Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] a special " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pistol shrimp has a special claw which is held open at the hinge by two discs bound by suction . |
| 2 | Within the Department of Printed Books , the British Antiquarian Division has a special responsibility for the Library 's collection of older books . |
| 3 | ( b ) Goods sold by description and reliance If the description has a special trade usage , the goods may have to comply with the specialised meaning if this is part of the contractual intention . |
| 4 | The ideal of self-government has a special aspect that integrity promotes directly , and noticing this will lead us into our main discussion of legitimacy and political obligation . |
| 5 | The Legal Practice Directorate has a special unit dedicated to providing assistance to the profession and enquiries should be directed to Clive Baldon at the practice support unit , LDE 56 . |
| 6 | We hold out little hope in this case , unless the Inland Revenue grants a special individual concession , or , on appeal , the General Commissioners decide in favour of the director 's wife on the basis of the unusual facts appertaining . |
| 7 | They are supposed to advance our understanding of the concept by showing how authoritative action plays a special role in people 's practical reasoning . |
| 8 | Mitsubishi Electric has a special ‘ industrial mecha-tronics division ’ . |
| 9 | The engine , which runs on unleaded petrol , is the all-British , award-winning 1.4k series and the car has a special sports suspension for a smooth , easy ride . |
| 10 | Yesterday 's edition of the Investors Chronicle contains a special report on the 158 companies traded on the OTC market . |
| 11 | In Japanese , friendship has a special character , the character tomo which appears in our name . |
| 12 | Goldsmiths ' College has a special second year option on ‘ Music and Religion ’ . |
| 13 | And the college has a special unit for people who want basic education anyone who is not numerate or wants help with reading or writing in a one-to-one lesson . |
| 14 | The human mind possesses a special mechanism to shut off feelings of overpowering grief , leaving the bereaved person in a state of numbness and shock , until they are ready to cope with what has happened . |
| 15 | Spender ( 1982 ) believes that women 's thinking takes a special subjective form that can not be formalized in men 's language . |
| 16 | The University Women 's Club takes a special interest in overseas students ' wives and families . |
| 17 | It is all good quality and every piece carries a special seal to prove it is genuine Madeiran embroidery . |
| 18 | Twisted pair cable uses a special plastic plug , called an RJ-45 , which looks like a US telephone plug . |
| 19 | responding to requests for information from the general public on issues with which the Campaign has a special interest or expertise ; |
| 20 | The secret underground passage has a special place in the imagination of the English people . |
| 21 | Indeed the psychiatrist who first popularised the notion that hypnosis has a special relationship with truth , no less a figure than Sigmund Freud , later issued a retraction . |
| 22 | Each integrated circuit has a special function , such as memory for example . |
| 23 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
| 24 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
| 25 | The five-speed has a special chamber in the rear casing accessed by a valve which opens when the oil temperature reaches 90deg C. Up to 550cc of oil is bled off into the chamber , which means the increase in depth in the main casing is reduced to 15 to 20mm . |
| 26 | The problem of how the digger wasp locates her home has a special place in the history of ethology : it was one of the first questions about behaviour mechanisms ever to be asked , and experimentally answered . |
| 27 | Koch has a special reason for wanting to beat Dennis Conner for the right to defend the America 's Cup . |
| 28 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
| 29 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
| 30 | Each individual piece of equipment has a special contribution to make ; for example , a tape recorder can be equally effective in stimulating discussion as a film , but films or video tapes are more effective for the demonstration of practical skills where movement is essential . |