Example sentences of "to single [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would probably be unfair to single out a single worker as the ‘ discoverer ’ of Plate Tectonics , but the term ‘ plates ’ was first used by an American , W. Jason Morgan , who was following up earlier work by J. Tuzo Wilson of Toronto University . |
| 2 | The author displays a perfect mastery of his subject ; his legendary library has helped him to single out a wealth of comparable material , and his practical knowledge of specific features of construction and style extends to such details as , for example , Riesener 's handmade steel screws . |
| 3 | Mathematics competitions in the UK have traditionally been elitist affairs designed to single out a few extraordinary individuals and effectively to exclude the rest . |
| 4 | It would be wrong to single out the Clinton administration for criticism . |
| 5 | Speech act theory , by attempting to single out the pieces of shared knowledge which enable us to interpret the function of what is said , also assumes that we can distinguish which factors in the situation are relevant , but again it does nothing to explain how we distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant . |
| 6 | However , a letter from the Department of the Taoiseach , Albert Reynolds , stated that it would be ‘ invidious to single out the victims of this particular atrocity for special official commemoration ’ against the background of approximately 3,000 deaths resulting either directly or indirectly from violence in Northern Ireland . |