Example sentences of "singled [adv prt] for [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fear of encroachments by the government or the armed forces on the liberty of the subject , coupled with a feeling that it was unjust that one particular group should be singled out for treatment in this way , combined to defeat all such suggestions . |
| 2 | In case you fail to appreciate the lustre of this honour , I should point out that you have to do something pretty dreadful to be singled out for vilification in a sermon . |
| 3 | Two of his country houses , Eshton Hall , Yorkshire ( 1825–7 ) , and Underley Hall near Kirkby Lonsdale ( 1825–8 ) , are amongst the very earliest examples of this idiom , as well as being notably accomplished productions which were singled out for praise in Specimens of the Details of Elizabethan Architecture ( 1839 ) , by Henry Shaw [ q.v . ] . |
| 4 | The restoration was singled out for praise in 1986 when it was highly commended by the Association of Railway Preservation Societies . |
| 5 | The restoration was singled out for praise in 1986 when it was highly commended by the Association of Railway Preservation Societies . |