Single out
single out (noun) - select one from among many for special treatmentsingle out key categories of the rural population for education
single out this or that person as posing a risk
single out the most dangerous ones
unfair to single out in this way
this characteristic singles out a species
a screening procedure which singles out the problematic cases.
what singles out this house is its unique design
nothing qualifies as a genuine proper name unless it singles out its object in an unambiguous fashion
singles out for special praise
single out the restaurant's menu for special praise
commitment to customer service singles out the reliable manufacturers
the report singles out Italy and Spain as having the most lax controls in western Europe
an award that singles out
the award singles out the company's innovative application of quality management to environmental issues
single out for special condemnation
unfair to single out these people
correct to single out food additives for blame
single out an important member of my staff
single out for criticism
wrong to single out for criticism
single out a handful of projects for funding
too numerous to single out
it seems very sad if we can single out one day to be the most important in our lives
single out policy issues that divide the parties
single out characteristics of Britain's development that help to explain the particular shape of its own social policies
it is possible to single out two predominant schools of thought
single out an old, young, or infirm animal and only then start the chase
difficult to single out any one person to thank
not fair to single out individuals
single out two of them
to single out such companies seems curious
he singled out Marion by looking straight at her
single out for special consideration
single out the defence industry for special consideration
he was listening very carefully, for any exclamation, any indrawn breath, even, that would single out one person among these five
single out farm export subsidies as a specific target for reform
Example sentences:
* He seemed to single out Marion, to be looking straight at her.
* He was listening very carefully, for any exclamation, any indrawn breath, even, that would single out one person among these five; but they remained anonymous in their concern and foreboding.
* The Minister has repeatedly said that he does not want to single out the defence industry for special consideration.
* It can single out for special treatment the special aggravating features of a crime.
* I will single out two of them.
* The Commission of the European Communities (EC) refused to single out farm export subsidies as a specific target for reform.
* Its not quite fair to single out individuals within the units.
* I think you would agree that it would invidious to single out any one person to thank.
* It's grossly unfair for television to single out one player from one game and conduct a kangaroo court there and then.
* They are too numerous to single out.
* They were able to single out an important member of my staff here, and address him by name.
* It would be wrong to single out the Clinton administration for criticism.
* I think erm i it seems very sad if we can single out one day to be the most important in our lives.
* But while these `;broad brush'; features of the story must not be forgotten it is important also to try to single out characteristics of Britain's development that help to explain the particular shape of its own social policies.
* But at other times it may be very difficult to single out policy issues that divide the parties.
* Although there are different perspectives on organisations, and a proliferation of research and writing on the subject, it is possible to single out two predominant schools of thought.
* They single out an old, young, or infirm animal and only then start the chase.
* To single out such companies seems curious; one would have thought that there is a stronger case for excluding unlimited companies which are authorised persons under the Financial Services Act.
* We need therefore to devise a screening procedure which singles out the problematic cases.
* But what singles out this house, with its traditional porch and overhanging attic rooms, is that it is part of a way in which people with learning difficulties in the USA are security the ordinary life which the rhetoric of policy makers and politicians promises them but often fails to deliver.
* One familiar view is that nothing qualifies as a genuine proper name unless it singles out its object in an unambiguous fashion, and that this task can be accomplished only by a logically simple symbol.
* More impressive still was the menu in the college dining-room, something which the salivating Mutahhar singles out for special praise: Pheasants, partridges, herons, fish, roasted fowl, grilled kids, fried loaves, brightly-coloured sweets of different kinds and other good things were heaped everywhere in large quantities.
* It is this commitment to customer service which singles out the reliable manufacturers.
* The report singles out Italy and Spain as having the most lax controls in western Europe, but this may be the tip of the iceberg compared to the trade through eastern Europe, which acts as a" clearing house" for importation into other countries.
* The award, made annually, singles out P&G's" innovative" application of Total Quality Management techniques to environmental issues.
* From 1923 onwards the party was to single out key categories of the rural population for education: these included ex-Red Army men, Komsomol members, and women deputies to the local Soviets.
* But it is not enough to single out this or that Minister, or even the officials responsible.
* The jammers, at a cost of $3.5 million per plane, are designed to identify radars, single out the most dangerous ones and then transmit electronic signals to deceive or interfere with the radars of the hostile air defence weapons.
* Although Feingold's theory was not entirely right, he was correct to single out food additives for blame; they do seem to play a disproportionate role in hyperactivity, compared to other types of illness such as asthma or eczema.
* But Graham refused to single out Wright for special condemnation after a stormy game featuring five bookings, saying: `;It would not be right for me to focus on just one player.
* The characteristic which singles out a species; its idiosyncratic style of flying, perching, feeding, ground-moving, preening, posturing which, once observed in the field, identifies it from the rest.
