Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Was n't I born and reared in a mad house ? |
| 32 | It is the only genre that was born and nourished in a new era of world history and therefore it is deeply akin to that era , whereas the other major genres entered that era as already fixed forms , as an inheritance , and only now are they adapting themselves — some better , some worse — to the new conditions of their existence . |
| 33 | It appears primarily amongst women who were born and remained in a rural area , and she detects a striking rise in rural illegitimacy . |
| 34 | According to most modern experts , Jesus himself was probably raised and trained in a Pharisaic context . |
| 35 | There were no longer the possibilities for ship-based guerrillas to flit along enemy coastlines , but now small parties could be landed and withdrawn in a fast-moving or underwater approach . |
| 36 | He said … ’ — the fräulein swallowed and continued in a rapid high-pitched voice — ‘ he had finished me once , in the Danube , and would have to do so again … ’ |
| 37 | Could it be that the calories supplied by a diet high in natural fibre were being digested and utilized in a different way by the human body ? |
| 38 | When we have given , or been given , a seemingly adequate theoretical account of our processes , then that account may itself need to be understood and analysed in a further , meta-theoretical discourse , and so on . |
| 39 | So while changing herself , the Family Development Nurse has to facilitate this change at community level in order that the expertise and knowledge of parents can be recognised and used in a wider context in the community and in equal partnership with the professional . |
| 40 | The heritage of Wales ' rural life is displayed and interpreted in a vast collection of authentic re-erected buildings where the Welsh people lived and worked |
| 41 | She was seized and held in a crushing embrace before she could do more than tense at the look on his face . |
| 42 | Section 2 uses these concepts to explain when and why a market is replaced by an authority-based form of organization ; why authority might be distributed and used in a hierarchical way ; and when the authority to make certain kinds of decisions might be delegated within a hierarchy . |
| 43 | Action : 100 packages only can be updated and approved in a single run of Update Baseline — update the package structure in portions |
| 44 | Leith was still puzzling at it when , bathed and dressed in a silky-finish dress of deep amber , she brushed her hair . |
| 45 | For Menninger , the essential point is that ‘ in work , as contrasted with purposeless destruction , the aggressive impulses are moulded and guided in a constructive direction by the influence of the creative ( erotic ) instinct ’ ( Menninger , 1942 ) . |
| 46 | ‘ If a woman did not become pregnant after the first transfer attempt , any frozen embryos could be thawed and transferred in a subsequent menstrual cycle , ’ he said . |
| 47 | Our primary schools have also been shaped , influenced and changed in a conscious way through Act of Parliament . |
| 48 | In previous posts I have enjoyed the wide variety of issues in which local government is involved and working in a political environment . |
| 49 | From time to time , it becomes necessary to reorganise information that has previously been learned and structured in a particular way . |
| 50 | Had her taken into hospital and the foetus removed and placed in a MedFac nurture unit . ’ |
| 51 | The amount provided in the original cash float is deducted and placed in a separate banker 's bag . |
| 52 | An integral part of the management structure is an information management policy , which ensures that scientific information is collected , stored , retrieved and disseminated in a controlled manner , integrating the research work with the library and other information resources , and with scientific publication . |
| 53 | Brian Johnson in The Secret War describes the volume of material with which Bletchley had to deal : ‘ Nothing was too small ; everything , however trivial , was collated and filed in a huge card-index containing hundreds of thousands of names , units , postings , supply requisitions , details of promotions , courts martial and leave of absence . |
| 54 | He took her to his Newark workshop and kept the teenager who suffered from claustrophobia tied , gagged and blindfolded in a wooden box , alleged Mr Wakerley . |
| 55 | Geest launched its new product , which is peeled , cored , trimmed and packed in a special container , on the Scottish market yesterday after three years ' work on the process . |
| 56 | When speeding along it is folded and lies in a deep groove along the back . |
| 57 | The reader of this column over the years will have noticed that relevant contemporary issues have been taken and discussed in a conciliatory and balanced manner , causing offence to virtually no-one . |
| 58 | Of the 24 variables studied and included in a multivariate analysis using a logistic regression model , three had an independent prognostic value : encephalopathy , prothrombin time , and the number of blood units transfused within the 72 hours of time zero . |
| 59 | Whereas at Hamilton Terrace Minton had lived and worked in a large , more or less empty room , with peeling wallpaper , bare floorboards and an overwhelming smell of turpentine , at Allen Street the house , except for his studio room , was carpeted throughout and furnished in a modern style . |
| 60 | In a letter to Sir James Graham on 23 March 1843 Thomas Turner wrote : ‘ During the period that has now elapsed [ since the deputation was received ‘ some months since ’ ] favourable circumstances have arisen and resulted in a complete union between the heads of the Veterinary Colleges of London and Edinburgh and the profession at large and I am enabled to state that the accompanying petition and draft Charter have received the signatures of the several Professors of the said College … ’ |