Example sentences of "[adv] singled [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your article on the problems of foreign-owned stockbrokers in Tokyo ( ‘ Gaijin , gaijin , gone ’ , December 22nd ) has caused considerable offence within Barclays and has quite unfairly and incorrectly singled out for attack one of our middle managers , Michael Tomalin . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The South African-born Hampshire batsman was also singled out for his ‘ general attitude on and off the field as part of the English team ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Also singled out for praise were Francesco Bianchi Ferrari e la pittura a Modena fra ‘ 400 e ‘ 500 by Daniele Benati ; Palazzo Vecchio e dintorni . |
| 6 | The brunt of the assault was directed at the USA , but also singled out for criticism were the European Communities ( EC ) , Australia , Canada , Hong Kong , Indonesia , South Korea , Singapore and Thailand . |
| 7 | Indeed , British council housing , compared to public housing in other developed nations of the world , is unusual in just this respect ( Stretton , 1975 ) and , as a result , often singled out for special praise . |
| 8 | The BBC is particularly singled out for criticism for its recent coverage and the exclusion of senior Presbyterian Church figures from televised discussions on the worsening political situation and from a BBC radio debate on Church representation on education boards . |
| 9 | Over 75% of respondents to the survey said that distribution and hotline services were good ( Tiptree and Penguin were consistently singled out for special praise ) , and that wholesalers were outstandingly efficient . |
| 10 | Specific minority issues , such as racial harassment or the relationship between the blacks and the police , can be usefully singled out for successful in-bureau training . |
| 11 | The jury 's verdict appeared to have resulted from the acceptance by some of its members that Barry had been unfairly singled out for prosecution , a central tenet of the mayor 's defence strategy . |