Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a specific [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For the reasons specified above , the 50 schools sampled were asked to provide us both with their overall attendance rate and the numbers of pupils absent for a specific week in June and again for a specific week in November .
2 It 's easy to control , including the scheduling aspects — you can delay a fax send until a specific time , sending all your faxes for one day after 6pm , say , in order to take advantage of off peak telephone rates ( or after midnight , if you have a midnight line ) .
3 But some depend on a specific view of science , notably that there are objective and timeless laws at work and that normative considerations are to be excluded .
4 Passing Wattisham we identify Stowmarket ( R ) and look for a specific road/railway junction ( S ) , which turns up exactly as we expected it .
5 For example , with a file that is only 50 per cent packed , we must expect 21.31 per cent of the records not to be stored in their home record positions if we randomize to a specific address .
6 The reports studied in this chapter are " technical " ; that is , they are not written in general terms but refer to a specific problem within a specific set of conditions .
7 The release of the husband from his obligations under the mortgage ( as in Precedent 5 ) will not release him from the covenants for title implied under s76(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925 by his having charged the property as beneficial owner ( The Conveyancer , 1982 , p252 ) ; this lack of complete release however is necessary for the mortgagee so that it still has the covenant for further assurance in the event that a defect in title becomes apparent and some mortgagees insist on a specific covenant to this effect .
8 ‘ The political stance adopted by a class at any given time will be i part a function of the structure of the political system as whole and the concrete possibilities which exist in a specific situation for the application of various kinds of class alliances ’ ( Roxborough 1979 : 82 ) .
9 Populations that belong to a specific group with common ancestry are known to have a single genetic system .
10 Resistors listed all belong to a specific tolerance set .
11 ( ii ) Changing house — Most court orders relate to a specific property and do not make provision for the wife moving house and occupying another property upon similar terms and conditions .
12 Prevalence rates relate to a specific point in time .
13 That although it 's erm , in our mind and yours , identify with a specific investment .
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