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Example sentences for "special order"

  • Questions that have been postponed from a previous meeting, come under the head of unfinished business; and if a subject has been made a "special order" for the day, it shall take precedence of all business except reading the minutes.

  • If a subject is a special order for a particular day, then on that day it supersedes all business except the reading of the minutes.

  • If Mr. Cohen leaves Savannah under my Special Order No.

  • The official order is dated: [Special Order No.

  • If it was an article which we had a special order for, we would perhaps give 10d.

  • Do you sometimes knit a shawl for a special order?

  • I have seen that done- that a seaman gave a special order in favour of another agent or another party.

  • There was a special order of the Board of Trade issued afterwards, preventing us from doing so.

  • On August 6 Major Brighten issued the following pathetic Special Order to the 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers at Le Poirier: "I regret to inform all ranks of the Battalion that our late Commanding Officer, Lieut.

  • One camp sent in a special order for 46 overcoats for "fats.

  • Aviation hangar covers were demanded in large numbers, and each one was a special order due to the varying conditions of terrain encountered.

  • Three more days may be added by special order.

  • Finally Senator Fulton secured a request from the Senate that the bill be returned for further consideration, and a hearing was made a special order of business.

  • Fletcher, and the friends could not get it upon the calendar in time to be reached unless it should be made a special order.

  • It was made a special order and, after being amended so as to give women the right to vote only when bonds were to be issued, it was returned to the Judiciary Committee.

  • The measure had been made the special order for 2:30 P.

  • The Divisional Commander issued the following special order:-- "15th Divisional Commander feels sure that this generous acknowledgment of the work of the Division will be highly valued by all.

  • The Corps Commander also issued a special order, expressing his appreciation and thanks for the splendid work done both in the preparation for, and execution of, the attack.

  • When a train has been annulled it must not be again restored under its original number by special order.

  • Under the "single order" system, when two opposing trains are to meet by special order, arrangements are usually first made to stop the superior train by a "holding order.

  • This was when the 140th was at Falmouth, before its first experience in battle, and by a special order of the War Department.

  • While here the Company was directed by special order to serve as guard of honor in the burial of Gen.

  • The Commander-in-Chief's thanks, which were conveyed to the troops in a Special Order of the Day, were highly appreciated by all ranks.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "special order" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    equal volumes; forma pauperis; just went; looking ahead; minutes south; other observers; special administrative; special arrangement; special care; special circumstances; special committee; special constables; special creation; special effort; special embassy; special grace; special kind; special licence; special manner; special message; special messenger; special name; special orders; special service; special significance; special type