Example sentences of "particularly of " in BNC.

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1 How beautiful , how devoid of everything like the handicraft of art it is — the largeness , and yet ingenuity of its effect — the purity of its colour — the truth , yet refinement and elegance of the action , particularly of the hands ( in which he particularly excels ) ; and then , a lesson to all high-minded slovens , the patient vigilance with which the whole is linked together , by touches , in some instances small almost as a miniature , but like the sparkling of water .
2 First of all , the pub is an establishment where particular kinds of activity take place — the most important of which is informal social drinking , particularly of beer , our national drink .
3 Though it might be fanciful to assert that this passage heralds the arrival of Hercule Poirot on the literary scene , it is clear that the Digression prepares the way for the development of the whodunnit form , and particularly of the private detective , ‘ the righteous unraveller ’ , whose task it will be to solve the murder .
4 In her development of the character of Poirot , she was clearly influenced by her reading of Sir Philip Sidney 's Astrophel and Stella , and particularly of the following sonnet :
5 Hence the elaboration and the perfection of explanations for inflation which have nothing to do with Government is something in which you naturally find politicians of all schools , but particularly of the public expenditure school , joining with good will .
6 While Cameroun 's economic activity returned to normal within a few months , the experience of the three attempted coups , and particularly of the last , undermined the sense of renewal which Paul Biya 's elevation to the presidency had achieved .
7 Sir Peter Imbert , the Metropolitan Police Commissioner , said in an interview in the Police Review this month that the complaints procedures had become almost unworkable , and failed to command public confidence — and particularly of ethnic minorities .
8 One suspects that somewhere along the line of the story 's forming there has been some attempt to draw a veil over the proceedings , and to protect the reputation particularly of the great Moses .
9 The deep economic depression , particularly of the late 1920s and the early 1930s , may well have discouraged the continued raising of large families and encouraged the greater use of birth-control techniques .
10 He dwelt on the pondus sacerdotum : the burden of priests , and more particularly of bishops ( and especially of archbishops ) , was that they would be responsible for the souls of kings at the Last Judgement .
11 They are depicted on coins particularly of the period of the Roman empire , and especially for the two hundred years between AD 50 and 250 .
12 It would be impossible for anyone who was there to forget her singing , particularly of the Agnus Dei .
13 We did many productions together , particularly of Mozart and Richard Strauss — the Ariadne , of course .
14 1989 ) , showed less evidence of the trends identified by those earlier studies , and particularly of the use of Place of Safety Orders .
15 We are concerned about the small but persistent minority , particularly of young people , who re-offend while already on bail .
16 We will continue to campaign within the EC for further liberalisation , particularly of cabotage , so that there are more commercial opportunities for British companies .
17 Because of the patchy nature of the fossil record many species ( particularly of large vertebrate animals ) are known from only one specimen ; some of these are of almost inestimable value , which is why museums have to take good care of their material .
18 A change in crop mix , perhaps also in crop planting technology and field preparation has strong implications for soil conservation , but the additional inputs required , particularly of labour , put strains on the reciprocal labour arrangements .
19 These causes of failure are attributed to ‘ problems at the top ’ , although of course these must be linked to problems further down , particularly of lack of participation of local people , inappropriate conservation measures , local enforcement and so on .
20 Many so-called ‘ refurbishments ’ , particularly of buildings in town centres , are very radical .
21 In university laboratories and research institutes , studies of nerve cells , and particularly of the transmission of impulses from one nerve to another , developed widely from the 1920s onward ( see Chapter 4 ) .
22 As the world population grows , our limited resources , particularly of land , will have to be used efficiently and frugally to achieve this paramount aim .
23 But , more importantly perhaps , the question of incorporation , particularly of such an open-textured document , inevitably raises difficult questions about the commitment of the British judiciary to the fundamental freedoms that such a charter would be asking them to defend .
24 Other settlers included ‘ stray Italians , Greeks and other Europeans , Syrians and many odd mixtures … escaping from tyranny or crime , or just on the look-out for adventure or fortune ’ and , more recent arrivals , many English ex-servicemen , ‘ particularly of the officer type , unemployed , with reasonably substantial cash bonuses and other means .
25 He had come across severe abnormalities — particularly of the limbs — in children of mothers who had taken thalidomide during pregnancy .
26 Another is the company of other animals , particularly of like kind .
27 Although microvascular disease is the specific lesion usually associated with diabetes mellitus , atherosclerosis , particularly of the coronary vessels , accounts for the major morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients .
28 Other information is obtained by all six departments by continuous trawling , particularly of newspapers and journals .
29 Each planner is continuously exposed to data from general reading , particularly of newspapers and journals .
30 I was to meet him in later years , but I am sure that the reaction in the chapel of all those within earshot , and particularly of the School Chaplain himself , exactly mirrored ‘ The Guardsman who dropped his rifle on parade ’ and the man who lit his cigar before the Royal toast together with his great friend who ordered a double Scotch in the grand pump-room at Bath .
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