Sentence examples for special purchase from inspiring English sources

But claiming to follow the beliefs or crafts of one's ancestors does not guarantee a special purchase on spirituality.

But ties between the two organizations date to 1967 and included a special purchase fund as well as exhibition support.

These special purchase vehicles, along with other benefits, are exempt from right-to-buy so that we won't end up in this predicament in three years.

Cucumber is surprisingly common, but, like Oliver's celery heart, I don't think it goes particularly well – by all means stick it in if, like the bread, you have some to use up, but I wouldn't make a special purchase.

("Have you no sense of decency, sir?") A more potent symbol of legal probity could hardly have been found in 1959, but while Welch gives an immensely appealing performance (there are moments when he wipes the floor with George C. Scott, no easy task), his character is given no special purchase on the truth, no moral standing beyond his appointed office.

During Lincoln's presidency, Mr. Kaplan writes, "Shakespeare's history plays now had special purchase, even more than they had always had, as exemplars of the drama of national destiny, great leaders contesting for dominance, the clashing of ambitions and wills, and the attempt to assert contradictory national visions.

At the same time, however, "there is a tendency to approach special purchases in a more discerning and discreet manner".

Aggregating receipts is only the beginning for OneReceipt — co-founder Sam Fine told me that the company is looking at providing special purchasing offers based on user spending patterns.

Malls didn't yet exist and shoppers only schlepped into "the city" for special purchases.

Both volunteers and locals (who understandably get miffed when unable to get tickets to a festival that brings 50,000 visitors to their village) have special purchasing options, too.

And, when I got my first job, I began to put away a bit of cash from myself to keep for special purchases or splurge items, like Park Place or a monopoly on utilities.