Example sentences of "especially [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another video weakness to guard against is the coarse and grainy look of plain surfaces in bright primary colours , especially reds . |
| 2 | Especially groups of people from the Church . |
| 3 | Unmarried women , especially widows , had some prospect of an independent life . |
| 4 | In addition , the provisions in some occupational pension schemes and APP schemes for dependants , especially widows , may be very poor . |
| 5 | There are two forms of inequality related to occupational pensions which also serve to disadvantage very elderly women , especially widows . |
| 6 | Though property-disputes were no doubt very often settled informally , through arbitration by senior family-members , for instance , and so have left no trace in the written record , some recorded cases arose over property-claims held or transmitted through women , especially widows . |
| 7 | This is well known for predators ( especially birds ) which form a searching image ; see , for example , Cooper ( 1984 ) . |
| 8 | The strengths of the approach are clear : it gets away from being content-dominated and takes the teaching of skills seriously , especially skills of stilling , centredness and attentiveness . |
| 9 | Green folder , £1.99 ; yellow notebook , £1.50 ; coloured pencils , 20p each Best for : All rooms , especially bathrooms , utility rooms , kitchens and conservatories |
| 10 | Pencil , 20p Best for : All rooms , especially bathrooms and children 's rooms |
| 11 | Religious rituals and the arts have been , and still are , concerned with handling this unresolved problem handed down to the present by the institutions which preserve the archaic heritage of mankind , especially religions . |
| 12 | Especially fairies . |
| 13 | The New Review ran a profile on Minton in which he is quoted as saying : ‘ I love taxis , and the cinema , especially musicals in Technicolor , and I am very keen on jive [ sic ] . |
| 14 | The Wolfcraft Bench Sander is ideal for truing up faces of timber prior to making joints , especially mitre-joints ( ideal for frame makers ! ) |
| 15 | Some healers ( especially acupuncturists ) are even able to smell the aura — and this is quite apart from a person 's usual body odour . |
| 16 | Ornithologists , especially Orians and his colleagues , interpret this in terms of the effect of competition between the territorial males for the areas most productive in food for breeding . |
| 17 | Look for simple processes : especially pairs of 2-cycles or single 3-cycles , by using commutators and other subgroups 4 . |
| 18 | Jakob Lindberg 's artful contributions on the theorbo and archlute — walking basses , ornamentation in slow movements and firm , resonant puntato accompaniments — add unprecedented richness to the textures created by the strings and organ in the selections from Op. 1 especially Nos. 8 , 9 and 11 ) ; that they have been closely miked ( apparently quite deliberately ) may mean that it would be difficult , if not impossible , to recreate these effects in a live performance , which inevitably calls into question their ‘ authenticity ’ . |
| 19 | Agnes made no comment on this statement ; yet all the while she was thinking , they should n't buy things that they ca n't afford , especially hats , from hard-working women like these . |
| 20 | SMALL BIRDS suffer from a lifelong fear of birds of prey , especially owls . |
| 21 | Small rodents such as voles and mice keep active over the winter but decline in numbers — through predation by weasels and especially owls — to a spring low . |
| 22 | He did not write an autobiography , but his letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience , especially artists . |
| 23 | Birds , especially blackbirds , like using the fibres for building nests . |
| 24 | These sorts of personality-type theories are difficult to separate from childhood influences , especially values and beliefs ( both espoused and practised ) within the family unit . |
| 25 | Verbs , on the other hand , and especially adverbs , are more likely to be abstract concepts that are harder to define and more unpredictable in their use . |
| 26 | Areas particularly rich in brackish flora and fauna , especially invertebrates , are Morecambe Bay , the Dee estuary and Point of Ayr . |
| 27 | Heads played a crucial part in developing such a culture , but it was sustained by other leaders ( especially deputies ) and by active participation of staff members . |
| 28 | Foods include insects , worms ( especially Earthworms ) , shrimps , and small fish . |
| 29 | The consumer division sells mainly through retail outlets whereas the industrial division markets direct to companies , who buy luggage ( especially briefcases ) for use by their executives . |
| 30 | It 's worth spending money on your face , especially cleansers , toners and moisturisers but as for lipsticks and eye make-up , the cheapies are just as good . |