Example sentences of "was single out [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 One of the men was singled out with an imperative finger , which was then stabbed at Sabine .
2 The Institution 's structure was then expanded from three to four Divisions , and building surveying was singled out for the first time , and referred to as IIIB ( Division III , Building ) .
3 It is interesting to note , however , how strong the price was in the final quarter of the year , when Houghton Mifflin was singled out as a prime beneficiary of Clinton-inspired support for education as well as the more favourable demographic trends .
4 Lack of buying by US clients was singled out as a particular problem .
5 However , the NACAB information system was singled out as a basic bench-mark for what should constitute an adequate information resource in a generalist advice agency .
6 Hitler 's ‘ prophecy ’ , a brief moment in his two-hour speech , was singled out as the central point of the newsreel coverage on 3 February .
7 The second mechanism for controlling managerial power which was singled out in the legal model was the fiduciary duties imposed upon the directors and officers of the company .
8 I would be interested to know whether this act of Philistinism was perpetrated on all copies for circulation in Indonesia ; or whether mine was singled out by an over-zealous protector of the public morality in customs — or the censorship bureau ?
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