Example sentences of "for a particular [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm looking for a particular girl , ’ said Huy . |
| 2 | In the IBM case , IBM was considered by the Commission to hold a dominant position ( inter alia ) in the supply of two key products for a particular computer system , and was found to have abused its dominant position by refusing to supply other manufacturers in sufficient time with technical information to permit the interfacing of those other products with IBM equipment , particularly by tying in the supply of IBM software and hardware and by discriminating between users of IBM software . |
| 3 | ( d ) Both operands are in accumulators and the result replaces the contents of one of the accumulators , whether the first or the second usually being fixed for a particular computer ( as with two-address instructions ) . |
| 4 | They are usually responsible for a particular field , such as computing , pre-school provision , adult education , political education or equal opportunities . |
| 5 | The main purpose of this procedure is not to initiate legislation but to generate publicity for a particular issue or to test the water to see if there is support for legislation in the future . |
| 6 | In many commercial applications the geomagnetic field is used for directional reference : field values for a particular location are computed using a global or regional model of the field . |
| 7 | If this fails , after a while they may manage to overcome their distaste for a particular substance and then it is necessary to change one 's tactics . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | For a particular substance , the density of the solid is much higher than that of the gas and slightly higher than that of the liquid . |
| 10 | These models therefore differ in the degree to which specialisation for a particular function is thought to exist . |
| 11 | It did not have to be proved that the accused intended to use the article for a particular burglary , theft or cheat . |
| 12 | Pressures for a particular settlement in the Church , in other words , emerged from within society before the establishment of the new regime ; the eventual religious settlement worked out did not so much create the religious problem but rather was an attempt to deal with a religious problem that already existed , although in doing so the government inevitably created new religious tensions in the process . |
| 13 | Probably the first time that tsunami were blamed for a particular deposit was in Sir Edward Bailey 's brilliant exposition of the origin of the Upper Jurassic boulder beds in eastern Scotland , discussed in the last chapter . |
| 14 | In the absence of a rationale for a particular transformation ( or in the face of competing rationales ) the ladder of powers provides a useful guide . |
| 15 | Encourage children to talk about their preference for a particular toy . |
| 16 | Where a government is very keen to press on with its programme , and where it can foresee that it would otherwise be frustrated by pressure of time , it can move that a timetable be adopted for a particular measure and , if the House so resolves , the Business Committee of the House will arrange a programme for a particular Bill , setting aside a specific number of days for each stage . |
| 17 | The long explanations of ‘ faculties ’ and ‘ propensities ’ , with each area of the skull carefully marked for a particular skill , strike one as total pseudoscience . |
| 18 | Where a range of success rates is given , this indicates that there were several assessment items for a particular skill or task and that performance covered a fairly wide band — an immediate warning that a criterion statement based on such tasks will not tell us much about pupils ' achievements . |
| 19 | In many design departments there is not a continuous need for a particular skill or technique . |
| 20 | Students are admitted into a faculty to study for a particular degree . |
| 21 | Even when reviews do exist , tracking them down for a particular title can be difficult . |
| 22 | No company , after all , is better equipped to design a jamming device for a particular missile than the company that made the missile in the first place . |
| 23 | The sender refers to an action necessary for a particular goal . |
| 24 | Even then it tends to be an option used for only a selection of shots depending on hazards , the pin position and preference for a particular shape of shot . |
| 25 | Whether a visitor came for a particular story or whether the old woman had one in mind she wanted to relate , the preliminaries were the same : she entered into a state approaching that of a trance . |
| 26 | Depending on the materials available , the choice of what metal or alloy to use for a particular artefact would be influenced mainly by its intended function and how it was to be manufactured . |
| 27 | If you would like some advice on the amount you could borrow for a particular home improvement project that you have in mind , ask your local NatWest branch , as our staff will be pleased to help you . |
| 28 | So I would venture to suggest that if I 'm interviewing you as the Environmental Health Officer for a particular council on a council matter , then I would expect you to only speak on behalf of the council — unless I asked you whether your professional body was happy with your council 's policy . |
| 29 | In ( b ) we are not asking the student to make up any bed but a particular kind of bed for a particular patient . |
| 30 | Though not used by homoeopathic pharmacies in this country for potencies below the 1M , it is used commercially in Belgium for all potencies , and is also used when a practitioner has to make a specific potency for a particular patient , such as a potency of chloroform for a case of chloroform allergy . |