Example sentences of "especially [adj] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports in the Guardian and the International Herald Tribune of Feb. 23 claimed , however , that Saudi Arabia was eager to prevent Iraqi Shia Moslems based in Iran , especially those belonging to the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq ( SAIRI ) under Ayatollah Mohammad Bakr al-Hakim , from gaining influence amongst Iraqis . |
| 2 | The movies , though , had been born into a far more complex and certainly a more highly politicized era than the earlier fictional forms and many familiar themes , especially those dealing with the problems of wealth or with sudden reversals of financial fortune , would have to be treated more sensitively . |
| 3 | Of the other contributors , some expressed outrage , some were more optimistic , but I believe that these views of Cornall , Lawton and Hewlett typically reflected professional concerns of curriculum developers and teachers , especially those grappling with the persistent problems of how to implant enlightened ideas into a traditional subject-based curriculum . |
| 4 | The rules for the cameras in committees are essentially the same as in the House , except that it is recognised that it is not possible to exclude shots showing the public , especially those sitting behind the witnesses in a select committee . |
| 5 | Many of the claims of the developing world , especially those relating to the establishment of a new international economic order , fall into the category of articulation of needs for economic development . |
| 6 | I had spent , and indeed continued to spend , many hours trying to persuade the blind to see , or in other words to convince rich men of the virtue of causes close to my own heart , especially those relating to the arts . |
| 7 | If the Minister had given those figures , would they not have shown — especially those relating to the number convicted of terrorist offences — that , over the past decade , there has been a consistent and significant decline in the number of people convicted ? |
| 8 | Senator David L. Boren , the committee 's chairman , said that the delay would give the panel time to examine the " flurry of allegations " concerning Gates , especially those relating to the Iran-contra affair . |
| 9 | Parker was famous for his Thursday lunchtime services designed for men , especially those working in the City , and among his guest speakers in 1877 was Gladstone . |
| 10 | At every stage in the development of the Minoan culture , the potters — and especially those working in the temple-precincts — were producing work to please their patrons . |