Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fearon , his swarthy face as white as a ghost beneath the tan , removed his hard hat slowly , the last to do so , and with an angry look at Green as if he felt the financier had somehow insulted rather than honoured the lifeless form sprawled on the flagstones . |
| 2 | Old unresolved conflicts may need to be exposed rather than hidden or disguised . |
| 3 | This is not only because of the harmful effects they can have on the physical self but also because the need for them indicates a severe deficiency in the emotional self — a deficiency which needs to be helped and treated rather than disguised . |
| 4 | On the other hand , churches with poor workmanship , of small size , and altered rather than rebuilt , may well indicate poor localities , or a lack of interest in the church . |
| 5 | Although we have argued for the view that law is differentiated rather than monolithic , we have to stress that there do exist common factors and interrelations , both within specific arenas and within the legal system as a whole , that have to be considered . |
| 6 | However , since the study is conducted in an area known to most of the subjects it is important that the memories reported should be specific to the drive just completed rather than general knowledge about that area of Cambridge . |
| 7 | Storage heights of 50 m appears to be a distinct possibility , racked rather than stacked goods to be the general trend and an increasing degree of automation to be likely . |
| 8 | Skills ( rather than facts ) will be emphasised , and individual engagement in the world prized rather than some one-way transmission . |
| 9 | With older people , who have lived through the period when new ‘ miracle ’ allopathic drugs have appeared to offer a solution to all pain and ill-health , it is these prescribed rather than proscribed drugs that will be the main problem . |
| 10 | It was clear that some economies were possible if more generic drugs were prescribed rather than branded drugs . |
| 11 | It is for this reason that Keynesian stabilization policies have been criticized for relying on the ‘ unexplained postulate ’ of wage rigidity and for assuming that the form of wage and price rigidity , the form of wage and price contracts , is exogenously given rather than determined by , amongst other things , the type of monetary and fiscal policies being carried out . |
| 12 | He had a degree of concern for the vanquished Germans , and respect for them as individuals , which taught me another valuable lesson , and which still makes his name in Wilhelmshaven one which is honoured rather than reviled . |
| 13 | However , the left , broadly defined , is being courted rather than spurned . |
| 14 | A small sharp nose was imbedded between pudgy cheeks on which the threads of broken veins were emphasized rather than disguised by a thin crust of make-up . |
| 15 | Are there any features of the modern jury that can be explained only as historical survivals , which are out of place in modern society , or has the jury been so adapted that it is a truly modern institution ? ’ |
| 16 | Wagenaar ( 1986 ) also found that memories rated as unpleasant at the time were less well recalled than pleasant ones ( for durations of up to two years ) , despite this , events with higher emotional involvement ratings ( ‘ moderate ’ to ‘ extreme ’ ) were generally recalled better than those with lower ratings ( ‘ nothing ’ or ‘ little ’ ) at all retention intervals studied , though again this was a relatively small effect , r(1603)=0.07 . |
| 17 | THE Queen 's speech was leaked less than 24 hours after it was recorded . |
| 18 | There is no good reason — feminist or other — why cohabiting couples should be treated better than married ones . |
| 19 | But police officers can be dismissed only if severe disciplinary charges are proven against them . |
| 20 | These days , as John has said , it 's much more broken down than that . |
| 21 | Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods increases the volume of waste and should be undertaken only when necessary for safety reasons . |
| 22 | The notice shall state the date on which it is proposed to take such action and shall in no case be given less than four weeks before the examination is due to be taken . |
| 23 | It is often caused by every change of the weather , especially from warm to cold ; from perspiration that is checked especially if hot ; from taking cold ; from cold wet weather . |
| 24 | These patients should be treated parenterally because attempted oral treatment may be hazardous . |
| 25 | Whether the payment is made within or after fourteen days of service , if the plaintiff elects to accept the sum he must within 21 days after receipt by him of the notice of payment into court or , if the notice is received less than three days before the return day , then before the hearing of the action begins , give notice of his acceptance to the court and to every other party ( Ord 11 , r 3(1) ) . |
| 26 | The party had officially received less than 3 per cent of the votes in the April general election ( see p. 36603 ) , and before the poll Mestiri had turned down a proposal by the ruling RCD for a national coalition . |
| 27 | The reward is given only if a desirable behaviour occurs and the punisher is given only if undesirable behaviour occurs . |
| 28 | Mr Carlson reckons America 's mass merchandisers have realised less than half of the potential of their bar-code systems . |
| 29 | Kolchinsky drove the short distance to the Bellevue Hospital , conveniently situated less than two miles away from both the hotel and the United Nations building . |
| 30 | If the aircraft is flown less than weekly , the prop should be pulled through five blades to break the oil film and reposition the rings and cam gear in a different spot in order to reduce inter-surface corrosion . |