Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a special [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO hundred kids got a special preview of ‘ West Side Story ’ on Tuesday night , thanks to Opera Northern Ireland . |
| 2 | Prolonged staring with wide-open eyes has a special significance for the cat . |
| 3 | Last year a judge forced Los Angeles to redraw its districts to create a special Latino one , based on areas with an especially high concentration of Spanish surnames . |
| 4 | The Yearbook of International Organizations ( Union of International Associations , 1988–9 ) lists thousands of bodies classified as : federations of international organizations , universal membership organizations , inter-continental membership organizations , regionally defined membership organizations , organizations emanating from places , persons and other bodies , and organizations having a special form , including foundations and funds . |
| 5 | And in a third sense , literature is thought by many structuralists to have a special relationship to language , in that it involves a unique awareness of the nature of language itself . |
| 6 | Trees and tree clumps have a special attraction for me as they symbolized my own introduction to Earth Mysteries , through Tony Wedd . |
| 7 | He argues that the polytechnics have a special task to provide courses which prepare people to deal constructively with problems of change in society and which require direct interaction with the world of practical affairs . |
| 8 | Illustrated books have a special appeal for many collectors , who are fortunate in having a very wide field and a range of prices to suit almost everyone . |
| 9 | On Sundays and on nine festival days each year , prisoners received a special diet , including 175 grams of meat per man . |
| 10 | The Yorkshire Dales win a special place in visitors ' affections . |
| 11 | The need to move employees from areas of low-cost housing to higher priced areas presents a special problem to an organisation . |
| 12 | Recently Kelly explained how her parents carry a special bleeper which would go off when a suitable transplant donor was found . |
| 13 | Richer countries had a special responsibility " in view of the pressures their societies place on the global environment " . |
| 14 | Richer countries had a special responsibility " in view of the pressures their societies place on the global environment " . |
| 15 | It might only be pebbles against Patriots , and the Inspirals might be as interested in the ephemera of psychedelic pop and training shoes as they are in delivering any deeper message , but to their new American fans the Inspirals represent a special hope , an idea that something more sensitive than Guns N' Roses and Madonna might thrive . |
| 16 | Male pycnogonids have a special pair of ovigerous legs ; they can be seen here at the front , ending in pincers . |
| 17 | Meantime , to help users assess the T9000 , Parsytec is offering interested parties the chance to bench-test applications using a special evaluation kit . |
| 18 | Meantime , to help users assess the T9000 , Parsytec is offering interested parties the chance to bench-test applications using a special evaluation kit . |
| 19 | Meantime , to help users assess the T9000 , Parsytec is offering interested parties the chance to bench test applications using a special evaluation kit . |
| 20 | Meantime , to help users assess the T9000 , Parsytec is offering interested parties the chance to bench-test applications using a special evaluation kit . |
| 21 | These elegant grey and white geese hold a special place in my affections . |
| 22 | For example , in the UK it is commonly argued that Labour governments give a special role in public policy-making to the trade unions ( with whom the party is closely associated ) , whilst excluding business interest groups from comparable influence . |
| 23 | Multilingual thesauri present a special set of problems . |
| 24 | Some of the more dress-conscious horsemen ordered a special kind of trimming on the leg — an inlet or gusset of black velvet , running from the bottom of the trousers , on the outside , and tapering to a point somewhere near the knee . |
| 25 | You can gain access to the module in question by supplying the password for each module , using LIFESPAN option 1.7.0 or by the module manager(s) creating a special link . |
| 26 | You can gain access to the module in question by supplying the password for each module , using LIFESPAN option 1.7.0 or by the module manager(s) creating a special link . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | A British experiment in the first years of the twentieth century with commercial secretaries , diplomats detailed for a few years to make a special study of the trade of the area in which they were stationed , had little effect . |
| 29 | LENTON and Wortley Hall Association is following the lead of Convocation and asking the Hall 's alumni from these years to make a special effort to attend the 1992 reunion which is to be held in the Hall from 2nd-4th October . |
| 30 | However the case law of the European Court makes it clear that , irrespective of how undertakings become dominant , such undertakings have a special responsibility not to allow their conduct to impair genuine undistorted competition within the Common Market . |