Example sentences of "they a special [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They have accepted a compromise deal which will give them a special allowance for working an extra hour in the morning and late at night under a new roster system .
2 The offer made them a special case but by the same token was condemned by other groups such as the ancillary workers , who protested that they were offered only 4 per cent .
3 September 26 is also Grandparents Day — so while you are in Woolworths why not buy them a special card or gift ?
4 Their great rarity has given them a special value in times past , so that they have often escaped the indifference and persecution that has befallen the commonplace moggies .
5 The apparent simplicity of polar land ecosystems gives them a special value for modelling and quantitative studies .
6 But if they would work no more and no faster than the job required , they would work no slower and no less : nobody had to give them a special incentive to give of their best .
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