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1859 Rep. Directors Convict Prisons 1858 226 in Parl. Papers XIII. i. 191 It is..a question well worthy of consideration, whether this class of prisoners, generally termed ‘special service men’, may not be considerably increased.

1897 Outing 30 279/1 A special-temper tool steel.

1901 Daily Tel. 9 Mar. 9/3 Two British special service officers have left London for the Abyssinian capital.

1936 R. S. Glasgow Princ. Radio Engin. vi. 116 Shortly after the advent of the screen-grid tube other special-purpose, multielectrode tubes began to appear in increasing numbers.

1944 Act 7 & 8 Geo. VI c. 31 §236 If at any time the managers or governors of an aided school or a special agreement school are unable or unwilling to carry out their obligations..it shall be their duty to apply to the Minister for an order revoking the order by virtue of which the school is an aided school or special agreement school.

1956 L. A. Abraham & S. C. Hawtrey Parl. Dict. 188 Special procedure order, a term applied by the standing orders of both Houses to an order, made or confirmed by a minister, in relation to which the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act, 1945, applies.

1961 Act 9 & 10 Eliz. II c. 62 2nd Schedule §2 Where a trust fund includes special-range property,..the special-range property shall be carried to a separate part of the fund.

2010 H. V. Eastlick Nevada Real Estate Princ. & Pract. xxiv. 392 The appraiser will generally rely most on the cost approach when valuing special-purpose buildings.