Example sentences of "[prep] a particular [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was closely associated with the community at Findhorn , in Scotland , where Dorothy Maclean and , subsequently , several others , were able to make contact with the ‘ devas ’ — higher level beings embodying the essence of a particular species or , in particular cases , of a place . |
| 2 | Thirdly , the Convention may be silent both as to the substance of a particular issue and as to the law by which it is to be determined , in which case it is a question of construction whether the Convention covers the point or merely leaves it to be dealt with under the law applicable under the conflicts rules of the forum . |
| 3 | When I tried to discover just what was really meant when it was said of a particular girl that she had been " married " in this sense seven times before she was nineteen , I was told that if a girl was seen to be cooking a meal for a man this was evidence that she was " married " to him . |
| 4 | Much less frequently , it confers powers on an official of a particular description or grade . |
| 5 | In a technical text a reformulation may constrain the interpretation of the original for the purpose of ensuring a more accurate understanding of a particular concept and hence a greater understanding of the surrounding text . |
| 6 | Picture cards These might be classified and sorted according to those that look alike , those that are of a particular colour or design , etc . |
| 7 | Students are often asked to criticise such and such an author 's views , or to appraise critically the outcome of a particular idea or thought . |
| 8 | For reasons such as these the numismatist is often primarily occupied with establishing the mint and date of a particular coin or group of coins . |
| 9 | The larger books ( folio ) are often grouped together on the lower shelves of a particular stack or in a separate sequence of shelves . |
| 10 | Although I realise that he can not know of a particular incident that has been drawn to my attention today , is he aware that information has been sent to deceased claimants , thus causing a great deal of distress to the families concerned ? |
| 11 | The economic power of the individual may also depend upon the possession of a particular skill or knowledge that others want . |
| 12 | No full account of a particular formation or kind of formation can be given without extending description and analysis into general history , where the whole social order and all its classes and formations can be taken properly into account . |
| 13 | We learn to become members of a particular society and the most important forces involved in this process are social , not biological or instinctual . |
| 14 | Also , I should say that erm the District Health Authorities now also have the right to initiate this , and of course they are more likely to be in contact with children who are under erm school age , and so it 's going to imply that the different services within the Local Authorities are going to have to work quite closely together on this one and what you should have , by the time a statement is prepared , is a very detailed profile of a particular child and one in which the parent has been consulted and various other people have been consulted . |
| 15 | ‘ When other factors , such as the history of vandalism in the neighbourhood of a particular school and value of contents within the building are taken into account , the priorities become clearer . ’ |
| 16 | Recent work on the history of the family uses structural explanations for family form as an expression of a particular culture and as a mechanism for creating personality types consonant with that culture . |
| 17 | This is because , no chemical analytical technique presently available can assess the impact of a particular odorant or component of that odorant on an individual . |
| 18 | The choreographer seizes on the personality of a particular dancer and creates ballets through which the dancer gradually develops and discloses unique talent and qualities to such a degree that audiences soon recognise a star . |
| 19 | A major contribution of the discipline has been to emphasise how the identification and designation of a particular phenomenon or pattern of behaviour as a ‘ social problem ’ is not an unambiguous matter , but a process of social definition . |
| 20 | The sample selected should be properly established and of an appropriate size based on whether a misstatement of a particular size or frequency would affect the interpretation of data and any points of weakness identified during systems evaluation and compliance testing . |
| 21 | Occasionally she was caught for a fraction of a second with images of a pig 's cot wall with a black cat on it or a square stone chapel silhouetted in Sunday dusk , but these were inconsequential visitations , debris from the past uncovered by the rhythms of a particular song or the set and angle of a passing face , a passing mood . |
| 22 | Obviously , each enquiry is slightly different depending on the facts of a particular case and the majority are complex , often involving repeated consultation with members of other professions , such as teachers , doctors , police , nurses and solicitors , as well as parents and children themselves . |
| 23 | They may be able to order bricks of a particular type if they do n't have them in stock , or it may be worth investigating whether second-hand bricks are available from demolition contractors in your area . |
| 24 | Choice of a particular university or polytechnic makes even less difference . |
| 25 | ‘ Collectors are very active and are prepared to pay for a painting of a particular breed or artist . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Specially Arranged Music ’ refers to those scores where a musician , in collaboration with a choreographer , selects from the varied works of a particular composer and weaves them into a viable ballet score . |
| 27 | Such figures may come to have their independent existence either as an archetype of a particular characteristic or quality or an inhabitant of that shadowy half-world where real and unreal live in harmony . |
| 28 | Most of these compositions , however , have a narrow scope ; they discuss issues of immediate concern to members of a particular occupation though sometimes they are addressed to a wider audience . |
| 29 | Second , combined with the second segment , it achieves relevance as an interpretation of a particular thought or body of thought . |
| 30 | There is therefore ample scope for the court to distinguish a decision on the meaning of a particular word or clause in a different contract . |