Example sentences of "[det] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The welfare hand-out that pains critics most is that given to poor , unmarried mothers : Aid to Families with Dependent Children ( AFDC ) . |
| 2 | A telephone call received by the Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo on Sept. 20 allegedly from the Medellín cartel had confirmed the kidnappings and included a demand that the government offer the cartel the same " political treatment " as that given to left-wing guerrillas in past peace agreements [ see below ] . |
| 3 | With each equation the average rank given to correct words is better than that given to incorrect words . |
| 4 | The psychological care of people receiving interleukin-2 has many similarities with that given to those on chemotherapy . |
| 5 | Because the film includes no genital close-ups or explicit sexual activity , it has played in many parts of the world , occasionally with a classification less restrictive than that given to so-called ‘ hardcore ’ sex films . |
| 6 | Commentators in Washington noted that Bush 's use of the word " irreversible " , to describe the process of change in South Africa , was a stronger form of recognition than that given by European Community member countries . |
| 7 | ‘ I would be prepared to write a leader on this project , but I would find it difficult to take the opposing point of view to that given in those two leaders . |
| 8 | It is only the form of the metric in the interaction region that needs to be modified to that given in this section . |
| 9 | Less innocent were the scandals such as that exposed in 1916 of Hospital 27 , where a crooked doctor had been providing bogus discharges from the army at several thousand francs a time . |
| 10 | They use a system similar to that developed by some of the live-bearing reptiles but one that is enormously more efficient . |
| 11 | His speech was delivered by means of fingerspelling ( the mode adopted by all speakers who were each limited to ten minutes ) : Before I went to America I was rather one-sided , and opposed the teaching of speech too much ; but after entering the celebrated college at Washington , I saw that not only could speech be taught with much success , but that those educated on the combined system spoke better than those educated on the so-called pure oral method . |
| 12 | The honours and ordinary degree courses differ in the number and level of units of study undertaken in Year IV ; candidates for the honours degree are required to follow a more demanding programme than that undertaken by ordinary degree students . |
| 13 | Mr Severin 's voyage is reminiscent of that undertaken by another great but misguided adventurer , Thor Heyerdahl . |
| 14 | The mode of disapplication of the section to premises is the same as that prescribed by 5.57 . |
| 15 | The poor quality of nineteenth century working class housing , particularly that occupied by lower paid workers , reflected the significant gap between the cost of decent accommodation and the price that many workers could afford to pay . |
| 16 | The H pylori antibody positivity rate of 39% of young adults in 1969 is somewhat higher than that reported by other surveys and the consistency of our antibody results over the 21 year period that the testing is valid . |
| 17 | Hens and geese were picking around in two small haystacks and fleets of tiny yellow chickens were half hidden beneath some planking and under the foundations of some rickety sheds . |
| 18 | Was this painted by this chap you got hold of or |
| 19 | This is startlingly lower than the figures of over half reported from eastern Europe and the Far East ; and it also looks as if co-residence was much more common in southern France , and also in post-colonial America . |
| 20 | We have already alluded in Chapter 2 to the prominent position this occupied in earlier Chomskyan grammar . |
| 21 | Here too the distinction was not absolute , and hides many other differences ; but the bulk of the lower clergy were half educated at best , and led quite a different life from their superiors . |
| 22 | The walks have been arranged to cater for all age groups , with a few designed for those with limited walking ability , and some have been planned to link with bus routes . |
| 23 | The spectra of π-allyl complexes of nickel and palladium shown in Fig. 5.7 include some bands seen only in the IR spectra , some seen only in the Raman spectra , and some seen in neither . |
| 24 | There was a young girl had this done to greater success . |
| 25 | If a character 's words or thoughts are represented , is this done by direct quotation ( direct speech ) , or b some other method ( eg indirect speech , free indirect speech ) ? |
| 26 | Is this connected with some sort of local custom ? |
| 27 | Major deteriorations in the Thames and South West regions , with more than half attributed to increased monitoring , have heavily influenced these national figures . |
| 28 | Has this occurred in this case ? |
| 29 | Even after increases in customs duties staunched the flow , 27,000 cars were imported privately in 1990 , over half bought by customs-exempt ‘ invalids ’ . |
| 30 | But there were others too , some drawn from that old left milieu regarded with suspicion by Miles . |