take special pains
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Census officials have promised to take special pains to get a more accurate count during the 1980 census, in effect acknowledging that their methods have been inadequate.
From Time Magazine Archive
But since she has no husband or children--and thus no immediate heirs--she has had to take special pains to plan her estate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of them, like Du Pont at Wilmington, Del., take special pains to guard their employes from poisonous C52 fumes.
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This year the bureau will take special pains to get the count as accurate as possible.
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Yet for the next three days at least, he would take special pains to keep every hair in its place, simply to please little sister.
From The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls by Various
