The phrase "action is singled out" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific action that has been highlighted or emphasized in a particular context.
Example: "In this analysis, the action is singled out to demonstrate its significance in the overall outcome."
Alternatives: "action is highlighted" or "action is emphasized".
Kevin J. Lambert, whose actions were singled out for criticism in the report released today.
If specific eco-actions are singled out, there is a risk of staff grumbling that they do just as good a job using resources/saving waste/biking to work, etc. but feel unrecognized for it.
The inquiry comes amid growing concern that admissions questions about criminal history and disciplinary action discriminate against black applicants, as a body of statistical evidence emerges showing that black teenagers are singled out for disciplinary action in school and stopped by police at unusually high rates.
Evincing a similar uneasiness, the administration has refused to sign a treaty establishing an International Criminal Court, citing concerns that American servicemen might be singled out for legal action.
The company has in the past said it did not understand why it has been singled out for legal action, stressing the efforts it had made to become more environmentally friendly.
Pillai told VICE that the lawsuit is "arguably resulting in the potential for greater reputational damage".
Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division, told VICE that the lawsuit "smacks of selective persecution". "[So] many people shared the article in question, why is Leong Sze Hian being singled out for legal action?" Robertson said.
But race-conscious affirmative action (along with affirmative action based on sex, ethnicity, color, and national origin) was singled out for special treatment in the political process as were, invariably, the minority of voters who supported it.
I continue to hear reports from black church leaders who find themselves under attack, and from African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American young people being assaulted with words and actions, and from believers of other religions being singled out for abuse.
The Justice Department said the searches represented the first time that so-called peer-to-peer networks had been singled out for a criminal enforcement action under copyright law.
