Example sentences of "[adv prt] special " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seumas Ban the steward whiles comes down special to give me the word , so that I can tell the bees . ’ |
| 2 | Within the garden , hedges are valuable for marking off special areas , providing shelter for delicate plants and hiding utility areas or eyesores . |
| 3 | Dressing up special happy toys |
| 4 | If efficacy can be shown then the question of harm needs to be considered by using information from the trial itself ( however few the data ) together with other available data ; it may be necessary to set up special surveillance methods . |
| 5 | We used to mark her up special on the calendar ; and we took care to make a right good job of her : we took an extra lot of trouble with her shoes so we could keep her away as long as we could . |
| 6 | POLICE are setting up special no-go areas to carnival revellers in a bid to protect frightened shopkeepers and residents — many o f them Asian — at a carnival next weekend . |
| 7 | Their ‘ teachers ’ do n't set up special learning programs , or correct mistakes much , or punish failure . |
| 8 | On March 4 , 1990 , Assad issued a law setting up special courts to investigate criminal cases involving government employees . |
| 9 | Set up special links only as necessary and cancel them as soon as they have served their purpose . |
| 10 | Elsewhere there was no need to set up special bodies , but it is clear that much local administration had in practice to be devolved into the hands of local men . |
| 11 | The Russian Ministry of Defence is to set up special " ecological units " which will be given " unlimited powers to curb all environmentally destructive activities " . |
| 12 | The Liberal Democrats intend to concentrate on the prevention of crime by putting more policemen on the beat and setting up special committees to discuss law and order . |
| 13 | I was employed by the civil service to carry out special projects . |
| 14 | These are made in our workshop and we are always happy to carry out special orders . |
| 15 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 16 | For too long homosexuals and homosexual advertising has appeared outside the gay press only when trendy magazines decide to put out special issues . |
| 17 | Like a sea-anemone it will close down to a blob if touched , and it feeds on small organisms which brush past its tentacles , by shooting out special poisonous threads to paralyse its victim , which can then be collected by the tentacles and drawn into the hydra 's mouth . |
| 18 | All laid out special , you know for training . |
| 19 | Internal auditors may also carry out special assignments on behalf of the management , looking at a wide range of business matters . |
| 20 | It will probably be placed in a vault , brought out on Cup final days and placed in safekeeping by the winning club who will also have to take out special insurance . |
| 21 | The worry of a breakdown is always at the back of most riders ' minds and when travelling on the continent the wise take out special cover . |
| 22 | Within hours of junior social security minister Ann Widdecombe ruling out special payments for the elderly — ‘ why is it special ? ’ — Major was telling her boss Peter Lilley and others to come up with a solution . |
| 23 | They would have lists of all the people that had bought books from them or might have bought books from them in the past , categorized by where they live , the age of the person , the sex , the special interests , the past purchases , and then they would send out special books erm special letters , if they had a new doggie book coming out they might select all the ladies over fifty-five who had bought doggie books in the past . |
| 24 | The executive has a number of committees and policy groups that take on special responsibilities . |
| 25 | The site of the garden has taken on special significance since A Morbid Taste for Bones , by Ellis Peters , was published in 1977 . |
| 26 | Before people could generally read , learning was by word of mouth and much took place in the countryside along the paths , particular truths being imparted at certain places , which thereby took on special significance . |
| 27 | In France , as in many Continental countries , there was a two-tier freight system , parcel ( grande vitesse ) , carried in passenger trains , and goods ( petite vitesse ) , carried on special freight trains . |
| 28 | It is in terms of expert systems or other items of computer software designed to provide advice that the potential for liability for negligence takes on special significance . |
| 29 | Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand . |