She has written to the Royal Mail asking it to recognise Sanquhar's special status.
And though Britain's Queen Elizabeth is the head of the Commonwealth, Britain has no special status.
Yet although a mere 1.7m people attend its services regularly, its special status endures.
It makes no sense in a pluralistic society to give one church special status.
Some say it is because if you die during a religious observance you acquire a special status.
Critics say it creates a special status for native Hawaiians, permitting them to sue the federal government.
Nor does it make sense, in a largely secular country, to give special status to all faiths.
The funds awarded by Congress were administered by the head of NIH, giving the project a special status.
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Contrary to the whines of tax-loving pols, the Cox-Wyden legislation does not give special status to Internet commerce.
Banks have a special status in the economy: that is why they receive bail-outs when other companies should not.
Even if that does not happen, the north may get a special status.
This "special status" had put Taylor in a "different category of offenders for the purpose of sentencing, " the judge said.
The special status means tax breaks and planning rules will be cut back to attract new businesses and create jobs.
For cultural and psychological reasons, breast cancer has a special status and is a focus of enormous anxieties and confusion.
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Because of life insurance's special status under tax law, permanent policies are sometimes used by wealthy individuals as an estate-planning tool.
It is this special status of banks that underlies the complex web of supports and regulations that surround the banking sector.
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The draft plan sets out policies for Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, which was given its special status nearly three years ago.
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London Met had a special status as a "Highly Trusted Sponsor" (HTS).
Unfortunately, our Afghan veterans enjoy no special status, unlike the Estonian soldiers now serving in Iraq whose welfare is protected by new legislation.
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The special status of the dollar makes it easier to borrow (a good thing) and easier to run up a huge foreign debt (a bad thing).
Mr Ignatieff's proposal to give Quebec special status boosted his fortunes there but fell flat with Canadians elsewhere, who are tired of decades of constitutional wrangling.
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"Once" may earn the same special status by doing something similar, albeit on a more intimate scale -- using pop-rock songs to shape its characters' ecstatic feelings.
Lazard ( NYSE: LAZ) is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets.
Olin Corp. ( NYSE: OLN) is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets.
But problems also arise when it is governments that are relatively strong, and so able to confer special status on some pressure groups and withhold it from others.
Universal Corp. ( NYSE: UVV) is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets.
Lexington Realty Trust ( NYSE: LXP) is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets.
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. ( NASD: CY) is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets.
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