The phrase "a specific series of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a distinct sequence or set of items, events, or actions that are clearly defined.
Example: "The experiment was designed to test a specific series of variables to determine their effects on the outcome."
Alternatives: "a particular sequence of" or "a defined set of".
She examines a specific series of traits: "I have a master list of fifty characteristics I'm interested in.
"Apple is aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update," explained its support page.
Sontag spent her life trying to grasp modernity, both as a specific series of developments in the arts and as the quintessence of experience in the violent and demoralizing twentieth century.
"We are aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update," said an Apple spokesman.
The immediate source of Yongho's anguish may lie in a specific series of national traumas, but the anguish itself -- the feeling of a life gone incomprehensibly wrong, of events that overwhelm the capacity to understand them -- is a painfully familiar modern malady.
By Susanna Wolff In Mandy Len Catron's Modern Love essay, "To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This," she refers to a study by the psychologist Arthur Aron (and others) that explores whether intimacy between two strangers can be accelerated by having them ask each other a specific series of personal questions.
Of course, picking from a specific series and set of sizes is no substitute for actually hearing cymbals firsthand.
Some DNA patents are for a very specific series of nucleotides (such as 5'-ATGCGACGGATCGATC-3') or an exact chemical structure (such as a DNA molecule modified with a fluorescent probe), but diagnostic DNA-based patents have broader claims [ 5].
From the start the shows were of a specific type: a series of sketches, some loosely connected by overlapping characters, that were written by the performers and polished under the guidance of a director during improvisatory rehearsals.
(The Platform project has begun with "Genius Loci (the prevailing spirit of a place)," a series of site-specific events and installations by Hope Sandrow of Shinnecock Hills).
What follows is a plea about a specific, if widespread, series of health problems; but it's also a parable about the short-term nature of our debate on the NHS, and about value for money, investment and austerity economics.
