"Those two earthquakes really opened up a lot of new research on something called soil liquefaction,in particular.

VOA: special.2011.03.28

Some are philosophically based. Some do work for the government on government contracts addressing particular issues.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

"Let's say you have an undergraduate law degree but you really want to be able to bring international human rights standards to bear on a particular conflict in your part of the world.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

So in that case we would send you to a program in Geneva on international human rights that would give you the international markers that you need to press cases in your particular country setting, and so on.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

In particular, he says,they must oppose what he calls the unreasonable trade and investment restrictions imposed on developing countries.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

Speaking on French radio, Cope said a veil ban did not aim to sanction a particular population.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

"Wage increases in one particular factory, no matter how large, are unlikely to be representative of what's going on in the rest of the country."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

The growing demand for meat and dairy products is putting particular strain on the environment.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

China has long been listed as a "country of particular concern" by the State Department for its record on religious freedom, as has U.S.Persian Gulf ally Saudi Arabia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Assistant Secretary Posner said the State Department expects to issue,by year's end, a new list of countries of particular concern on religious freedom, which would be subject to possible U.S.sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

No particular reason.I just kept on going.

VOA: standard.other

Latinos in particular fear that they will be racially targeted by police on the basis of their appearance, and said it will make undocumented immigrants reluctant to report crimes or cooperate in police investigations.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Lois Fischbeck of Maryland came to urge the court to ban capital punishment, even though the justices are not scheduled to take on a particular case this term that would deal with the issue directly.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

He says what South Korea and its allies have a problem with is the North's ability to deliver weapons of mass destruction at a long range, regardless of what is mounted on top of this particular rocket.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01