specific issue

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandissue

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specific
adjective
uk
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofspecificandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecific issue

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Each volume is divided into three sections, each focusing on aspecificissueand containing three or four articles.
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Unfortunately for them, there is often little reliable information about the public'sspecificissuepreferences.
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Thespecificissueconcerning women's participation in polyphonic performances will be returned to later.
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Before addressing thisspecificissue, we need to put forward some basic assumptions about the functional architecture of bilingual speakers.
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Thereby, the formalisation within local government of tribally based chiefly power is put forth as the answer to thespecificissueof land redistribution.
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As figure 1 illustrates, a finite but nevertheless identifiable interest coalition formed around thespecificissueof airline deregulation.
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Results for this case are presented only in figure 7 in order to address aspecificissue.
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Despite the attention to inequality, in thespecificissueof the link between age and inequality is where the book's chief limitation lies.
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Ecological awareness alone is expected to be insufficient, because it does not provide a voter with enough information on thespecificissueat stake.
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The results further demonstrate that most citizens are capable of drawing on core principles to guide their morespecificissuepositions.
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This ' industrialization thesis ' can be used to address the morespecificissueabout the activities of widows and widowers.
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Onespecificissuein the debate concerned the experiences with villagisation and resettlement elsewhere.
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Incremental change, in contrast, is generally confined to aspecificissuearea or task environment.
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Double dissociations speak to the general question of the modularity of mind and thespecificissueof the modularity of the language faculty.
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These regimes tend to be organized aroundspecificissueareas: trade, monetary policy, food, defense, and others.
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Beyond thisspecificissue, however, our proposal can be interpreted as a refinement of the intuition embodied by grid-based models.
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Examining 'pro' or 'con' stands on each issue thus gives little mileage in measuring party differences as parties are all generally 'pro' or 'con' on aspecificissue.
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For the purposes of this paper, we define overview as the breadth of understanding associated with a particular context rather than the depth of expertise regarding aspecificissue.
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