Example sentences of "[adv prt] for 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |