Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The threats to children to silence colleagues who , far braver than he had ever been , asked the uncomfortable question , or asked any question at all . |
| 2 | The end labelled probe was mixed with 20µg of protein extract which had been preincubated with 5µg poly ( d ( I-C ) ) and single stranded or doubled stranded competitor DNA . |
| 3 | Tasks of this kind may need extensive practice by children with defective vision , since using their vision for learning may present difficulties in terms of blurring and distortion or a reduced or interrupted visual field . |
| 4 | This , I should stress , was a successful conversation — and the example could of course be extended , to include the times when we talked simultaneously , or interrupted each other , or gave multiple answers to the same question , as well as the times when there was unintelligibility , resulting from two of the four participants talking with their mouth full — but I leave all these to your imagination . |
| 5 | By suggesting that the ‘ fun-loving ’ woman lodger shunned or avoided sexual intercourse with the landlord begins to suggest that the ‘ normal ’ occurrence is for women lodgers in such situations to allow sexual intercourse to take place . |
| 6 | Once again , no party except ours seems to have grasped this simple point or made any proposal to act on it . |
| 7 | sliced raw mushroom dipped in lemon juice and a slice of lean ham ; or a slice of lean ham , chopped and mixed with 2 tablespoons plain virtually fat-free fromage frais and 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard , on a bed of shredded red cabbage ; or diced cooked chicken breast , diced red or green pepper , a chopped pineapple ring , 1 teaspoon tomato purée ; all mixed with enough plain virtually fat-free yoghurt to moisten ; or bread spread with tomato purée topped with shredded lettuce and lean , grilled back bacon — visible fat removed . |
| 8 | Cancers found at surgery performed for reasons other than high grade dysplasia or early carcinoma , such as debility or failed medical treatment , or low grade dysplasia , ( not a generally recognised indication for surgery ) can not be counted as successes of the surveillance policy either . |
| 9 | In other words , I argue that the social work service offered to permanent new families , whatever their initial or planned legal status , should be different from that offered to the majority of foster families . |
| 10 | The other lesson that has come out of the work within the RAF and from the work done outside is that expert systems in particular , but AI in general will not come about as stand-alone , independent systems , but will be embedded or connected to existing or planned conventional computing . |
| 11 | Most people , when they went out at night or approached another village , carried a stick or a handful of stones ; if one or two dogs in a pack had been wounded the others would pick up the aggressive intention and drop back sullenly . |
| 12 | There was also a presumption that a notice would not be issued that was wider than necessary or involved excessive compliance costs . |
| 13 | Little was recovered for the crown by these proceedings , but recognition was gained that all secular jurisdiction was exercised on behalf of the crown by explicit or inferred royal licence . |
| 14 | Even if this were so , the implication has been made by catholic school supporters that catholic schools have not promoted or reinforced any measure of prejudice , and that no other possible type of school could improve on them ( Daly 1975 ) . |
| 15 | Around a million kitchens are purchased or upgraded each year in Great Britain . |
| 16 | Throughout the book he referred to it as the monster or used another word which expressed his hatred for it . |
| 17 | Even the most well-intentioned and politically sensitive non-governmental organizations found themselves supporting projects which in the long term strengthened individuals rather than communities , unrealistically raised expectations or created unintended dependency relationships . |
| 18 | A man who wished to resist such turning could insist on keeping to the subject ; and forceful men who had the character of genial good nature could get away with open rebuttal of this kind ; but not all people who interrupted with open rebuttals acquired or maintained that character . |
| 19 | The law states that the power to exclude a pupil from a county , voluntary or maintained special school may be exercised only by the head teacher . |
| 20 | The so-called " multinational force " , mobilized following the lead of the USA , had been widened by the end of August to include not only troops from certain Arab countries [ see above ] , but also some actual or promised military participation from the UK , France , several other West European countries , Canada , Australia , Pakistan and Bangladesh [ see below ] . |
| 21 | To rest an answer to the logical question about dependent nomic conditionals on independent nomic conditionals is to answer the question in terms of explained or analysed lawlike connection . |
| 22 | But serious or lighthearted Central News always brought you the offbeat , like the catfish who loved to be fed by hand . |
| 23 | But nothing in the response of the Al Fayeds ' advisers , for all its bluster and menace , rebutted my basic case or added one jot of information to explain the origins of the brothers ' wealth . |
| 24 | So ‘ men are going to get off on women anyway , just walking down the street ’ and of course magazines whose raison d'etre is the presentation of the naked or seminaked female body as a spectacle are n't contributing to this state of affairs , are they ? |
| 25 | Reduced grade change-over time was the driver to enable the plant to run with reduced batch size or reduced economic batch quantity . |
| 26 | Compared to women with gall stones , women with cholecystectomy showed no difference in frequency of defecation , stool form score or estimated intestinal transit time ( Table III ) . |
| 27 | My ward is Braintree East and the only person who came round or dropped any literature in was Mr Elwyn Bishop for the Labour Party . |
| 28 | Ten patients had non-sustained ventricular tachycardia or received anti-arrhythmic treatment , or both . |
| 29 | The incidence of coagulopathy ( prolongation of the prothrombin time or activated partial thromboplastin time ) after peritoneovenous shunting in patients with malignant ascites is 0% to 10% . |
| 30 | The GUSTO trial assessed the risks and benefits of immediate intravenous heparin or delayed subcutaneous heparin in addition to streptokinase ( and found no mortality benefit ) , but did not make such comparisons for tPA or anistreplase nor provide any mortality comparison of intravenous heparin and no heparin . |