Example sentences of "single out [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , the law is gender-specific , singling out women for more lenient treatment . |
| 2 | The Government have often been accused of singling out students for special treatment under the rules . |
| 3 | The fieldworker presented the research quite accurately as a study of the neighbourhood , including its language , without singling out language for particular comment . |
| 4 | After Saturday 's home defeat by Manchester United , Graham , who lambasted his forwards at Leeds the previous week , singled out Wright for special criticism . |
| 5 | Among the many precious stones endowed with special powers the bishop singled out chalcedony for its ability to promote victory , topaz for healing , carnelian for restraining anger and amethyst for preventing drunkenness . |
| 6 | Souness might have singled out Wright for the chop but he was in no mood to spare his team-mates from criticism . |
| 7 | Vichy 's economic and cultural anti-Semitism , which had singled out Jews for contempt and discrimination , undoubtedly facilitated the German policy of deportation and thence the Final Solution . |
| 8 | Since lions always like to isolate one individual from the herd before attacking , this theory also makes sense on paper , but reality does not bear it out because lions can all too easily single out animals for the kill . |