Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , his letter was crucial and marked a real turning point . |
| 2 | That evening you visited your GP who told you to take it easy and prescribed a course of tranquillizers . |
| 3 | Kalchu went down to the stable and selected a he-goat . |
| 4 | But by formulating the central questions ( sometimes subconsciously ) the production is made coherent and given a focus . |
| 5 | The woman , who can not be named for legal reasons , denied assault but was found guilty and given a conditional discharge . |
| 6 | A US Embassy profile commented , " partly in order to counteract his playboy image , Zahedi drove himself and his staff extremely hard and achieved a reputation as a leader with impressive knowledge . |
| 7 | The Committee was impressed and placed a bulk order for 37 cars , comprising 11 more toastracks , 12 open-toppers and 14 double-deckers with railcoach features . |
| 8 | As Britain became industrialized and urbanized a strictly local system of administration came under strain . |
| 9 | American labour politics were complicated and deemed a ‘ slippery business ’ by Engels . |
| 10 | Water was considered most important and given a weighting of 10 . |
| 11 | You 'll see that the pressure is must be quite enormous and produced a raised section there . |
| 12 | I 'd only been there about five minutes when they came to escort me off down to Bleak House , where I was stripped naked and given a blanket and put into a cell . |
| 13 | Now they look as if lean and built a Where Pit was , built built close there . |
| 14 | Boots which have been factory-treated and given a waterproof finish should not normally be given a wax treatment when new , but should be treated with ordinary shoe polish . |
| 15 | They were large , costly , rather unreliable and required a dedicated data processing team to support them . |
| 16 | From so blotched and cramped a creature |
| 17 | It was felt that was totally contradictory as community care was more expensive and required a lot more time and resources if it was to be quality care . |
| 18 | Italy 's new agriculture minister , Giovanni Goria , unmasked the Federconsorzi 's frightful financial and appointed a troika to administer the group . |
| 19 | It is far too weighty and achieved a piece of writing for any such hasty response . |
| 20 | After one or two walks over the hills together the girl preferred to stay at home so the mother went on her own ; on one of these occasions Peony had actually tidied up and got tea ready and gone a little way along the track to meet her mother when she saw her coming up the hill . |
| 21 | Andrew Warren , Director of the Association for the Conservation of Energy , said that : " The fall is largely due to nuclear energy being ring-fenced and given a guaranteed market while coal declines . |
| 22 | Queen Margaret declared the sound was sweet and despatched a small purse of silver in token of her thanks . |