I. adjective
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a specific aim (= an exact aim )
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What are the specific aims of the course?
a specific inquiry
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His job is to answer specific inquiries by individuals or groups.
a specific objective
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Most classroom activities have a specific learning objective.
a specific/concrete proposal
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The report will make specific proposals for further investigation.
a specific/direct/explicit reference (= mentioning something specifically/directly etc )
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No specific reference was made to the race of the children.
a specific/particular purpose
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Training is the acquisition of knowledge and skills for a specific purpose.
precise/specific/exact
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The term ‘stress’ has a precise meaning to an engineer.
specific gravity
specific/detailed recommendations
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We made a large number of specific recommendations for improving women’s mental health.
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■ ADVERB
highly
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Where psychology does produce theories, they are highly specific to particular debates.
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This is the basis of a highly specific method for the measurement of blood glucose.
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There was much use of natural materials, and craftsmen expected like medieval masons to be given general rather than highly specific directions.
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These cowards practice randomness in highly specific places.
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Fourth thesis: Higher education is open whereas research is closed Research is highly specific .
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Inpart, this is because of the shortcomings of that highly specific subject framework.
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This provides strong evidence that the hybridization signals obtained are highly specific and due to the transfected plasmid.
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The name can convey a highly specific meaning or less than nothing, depending on your audience.
more
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As well as this broader-based analysis, there are more specific historical pieces included in the collection.
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For more specific figures, call your local electric company.
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There is, however, also a more specific reason for considering Oakeshott's modes of experience.
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She would not be more specific .
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A more specific example of how the culture of work profoundly influences the industrial worker is around the issue of assessment.
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Here is a more specific example.
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But Sitthi had a more specific brief.
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He was unable to provide more specific plans.
very
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Nothing drastic or even very specific was proposed.
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I had a very specific question in mind.
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They simply tell us that some one has some very specific desires, aches and pains.
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The statement of purpose should open with one statement followed by several shorter very specific statements of purpose.
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Bourdieu's second criticism of Lévi-Strauss is that he misses the very specific nature of the exercise of power in traditional societies.
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Damage to a small area occasionally leaves a person normal except for a very specific deficit.
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You seem to have very specific ideas about what those are.
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Yes, if your child is older than that, but only if you have provided very specific guidelines.
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area
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The study of social policy particularly hives off a specific area of social activity in a way that must violate subject boundaries.
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Another solution has been to designate specific areas for jet ski use while banning them elsewhere.
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And, because local providers serve only a specific area , they may offer better, faster connections for customers.
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It also meant that Contact was allotted a specific area in each centre and that generally group members stayed within it.
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Yet the focus of urban policy on specific areas has regularly reproduced these contradictions in microcosm.
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The association is divided into seven sections which relate to specific areas of security.
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Examination of a number of specific areas demonstrates that law has contributed positively to commercial activity.
case
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Criticism has not always been related to specific cases .
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Let us see how this works in a specific case .
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Except in very specific cases Sidonius's attitudes and style encourage the reader to see continuity where there may have been disruption.
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But he said the specific cases did help his staff realize what kinds of establishments were not covered by the 1998 ordinance.
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As with other details these might vary in specific cases , but a typical cannon has a value as shown here.
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The figures have greater impact when demographers get down to specific cases .
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In the specific case of the Saturn V, the three stages performed as detailed in the table below.
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Family services officials refused Sunday to comment on the incident, citing state confidentiality laws that preclude them from discussing specific cases .
example
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Using a specific example , show how opinion leaders might be identified and influenced through a marketing strategy.
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There is an inherent problem in citing specific examples of such questions, however.
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I shall build up to this point using a specific example which is the other main theme of this chapter.
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Here is a more specific example .
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It is almost invidious to single out specific examples of success.
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This type of analysis is best illustrated by the following specific example .
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Those consequences have been highlighted by my hon. Friend with specific examples from industries within his constituency.
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Other hon. Members have given specific examples of their constituents.
form
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This is a specific form of market failure, since the market left to its own devices does not give sufficient knowledge.
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A more precise determination can be made only by analysis of specific forms of prayer.
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In Garrett's model, the specific form of a sentence is represented at positional-level, which is generated from functional-level representation.
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Expressions of indebtedness for specific forms of assistance are noted at appropriate points in the text.
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This may help to explain why we refer to this type of game as a specific form of group dynamics.
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In its least specific form there is a nondescript clumsiness of gait.
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The derivation of the specific form need not concern us.
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What specific forms , one must ask, does this organization take?
group
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It is much easier to keep a reliable record if you concentrate on 3 or 4 rugs from specific groups .
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It's not relegated to a specific group .
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One is saying something about men in the plural, but no specific group of men is intended either.
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Detailing the study of specific groups provides a focus for research components and presents a more coherent view of research efforts.
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Demography and population Few studies of the nineteenth-century migration process have concentrated on the detailed longitudinal analysis of specific groups of migrants.
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Algae can be fought by removing the causes of development of the specific groups .
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Any differences in institutional developments as they apply to specific groups . 4.
