1.   He changed the focus from general to specific issues.

2.   It just means that we have settled our claims on these specific issues.

3.   Minor disputes over specific issues blew up into major confrontations.

4.   Specific issues can provide initial meeting places, and open up communication, but that communication must build institutional foundations.

5.   The conference is held to discuss issues specific to senior citizens.

6.   What started as a specific issue involving one hospital has opened out into a full-scale debate about every aspect of the health service.

7.   The Helsinki summit, arranged at very short notice, dealt almost exclusively with the specific issue of a major regional conflict.

8.   JD and the Left Front parties ruled out participation in a coalition, but agreed to support a Congress minority government from outside on specific issues.

9.   External factors must affect the timing of particular events and the points at which we highlight and are particularly proactive about specific issues.