Sentence examples for had been particular from inspiring English sources

Glassware, cigarette smoke and hair blowing in the wind had been particular problems.

There had been particular concerns because of "the sensitive issues, including national security" that the Home Office dealt with.

There had been particular anger over new government guidelines that allowed schoolchildren to be exposed to radiation doses that were more than 20 times the previously permissible levels.

There was evidence, it said, that private equity companies had been particular beneficiaries of "forbearance" by commercial banks – the tendency of lenders to go easy on borrowers for fear that they might go bust.

These effects and the attendant ethos of skeuomorphism (the use of redundant visual metaphors in design, eg the fake leather stitching on the iOS diary) had been particular obsessions of Steve Jobs, but with their disappearance it seems that it was only the ferocious drive and character of Apple's founder that had kept the aesthetic afloat.

Ms. Tan noted that there had been particular interest from Asian buyers in the British commercial property market, based on the significant depreciation of the pound against many Asian currencies in recent years: The pound has fallen about 6 percent against the Singapore dollar in the past two years and 20 percent against the renminbi.

Muslims have been particular targets.

Dissidents who have expressed their views online have been particular targets.

Education, mental health and juvenile justice funds have been particular targets.

Limits on ATM fees and "predatory" lending have been particular concerns.

There have been particular games that have illustrated the frustration and this has the potential to be one of them.