Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] in a special [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , fears were expressed that the US$3,200 million in US Treasury bonds promised as collateral , to be placed in a special account to accrue interest , offered insufficient security . |
| 2 | This facility can be used to indicate individual items in a set of data that have to be treated in a special way , different from the majority of items in the set ; a special case is " undefined " items , which have not as yet been assigned a value . |
| 3 | The Grand National … and you could be there at Aintree … we 've two tickets to be won in a special competition |
| 4 | ‘ The speed humps will be built in a special way which makes them less of an inconvenience to buses , ’ said Mrs Standing . |
| 5 | — NOT one , but two star groups are to be featured in a special Easter show at Belle Vue Social Club , Hartlepool . |
| 6 | It would be displayed in a special gallery in the Palace of Arts and the proceeds from the small fee charged for admission would be added to the fund set up by the Queen for the benefit of her many charitable concerns . |
| 7 | Even the factory system , the characteristic form of production of the new industrialized Europe , must be understood in a special sense : in 1898 there were 8,500 power-using ‘ factories , in London , and they employed an average of only forty-one workers each . |
| 8 | Stories tell of certain flowers or stones by a lake which can be touched in a special way to reveal a secret passage to the middle of the lake . |
| 9 | And the new Festival Queen , Liverpool actress Pauline Daniels , will be crowned in a special ceremony . |
| 10 | They are to be replaced with a cheaper type of brick to be covered in a special layer and painted in a new light colour . |
| 11 | If the GP has asked for a drug to be dispensed in a special calendar pack , or has prescribed a small quantity of an unusual medicine that is only available from wholesalers in large quantities , the pharmacist will want to make sure that the pricing authority is aware of the extra costs . |
| 12 | Selected papers will be published in a special edition of Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control , with all papers , together with discussion , to be published in book form as soon as possible . |
| 13 | A fuller account of our performance , policies and objectives will be published in a special report , New Horizons , in April 1993 . |
| 14 | One problem is that a word may be loaded in a special way for some part of the sample , e.g. ‘ disabled ’ is a much more acceptable term than ‘ crippled ’ for those in such categories . |