Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a particular " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Certainly Levy and Trevarthen in their study with split-brain patients argued that the " wrong " hemisphere was sometimes activated in preparation for a particular task .
2 If a planning authority grants permission for a particular construction or use in its area it is almost certain that some local inhabitants will be prejudiced in the quiet enjoyment of their properties .
3 It should also be noted that in granting permission for a particular use a local planning authority may impose conditions restricting that use and thus prevent the changes in use allowed by the Order .
4 Alternatively , a break-clause may be exercisable on the happening of an uncertain event ; for example , if a dangerous structure notice is served or if planning permission for a particular use is refused .
5 The selection of a building contract for a particular project is unfortunately often left too late to allow proper consideration of matching the contract to the job .
6 And if skills associated with the new technology are specific to a particular occupation rather than to a firm , why should either employer or employee prefer a long-term contract with one employer rather than a consultancy contract for a particular piece of work ?
7 It is less susceptible to tinkering with individual unit costs in order to make the total budget for a particular service conform to externally imposed cash limits .
8 Such a theory predicts that an increase in advantage for a particular visual hemifield should be accompanied by an equivalent decrease in performance for the other hemifield , yet this does not appear to be the case ( Hellige and Cox , 1976 ) .
9 It may well be that as , perhaps , in the teaching of reading , so in the teaching of writing , the real art lies in discerning the approach that best suits the individual writer for a particular type of compositional task .
10 For any atom that does not move when the operation is applied , there is a particular contribution to the character , and this is the same for every such atom for a particular type of symmetry operation .
11 Where lighting consistently exceeds the recommended level for a particular area certain tubes could be removed , but in the case of switch start light circuits , the starter must also be removed otherwise this will continue to use power .
12 Thus wage levels will tend to converge to a common level for a particular labour skill .
13 And it tells you the normal plug rating for a particular appliance .
14 We always get a number of passengers who may be having treatment from their own GP for a particular condition , in which case they 'll bring their own medical notes with them .
15 The acquisition of a new machine may temporarily raise enthusiasm for a particular task , but it does not seem to affect the basic feeling of satisfaction or dissatisfaction :
16 The role of speciality publications is not only to inform , but to build enthusiasm for a particular interest or activity .
17 Writeable control store is attractive in tailoring a computer for a particular application , but there are major problems , in potential loss of compatibility with the manufacturer 's standard software or even between problem programs ; this may be compounded by multi-programming , and errors in microprogramming ( particularly as the latter is usually more complicated than conventional programming ) .
18 O'Brien had approached the Prince at the end of 1984 because he wanted support for a particular project , called Fullemploy .
19 In particular , the operation of the Social Fund — a benefit offered as a loan — often calls for social workers to provide support for a particular case , given the limited budget of the fund and the rationing that must be applied as a result .
20 I should also value , and quickly , advice and a possible letter of support for a particular job application .
21 The combinations are of the form where C is the value of the principal component for a particular pixel , and a , b , c and d are coefficients derived from the correlations between the bands .
22 The responsibility for a particular budget should be clearly defined ;
23 Its object was to reduce disparity in sentences of imprisonment , and to remove the difficulty which judges faced when Parliament had told them no more than the maximum sentence for a particular crime : see Reflections on the English Sentencing System by Professor Sir Rupert Cross , Child & Co .
24 Then again , addictions to substances that affect different types of synapse can be quite similar — and some people seem to be prone to addiction per se , rather than just to have a weakness for a particular substance .
25 The crazed director had vowed to eat his show if a friend ever raised the money for a particular project .
26 First of all , if support teachers always take individual needs as their starting point it may be assumed that any modifications to the curriculum for a particular child relate uniquely to that child 's difficulties .
27 The examples are : " revising and improving the whole curriculum for a particular year group , taking account of the programmes of study and attainment targets of the National Curriculum ; developing a whole-school assessment policy , including marking and recording ; piloting a scheme for staff development and appraisal " ( DES 1989e:11 ) .
28 In the latter case addressing will probably only point to a bucket number , and in searching the bucket for a particular record using the direct technique it will no longer be an error to detect a dummy record , but part of the search .
29 Clauses which limit liability for a particular type of breach , by excluding any liability for pure economic loss , such as loss of profit or business , ( often loosely called consequential loss clauses ) should in most cases pass the test of reasonableness , whatever the cause of the breach , where the transaction is a non-consumer transaction .
30 So far we have looked at exclusion clauses which exclude or restrict liability for a particular type of breach arising from a particular cause .
  Next page