Example sentences of "[adj] he receive [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He served Rome well but because of this he received hostile opposition from some Jews , especially the Pharisees . |
| 2 | According to a report on Radio Afghanistan on Dec. 30 he received 916 votes and there were 59 votes against . |
| 3 | When the stop of the Exchequer was forced upon the government in 1672 he received favourable treatment in the resulting settlement . |
| 4 | In 1736 he received two commissions from Graham : the construction of a nine-feet zenith sector ( the arc of which Graham divided himself ) for the French Académie des Sciences expedition to Lapland under Pierre de Maupertuis to measure the length of a degree of the meridian ; and preparing brass rods and scales for the Royal Society and the Académie for new standards to show the relation between the English yard and the French half-toise . |
| 5 | In 1925 he received national press publicity for discoveries concerning malignant growths . |