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Price supports for farmers and minimum-wage legislation are illustrations of government price fixing designed to raise the incomes of specific groups .
information
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Investigation is an active but fairly informal search for specific information .
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This is useful for having your browser remember some specific information which the Web server can later retrieve.
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Research is an active and formally organised search for specific information for a specific purpose.
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One is to maintain a product focus, offering specific information about each item.
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The search for general information is more difficult than the search for specific information because all directions are relevant.
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You want an overall structure to a topic as well as specific information .
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Create a list of specific information that belongs in the document.
instruction
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An instinct involves not only the impulse to do something, but also specific instructions on how to do it.
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The patient is not given any specific instruction .
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The book gives fairly specific instructions to make choices in order to simply.
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These examples show clearly that the human genetic code does not contain specific instructions to behave in a particular way.
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Get detailed and specific instructions on planting.
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It may be run at other time during the working day on specific instruction .
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Barak gave specific instructions that I was to go in alone.
issue
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There is unlikely to be a consensus definition of the boundaries between background knowledge and the specific issues addressed in individual papers.
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Jones said the president will not only have more say over bills but more power to focus public attention on specific issues .
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Other issues such as education may be resolved by a specific issue or prohibited steps order also made under s8.
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It just means that we have settled our claims on these specific issues .
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In the case of structure practice, for example, more specific issues might be: Are meaningful drills possible?
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Inquiries regarding specific issues should be directed to the paying agent or, if none is listed, the issuer.
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My concern is to address a different and very specific issue .
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Minor disputes over specific issues blew up into major confrontations.
need
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These examples are in addition to tasks such as mobilising and creating resources to meet specific needs .
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The generalized assertion of privilege must yield to the demonstrated, specific need for evidence in a pending criminal trial.
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Language training to suit specific needs 2.
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They have similar Uvalues to triple glazing and good solar control properties which can be modified to suit specific needs .
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Your local Crime Prevention Officer can advise you on the best type to buy to suit your specific needs .
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With regard to the specific needs of secondary schools, however, the situation was necessarily more complex.
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This data helps the zoo provide the best environment possible for the animal and to accommodate all of its specific needs .
objective
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Chapter 2 identified the five specific objectives of the project: 1.
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What we have just witnessed is the importance of having a very specific objective .
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Again, however, a specific objective needs to be established and a suitable tax instrument selected.
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Disobedience has to be organized, and it has to have both a specific target and a specific objective .
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Decisions about the effectiveness and appropriateness of different behaviours can only be made within the context of particular situations and specific objectives .
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The specific objective of this paper is to show that these children have the worst mortality record of any social group.
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A Directive binds member states to certain specific objectives , but leaves them to implement the necessary measures through national laws.
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However, at the classroom level there may be specific objectives set for a particular session or activity.
performance
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An order for specific performance was granted since damages would not have been an adequate remedy.
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Indeed, without specific performance consequences, most of us quickly grow cynical.
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The basic combination of attitude and power produces a specific performance .
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You can not learn team performance without being part of a team that holds itself mutually accountable for achieving specific performance goals.
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It is open for most of the year, but you need to book well in advance for any specific performance .
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Use both / and goals that translate across all four levels from purpose to specific performance .
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The range offers cabinets tailored to specific performance requirements but without excessive performance reserves and complex control systems.
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No one demanded that people commit to specific performance challenges requiring them to use what they had supposedly learned.
problem
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Nevertheless the specific problems and prospects of the churches' own media need to be studied in greater depth.
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Where the goal is the solution of a specific problem , it makes sense to move in whatever directions seem most promising.
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In this situation the salesperson should question the nature of the objection in order to clarify the specific problem at hand.
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The ability to coordinate several activities at once and to quickly analyze and resolve specific problems is important.
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The climate and geography created specific problems and, as in Orkney, there was a 7 to 8 month winter.
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For each country will have specific problems related to its own social, political and economic structure.
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Their conversations with their bosses were generally very task-oriented and usually focused on a specific problem .
project
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In addition to stimulating specific projects , a research centre for solar energy is due to be established.
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Until now, debate has focused on the merits of putting specific projects such as the stadium expansion on the ballot.
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From time to time other sections may be needed but lists can be made up as and when they are required for specific projects .
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Centers will maintain the flexibility to accommodate changes in specific projects as the need for information changes.
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Sometimes specific projects have helped to promote integration.
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At other times it may be crash learning for a specific project .
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The organisation will consist of executive and advisory boards and adhoc committees and task forces will be set up for specific projects .
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With potential large corporate and individual donors, emphasize specific project sponsorship more than general operating fund support.
proposal
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According to the Washington Post of March 6 Baker urged the delegations to focus on negotiating specific proposals .
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These basic allocations set the ground rules for decisionmaking on specific proposals .
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On July 15 both countries issued specific proposals designed to increase cultural contacts.
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The President made no specific proposals on the matter, however.
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The report will discuss this aspect and make specific proposals for further investigation.
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There was both support for and opposition to the specific proposal on which we sought views.
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There are at present no specific proposals for changes in the treatment of dominant firm monopolies.
purpose
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Belbin's description of team roles has proved to be very useful, especially in creating teams for specific purposes .
