Example sentences of "and [prep] particular a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In '60s Scotland , local hard men like Jimmy Boyle did n't have a look in , the role of working-class hero was inevitably played by footballers , and in particular a group of young men who dressed in a continental style and made The Kray Twins look like artless thugs . |
| 2 | The air crews used to flock around the office even more now that she was with us , and in particular a navigator called Henry who made numerous attempts to date her . |
| 3 | Rather , what is needed is a critique of the polarisation of masculine and feminine qualities , and in particular a critique of the way in which such qualities may be interpreted or clustered. ( pp. 47–8 ) |
| 4 | A third is that there is among scientists a kind of general scepticism of talk of causation , and in particular a suspicion of general conceptions of it used by philosophers . |
| 5 | On the last morning of his captivity , on 27 November , his guards had shown him a newspaper and in particular a photograph on one of the pages . |
| 6 | It was not too difficult in the 1960s and 1970s to discern such contradictions in the East European countries , in the form of conflicts among various social groups , and in particular a conflict — which appeared openly from time to time in strikes , protests or even insurrections , and was only with difficulty contained and repressed — between those who control and direct the overall development of society and those whose lives and work are thus planned and regulated from above . |
| 7 | Their collapse was brought about by opposition movements demanding greater democracy , but also a reconstruction of the economy to achieve higher rates of growth and in particular a vastly improved supply of consumer goods . |
| 8 | Donna was delighted by the present of baby toys , clothes , etc. and in particular a generous cash present from her many friends in the office . |
| 9 | The records of the local authority , and in particular a whole range of core documents , are becoming ever more important as the agents by which we hold together an increasingly diverse and fragmented organisation and culture . |