specific instance

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandinstance

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specific
adjective
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/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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instance
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.stəns/us
/ˈɪn.stəns/
a particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that ...
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(Definition ofspecificandinstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It also yields aspecificinstanceof the equation (3).
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In both pairs, the first sentence describes aspecificinstanceof the p-launch schema.
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We concur and cite only onespecificinstancein the text.
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We consider word learning as aspecificinstanceof visual-verbal pairedassociate learning.
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To take aspecificinstance, how could the personal computers used by laboratory management be billed to particular projects?
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I will give you aspecificinstance.
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I will take onespecificinstance.
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I will give onespecificinstance.
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I will give aspecificinstance.
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I referred to aspecificinstanceas an illustration.
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He brought to my notice aspecificinstance.
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He mentioned aspecificinstanceconcerning a blast furnace.
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So what is happening in thespecificinstance?
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I would confine the reduction to onespecificinstance.
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I will quote onespecificinstancewhere that has happened.
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Here we are dealing with aspecificinstance.
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I accept that, without mentioning thespecificinstance.
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There is a particular concern in thisspecificinstance.
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In certain patients under certain circumstances, these drugs may actively hasten death although nospecificinstanceof this in any donor has been reported.
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The genitive a man's does not refer to aspecificinstance, nor to the entire category of 'men', but rather to a virtual, arbitrary instance.
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Secondly, the search for rural coherence is treated as aspecificinstanceof a trend across policy fields to seek better policy integration.
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