Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a special [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it 's the everyday hurly-burly of catering for your family , or cooking a special meal , there is always a lot of clearing up afterwards . |
| 2 | The cream need only be lightly massaged with the finger tips either once or twice a day and the manufacturers stress that you do not have to knead or use a special applicator . |
| 3 | There are three main ways you can do this ; you can continue at school , have a home tutor , or attend a special unit or project set up for pregnant school-girls and school-age mothers . |
| 4 | Most will arrange a payment holiday , reduced payments for a specified period or devise a special scheme for you . |
| 5 | Please check prices before ordering or making a special journey . |
| 6 | Please check prices before ordering or making a special journey . |
| 7 | There 's no point arguing over finances this month , or jeopardising a special relationship just when some kind of settlement is about to be agreed . |
| 8 | But what I do care about is that , whatever we choose to call the quality of being statistically-improbable-in-a-direction-specified-without-hindsight , it is an important quality that needs a special effort of explanation . |
| 9 | The company is also introducing the Pro-Mat , a synthetic tee area made from a tough turf fabric that has a special backing for durability . |
| 10 | I 'd like it to be natural , spontaneous , not something that requires a special outfit . |
| 11 | On the following day , Stanley told the Finance Committee of the India Council that they had been offered this site , and pointed out the advantages of buying the land from the Government rather than obtaining a special Act of Parliament . |
| 12 | In the end , William 's invasion manifesto , which was based to a large extent on a draft sent to him from England by Danby , emphasised grievances that had a special appeal for Anglicans and Tories . |
| 13 | The simple wordtags either stand for classes of grammatically similar words ( e.g. NN for singular common noun ) or for closed class words that have a special function ( e.g. TO indicating when the word to is infinitival ) . |
| 14 | There are darker problems than these for all Europeans , problems that have a special anguish for Slavs and for Jews . |
| 15 | There are darker problems than these for all Europeans , problems that have a special anguish for Slavs and for Jews . |
| 16 | This is a major undertaking and constitutes a special project in terms of budgeting , staffing and timing . |
| 17 | A really wide definition , aimed at including all gifts proceeding from benevolent motives , would certainly resolve most of the questions which arise today , but , besides perpetuating a number of imprudent gifts , might well lead later to a multiplicity of special definitions of charity for the purpose of particular statutes ; the Treasury , for example , would probably find that too much income tax was being avoided and introduce a special definition for tax purposes . |
| 18 | Such employees are designated ‘ business users ’ and assigned a special code on the system indicating that they are out on business . |
| 19 | You could put on a mumming play , sing The Twelve Days of Christmas and make a special cake . |
| 20 | In appreciation of their loyalty and service a special luncheon was held on , attended by more than 50 people , including chairman , his mother , regional director and former Eagle Mill GM , and his wife . |
| 21 | Amongst the disincentives to compiling and maintaining a special classification scheme can be numbered the following : |
| 22 | It recommended doing away with juries in complicated fraud cases and using a special tribunal of a judge and a couple of chaps who understand what 's going on in court . |
| 23 | He defaced the typewriter keys with a file and made a special trip to Hertfordshire to drop it in a reservoir . |
| 24 | She celebrated with other sick children and made a special plea to Santa to keep the closure-threatened hospital open . |
| 25 | The spiny newt of China goes through the same sort of contortions to warn off those that threaten it and adds a special deterrent all its own . |
| 26 | The relationship that the building surveyor is able to develop directly with the client is unusual in its closeness , and has a special significance in that it enables him to be identified as the expert in the area of work under inquiry . |
| 27 | Usually one member of the team is designated as ‘ key worker ’ and has a special responsibility to coordinate the efforts of the whole team for one person , and a social worker from the local authority is usually attached to the team . |
| 28 | That Committee is at a remove from the day to day problems that harass the project members , and has a special responsibility for drawing attention to underlying problems and longer term implications . |
| 29 | What Willis emphasises is that the culture of the shop floor is bounded and has a special sense of completeness about it . |
| 30 | I have also received five M. dealbata seeds collected in Mexico via Lenarth Jonsson ; all five germinated and one of these is now some eight feet tall and has a special place at Lanhydrock . |