK the formation of financial conglomerates offering a full range of financial services was a response by market participants to embrace market forces rather than the product of a specific government policy . |
| 21 | These authors argue that , in the absence of a specific treaty prohibition nuclear weapons are not per se illegal . |
| 22 | These factors interact making it difficult to predict the likely level of difficulty of a specific problem for pupils . |
| 23 | In this respect the National Health Service is unique among the social services : it is the only instance where the great majority of a specific service is the direct responsibility of an organ of the central government . |
| 24 | Some people find it difficult to judge the probability of a given outcome , say the success of a specific development job , directly . |
| 25 | Some people find it difficult to judge the probability of a given outcome , say the success of a specific development job , directly . |
| 26 | They are very complex in effect , since there is both increasing capitalization of the productive intermediaries — modern publishers — and increasing professionalization , of a specific kind , among writers . |
| 27 | The possible therapeutic effect of a specific receptor antagonist in inflammatory bowel disease remains to be evaluated . |
| 28 | In some cases you may only choose a maximum of one unit of a specific type , for example you can only have one Mob of Big'uns . |
| 29 | In some cases you may only choose a maximum of one unit of a specific type , for example you can only have one regiment of Reiksguard Knights . |
| 30 | The usual rule regarding magic items is that only one item of a specific type can be included . |