Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] particular " in BNC.

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1 One result of this has been a contraction in the value that venture capitalists can put on for particular businesses .
2 The Sinclair Spectrum came in for particular criticism .
3 Once the Iraqis had pulled out , Kuwaiti vigilantes began combing the city for any Iraqi soldiers still hiding in the ruins and for anyone known or thought to have collaborated with the enemy , with Palestinians coming in for particular attention .
4 The Ulster Unionists came in for particular criticism , being accused of sacrificing the province 's interests in Europe for the prospect of holding the balance of power at Westminster .
5 Human resources should be fundamental to subjects such as ergonomics which are essentially people-centred but the concept remains procedurally undeveloped at any level from a continent through countries , regions and companies down to particular working systems .
6 In the security arena , Artisoft has extended privilege assignment within an Access Control List group down to particular files on servers , so each member of an Access Control group can be assigned specific additional rights above those of the group as a whole .
7 Sometimes even junior Libyan officials dug their heels in on particular points of practical application of rules , and rejected all attempts by their colleagues and superiors to persuade , cajole , order , bully them into expediting business .
8 We can work with the class to create a story in which they all have a stake , slowing it down at particular moments , thereby creating strong dramatic tension , deepening understanding and also enabling us to value publicly the contribution of particular children .
9 is possible to identify a syndrome of implicit assumptions in many lesser developed countries ' conservation policies and in more academic and general commentaries on the subject , and to follow them through to particular elements in explicit policy .
10 It denied , however , that the reactor was one of two which had been turned off after particular criticism .
11 For example , migrating wading birds may stop off at particular estuaries en route from winter feeding grounds to summer breeding grounds ; and we will meet more examples ( eg of fish breeding in mangroves or coral reefs ) in the next chapter .
12 Particular genes can be switched on and off at particular times because the bottleneck/growth-cycle calendar ensures that there is such a thing as a particular time .
13 Take any one of these four ingredients away and you will be much less likely to find a close corporatist tie up between particular interests and the state in pursuit of increased state intervention .
14 New diplomas and certificates , made up of particular groupings of 7261 modules , are now available as listed below .
15 The sub-schema DDL allows the setting up of particular user views of part of the schema , such as the specification of privacy locks , and the renaming and redescription of data items and records .
16 This led him to doubt whether authentic religious belief can properly be tied to and bound up with particular historical events .
17 When age and period interact , we may assume we are dealing with the unique experiences of a generation growing up under particular conditions .
18 The argument was that different components of personality are built up in particular individuals as a consequence of cultural conditioning .
19 One can not simply look at the kinds of problems thrown up by particular social structures and economic situations and analyse policies as responses to those problems , since policies themselves influence the character of the societies in which they are adopted .
20 The controversy built up around particular decisions to turn down planning applications , with angry scenes in the planning office , complaints to councillors , the involvement of community councils , letters to the local newspaper and the circulation of comment and condemnation by disappointed would-be house-builders .
21 As well as identifying whole areas which may be ‘ good ’ or ‘ bad ’ in terms of business , market research helps retailers find out about particular socio-economic or social and economic groups .
22 Also singled out for particular censure has been Mozart 's wife Constanze , who has often been accused of hastening her husband 's early death through her sluttishness , extravagance , and inability to keep the household finances in order .
23 He singled out for particular attention the concepts of cause and effect , which we use and take for granted in everyday life , which are central to scientific study , and which were also essential to the theological argument from causality .
24 The conference was broadly enough based to include both Samuel Gurney and the intemperate American Garrisonian , Parker Pillsbury , but although the BFASS committee supported a resolution encouraging American abolitionists of all ‘ persuasions , it refused to eat enough of its past words to single out for particular mention the American Anti-Slavery Society , associated with the Garrison 's ‘ heretical ’ notions .
25 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 .
26 Alistair Darling , Labour MP for Edinburgh Central , singled out for particular criticism the general manager of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children , who was provided with a BMW saloon .
27 Ministers may choose to delegate the carrying out of particular tasks to their subordinates , especially their permanent secretaries but , because they are answerable to Parliament , they will need to satisfy themselves that the delegated tasks are being performed satisfactorily .
28 This argument was set out with particular clarity by James Mill in his celebrated Essay on Government , first published in 1820 .
29 It came out with particular force in my work .
30 A fairly neutral background will make any small splash of colour sing out with particular vibrancy and significance .
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