Sentence examples for had been specific from inspiring English sources

During Vietnam the themes had been specific.

Fifa had been specific in its instructions on how to deal with this sort of offence and Vautrot set the sort of disciplinary standards the World Cup needs to heed, otherwise there will be anarchy.

There were some lingering arguments about how well the vice-presidential nominee Dick Cheney's throw-the-bums-out line would play with moderates or whether the convention had been specific enough on policy issues.

But the minutes also say: "On the other hand, the Bank had not produced a formal review of the period, and although there had been specific reviews of market operations, forecasting and emergency facilities, and much had changed as a result, that was perceived as a deficiency".

The law lords ruled that Roma should only have been subjected to more intrusive questioning if there had been specific reason to suspect their intentions from the answers given to standard questions put to everyone, and that UK immigration officers should have been given careful instructions in how to treat all passengers travelling from Prague in the same way.

Leopold had been specific in letters to Hagenauer that the family would not visit the Dutch Republic, but would go to Paris and then return home to Salzburg.

But there have been specific influences.

In some countries, there have been specific factors at play.

And there have been specific plans of action that have helped this growth.

"Arafat is not serious, or he would have been specific," he said.

But neither man has been specific about how these new relationships should work.