Example sentences of "particularly of the " 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 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 .
3 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 :
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 It would be impossible for anyone who was there to forget her singing , particularly of the Agnus Dei .
10 1989 ) , showed less evidence of the trends identified by those earlier studies , and particularly of the use of Place of Safety Orders .
11 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 ) .
12 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 .
13 He had come across severe abnormalities — particularly of the limbs — in children of mothers who had taken thalidomide during pregnancy .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 On the outside of public buildings , particularly of the older sort , arms will give clues to the identity of previous owners , or if almshouses , benefactors .
17 One of the most significant was in the increase in formal schooling , particularly of the young .
18 The Reverend Arthur Young was by far the strongest critic , particularly of the retention of ‘ shaws ’ of natural woodland as field boundaries , not surprising since they took almost an eighth of a field acreage of the Weald :
19 The DEDNI 's suggestion that it might encourage companies to testdrill on Cavehill , particularly for gold , has led to the formation of the Save the Cavehill Campaign in Belfast , while in west Belfast the Black Mountain Action Committee is trying to save the Mountain from disappearing through quarrying activities — the committee has found local people to be suffering from health problems , particularly of the eyes and throat , related to dust from the quarrying .
20 In the English case , the positive usages , particularly of the adjectival form ‘ aggressive ’ , cluster around the notions of being ‘ self-assertive ’ , ‘ driven to succeed ’ , and so on .
21 Among the 122 works on show will be those relating to projects for monumental sculpture and architecture , particularly of the Seventies and Eighties , including maquettes for five works installed in the grounds of the Fondation Gianadda .
22 Most reasonable people would side with the rhetoric of ‘ rights ’ here , particularly of the giraffe 's plight were it unnaturally cramped .
23 Mayhew … ) were concerned to describe accurately and in detail the social conditions of their society , particularly of the more disadvantaged sections , but their interest in these matters was never a disinterested academic one .
24 The whole country needed ‘ cleaning up ’ , particularly of the ‘ coons ’ , Alf ranted ( can anyone imagine that happening now ? ) .
25 The first studies of patients in intensive care units began with investigations of multiply injured patients in the Netherlands , and these showed significantly fewer patients colonised with potentially pathogenic micro-organisms , particularly of the upper respiratory tract .
26 She spoke of the charity work done by the Students ' Union , paid compliments to Salford Council and expressed approval of the University 's wider access policy , particularly of the 2 × 2 courses , the first graduates of which will take their degrees next year .
27 But , surely , the experience of past ages , and particularly of the last twenty-five years , will have taught men wisdom , and prepared the minds of all for a calm and dispassionate enquiry . ’
28 I 'm thinking particularly of the footpaths leading to and climbing up the side of Malham Cove , where artificial ways have had to be created to cope with erosion caused by millions of feet .
29 Many , particularly of the younger generation , had become disillusioned not only with the war , but also with the political system that had produced it .
30 Though this sometimes occurs within musicals , the clearest examples are dream sequences within melodramas , particularly of the 1940s and '50s .
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