Example sentences of "take a special [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes a special person to handle complaints in any case but to do it for 22 years deserves a special mention , always maintaining a diplomatic and friendly attitude to each individual case . |
| 2 | It takes a special book to warrant a £100 price-tag . |
| 3 | IT takes a special group of dancers to drive a choreographed axis through the music of SaintSaens and the Rolling Stones London Contemporary Dance Theatre is that special group . |
| 4 | The University Women 's Club takes a special interest in overseas students ' wives and families . |
| 5 | For this reason Orc and Goblin shamans must take a special Waaagh Test during the magic phase as described in Warhammer Battle Magic . |
| 6 | New Zealanders will be taking a special look at Mick Doyle , the hard-running Vancouver Kats centre who learned his rugby in Auckland . |
| 7 | Its new chairman , Tony Terracciano , cleaned up the balance sheet last year by taking a special $300m provision . |
| 8 | Depending on the amount , you could put it towards paying off a mortgage , extending your home , taking a special holiday , even moving house — things you may have promised yourself for years , comforts you will certainly have earned by the time you retire . |
| 9 | This may mean taking a special dose of the combined pill or insertion of an IUD . |
| 10 | It allows students to concentrate on the more formal and computational aspects of Linguistics , in addition to taking a special course exploring the links between linguistic theory and Artificial Intelligence . |
| 11 | He was the guardian of property and guarantor of oaths taken in his name , and became the patron of the Roman empire , taking a special interest in games and sports . |
| 12 | On 24 December 1662 Howard was elected a fellow of the Royal Society ; he almost immediately began to participate in its proceedings , taking a special interest in agrarian and technological matters . |
| 13 | While I was in Germany I took a special interest in the treatment of creative men and women who had lost direction and in some way broken down . |
| 14 | During this time he earned a reputation as an intrepid aerial adventurer , in whom no less a person than King George III took a special interest in his ballooning exploits . |
| 15 | Last year I took a special interest in Arrow , believing it to be the major threat to Transworld . |
| 16 | He took a special interest in early free-metre poetry in Welsh , editing Carolau Richard White ( 1931 ) , Canu Rhydd Cynnar ( 1932 ) , and Hen Benillion ( 1940 ) . |
| 17 | Rendel took a special interest in Welsh education and culture . |
| 18 | Inspired perhaps by his father 's early photographic inventions , he took a special interest in colour photography . |
| 19 | They took a special interest in the girls ' curriculum and , in keeping with the ‘ equal but different ’ philosophy , tended to promote the study of domestic subjects . |
| 20 | Rather than criticising , or poking fun at her , like the other neighbours , Ella Burrows took a special interest in her , handing her food she had cooked , things she had made . |
| 21 | Approximately ten of the students came from outside Britain , and Eva took a special interest in them . |
| 22 | The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs took a special interest in these issues and a series of intensively-researched reports in the 1970s led to the creation of a Commission on Transnational Corporations and a research centre . |
| 23 | Protestant commentators were very aware that the papacy retained the right to depose excommunicated rulers , and took little comfort from the fact that many English recusants had taken a special oath of allegiance to the crown . |
| 24 | What is more , the Roman plebs seems to have taken a special interest in Greek religious and moral notions . |
| 25 | They 've always taken a special interest in Sefton because of the bomb blast . |
| 26 | But one MP , who 's taken a special interest in the problem says the sentence is n't tough enough . |
| 27 | Since science 's primary role is that of commentator rather than practitioner , the set of transformation rules and practices by which the radical 's dilemma is resolved have taken a special form . |
| 28 | As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools . |
| 29 | Citalia take a special pride in bringing you the best and for 1992 offers the four most popular holiday centres — Rome , Venice , Florence and Verona . |
| 30 | These are ones in which humans take a special interest . |