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Still other badges are used for specific purposes .
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Research is an active and formally organised search for specific information for a specific purpose .
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The proposal serves as a guide to the hypothesis testing process which embodies the specific purpose of the study effort.
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It is always difficult estimating the room you will need unless you are having the greenhouse built for a specific purpose .
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It is brought into existence precisely to enable a specific purpose to be realised.
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There is now only the one pool, which he designed with the specific purpose of encouraging Koi-keepers with limited space.
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The business group will seek legislation allowing local governments to tax for specific purposes only.
question
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I want to put a specific question to the Minister.
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Part of the problem is that teachers often have a battery of specific questions and answers in mind.
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These data raise a number of specific questions , and some more general issues.
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If I asked him a specific question , he made an attempt to answer it.
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Searching for the implications of a question is beginning to relate your knowledge to a specific question.
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He was too sleepy to form specific questions and answers, and too tense to get to sleep.
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If patients ask specific questions which you can not deal with you should always refer this to sister.
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An investigation checklist given to San Francisco police officers during training includes specific questions that should be covered.
reference
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But the Act made no specific reference to special provision for young workers.
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But no specific reference was made to the race of the children, nor did it appear to affect deliberations.
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The earliest specific reference to its desertion comes from 1602.
target
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Patrols like this have specific targets .
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Disobedience has to be organized, and it has to have both a specific target and a specific objective.
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In a similar manner, cost-cutting exercises move always in the direction of cutting costs without a specific target .
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Last year, Trent noted, one-third of the cancer drugs approved hit specific targets .
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A small squadron could make a series of relay runs, each programmed for a few specific targets .
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The next stage is to make each step of the ladder a specific target .
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We will set specific targets for out-patient waiting times.
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Authorities were also asked to produce local charters which could set more ambitious and specific targets .
task
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The specific tasks allotted to each chapter, and the material included, also lead to different approaches.
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Jobs like this call for various database programs, each tailored to a specific task .
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The Committee would have specific tasks to carry out and if these were not achieved, an unqualified body might emerge.
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A typical pin might be the result of many individual workers, each with a specific task to do.
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A great deal of time was spent haggling over prices for specific tasks .
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One is identification of the specific tasks confronting each of the four learners.
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Diversity can only be increased through a body set up with the specific task of creating and sustaining new media.
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The two team leaders will decide on how the specific tasks will be divided between the two subgroups.
topic
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Meetings need not be addressed by any one person although a specific topic can be aired for discussion if the group wishes.
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Majordomo allows a group of people to join or quit a mailing list dedicated to a specific topic .
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An essay in Science, Engineering or Technology may call for a survey of the literature on a specific topic .
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A two-hour morning session was broken into segments, each devoted to a specific topic .
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Both of these edited volumes contain a number of relevant and clearly written papers on a variety of specific topics .
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Usenet-the Net's prime discussion area-comprises over 85,000 newsgroups, each dedicated to a specific topic .
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Some channels are obviously dedicated to specific topics , for example, but most are merely informal chat limes.
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In this article, as the title suggests, I shall deal in detail with a rather specific topic .
type
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The first is called algorithmic, which comprises a procedure or series of instructions used to solve a specific type of problem.
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We further found that certain physical and physiologic profiles put children at risk for specific types of learning and psychological problems.
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There are many occasions when you will have a specific type of claim which you wish to promote.
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It has already been noted that there is a variety of cleaning agents each of which affects specific types of soil.
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What specific type of exercise will benefit your body - what are your capabilities and limitations?
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Dealers can also provide a useful service in locating specific types of rug or generally buying on your behalf.
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These specific types of exercise are called aerobic exercises.
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Table 18, below, shows the percentages of all defective items which suffered from the specific types of damage noted.
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Power plant employees must follow very specific safety guidelines.
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Rooney wouldn't comment on specific candidates for the job.
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Tauscher refused to be specific about his future plans.
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The Senate voted to ban nine specific models of assault weapons.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each B-cell makes its own specific antibody, depending on the type of intruder to which it is responding.
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Figure 4 depicts the concentrations of IgM specific antibody secreting cells to beta lactoglobulin and casein in these patients.
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Generally, however, the handbook provisions in question must be specific and clear.
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Research is an active and formally organised search for specific information for a specific purpose.
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The true self must be understood as engaging in the world in a specific way as part of a community.
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Those consequences have been highlighted by my hon. Friend with specific examples from industries within his constituency.
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User attitudes to specific presentations and to the tape/slide method of instruction were also studied.
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We still have location-based teams but these work in partnership to make the best use of specific expertise at particular sites.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As yet there has been little public debate on the specifics of the options or the associated design choices.
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But he was unable to produce any specifics.
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Dole has endorsed the concept of a flat tax but has been reluctant to commit to specifics.
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He wants to know about specifics, about problems and how I solve them.
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Only as discussions settled down to specifics did some of the reasoning become clear.
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Perhaps custodial aesthetics, which is directed more to the specifics of particular cultures, in some way addresses his concerns.
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She was not allowed by her publicist to reveal any specifics about what new scandals she may have uncovered.