Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] a special [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |
| 2 | This effect has been given a special significance in the writings of E.P . |
| 3 | The government has announced that Rutland Water , a large reservoir in eastern England , has been designated a Special Protection Area ( SPA ) under a European Community directive on the conservation of wild birds and as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention . |
| 4 | Rutland Water , a reservoir in Leicestershire which houses 20,000 waterfowl each winter , has been designated a special protection area under EC rules . |
| 5 | The New Forest has been designated a Special Protection Area ( SPA ) for birds by the UK government , making it the 38th site in the UK so designated under the EC wild birds directive . |
| 6 | It gives her a role as a pseudo-ambassador to the region and she has been granted a special travel visa allowing access to the area without the normal restrictions on foreigners . |
| 7 | has been granted a special access to the package by the owner or manager of the package ( refer to Section 11 ) . |
| 8 | has been granted a special access to the package by the owner or manager of the package ( refer to Section 11 ) . |
| 9 | has been granted a special access to the package by the owner or manager of the package ( refer to Section 11 ) . |
| 10 | has been granted a special access to the package by the owner or manager of the package ( refer to Section 11 ) . |
| 11 | has been granted a special access to the package by the owner or manager of the package ( refer to Section 11 ) . |
| 12 | has been granted a special access to the package by the owner or manager of the package ( refer to Section 11 ) . |
| 13 | has been granted a special access to the module by the owner or manager of the module ( refer to Section 11 ) . |
| 14 | has been granted a special access to the module by the owner or manager of the module ( refer to Section 11 ) . |
| 15 | has been granted a special access to the module by the owner or manager of the module . |
| 16 | Reagan 's suite had been given a special phone number for the occasion , but the postmistress did n't believe in such nonsense . |
| 17 | It was announced on Dec. 18 that former Foreign Minister Acheikh bin Oumar had been made a special councillor to Déby . |
| 18 | While publishing Dawson on ‘ Religion and the Totalitarian State ’ , he selected for notice in the 1934 Criterion a book highlighting persecution of European Jews ; he wrote to Pound speaking of his offence at Pound 's antisemitic remarks ; with regard to the Vichy government in 1941 he wrote in The Christian News-Letter of his ‘ greatest anxiety ’ at news ‘ that ‘ Jews have been given a special status , based on the laws of Nuremberg , which makes their condition little better than that of bondsmen . ’ |
| 19 | Make everyone stand in a circle and explain that you have been granted a special power which places people under your spell . |