Example sentences of "single [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it was known that a Girl simply had a relation with the disease , she would find herself singled out for extra help to the point of favouritism . |
| 2 | But he also disclosed that the 11 BR employees singled out for specific criticism by the Hidden inquiry would face disciplinary action , ranging from reprimand to suspension or dismissal . |
| 3 | However , it was not on the priority list of 20 rivers singled out for urgent action by the National Rivers Authority . |
| 4 | It is Coward who is singled out for specific blame by Durgnat , his screenplay compared explicitly/dismissively to women 's romance fiction as if that , by itself , was a confirmation of worthlessness . |
| 5 | However , certain subject areas may be singled out for special treatment in any authority , either for local reasons ( e.g. subject fields relating to local industries ) or simply from a sense of commitment to the public library 's responsibilities in certain areas ( e.g. current affairs , the arts ) . |
| 6 | Students were a group already singled out for special attention in the effort to keep out the ‘ bourgeois liberalism ’ which had influenced their predecessors at the turn of the century . |
| 7 | Although ‘ Ave verum corpus ’ was evidently composed well before its publication in the first book of Gradualia ( 1605 ) , it barely circulated in manuscript ( there are only two handwritten sources ) , and there is no evidence to show that it was singled out for special attention in Catholic households . |
| 8 | How often is a child singled out for special praise at governors ' meetings ? |
| 9 | It is , however , a very special kind of autobiography , and may be compared to the accounts of their own lives which the early Methodists were expected to write at the time of their reception into the church : in such spiritual autobiographies divine visitations were singled out for special mention as evidences of God 's grace and power ; they were contrasted with laments over sinful behaviour and backsliding , and led to the culminating moment of conversion . |
| 10 | I understand the hon. Gentleman 's concern , which is shared by my Department , but I do not think that on reflection he would want the defence industry to be singled out for particular treatment from our other manufacturing industries . |