Example sentences of "a [noun] raised [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If big cats in zoos are ever offered the meat of surplus pot-bellies , they are said to turn up their noses — which could be another advantage in a pig raised in tiger country . |
| 2 | It is one of three seedlings of a hybrid raised in Switzerland around 1920 and consequently named after Swiss mountains . |
| 3 | It comprised a platform raised on baulks above the truck on which was mounted a rectangular water tank . |
| 4 | It must have taken a couple of hours or more to reach the machan , a platform raised on poles . |
| 5 | The Dawn of Dreams had not been her most glamorous role — to play the central role of a disturbed adolescent Jo had gained 20lb and spent hours creating the greyish , pasty complexion of a kid raised in institutions . |
| 6 | The occasional cry of laughter , or a voice raised in anger , seemed shocking , like a violation . |
| 7 | And that one had to appear , like a spirit raised by necromancy , suddenly almost within grasp of his hand . |
| 8 | Another bout of excessive discretion in the 1980s resulted in Britain designating just 27 beaches as having to meet EC water-quality standards — a number raised after negotiation with Brussels to more than 600 . |
| 9 | The Old Testament speaks of a stone raised by Jacob on the spot where he experienced a mystic vision ; Jacob worshipped the stone and anointed it with oil . |
| 10 | As part of privatization , the government included a commitment to support electricity generated by non-fossil fuels by paying subsidized prices to the generators , by means of a levy raised on sales of all electricity . |
| 11 | Most MTV Hollywood films are just trailers with delusions of grandeur , taking their cues from pop videos and ads in an attempt to accommodate a generation raised on channel hopping and the fast-forward button . |
| 12 | If language is seen as increasingly taking the place of explicit negotiation , communication and conscious thought , there is the possibility that , simultaneously , material objects become increasingly important in the formation of the unconscious , a possibility raised by Freud ( though only briefly ) in relation to repressive mechanisms ( e.g. 1984 : 206–8 ) . |
| 13 | It is one which is closely allied to a problem raised by implication by Alan Bennett , that imaginatively cynical Yorkshire dramatist and actor , who recently chose Mantegna 's Agony in the Garden as his choice in this month 's Dramatist 's Choice ’ series in the National Gallery . |
| 14 | At this point I must notice an argument raised by Mr. Beloff for the university . |
| 15 | Mr Burtt has asked my advice on payment of the enclosed invoice for £690 for an order raised by Mrs Gregory which did not go through the agreed procedures , and which exceeds the total amount available for all staff . |
| 16 | An invoice raised in April 1991 related to the first stage of contract payment on a verbal order given by the customer in March 1991 , ie the first payment was due from the customer on approval of the order . |
| 17 | ( Coming downstage with an arm raised to ROS , GUIL meanwhile bowing to no greeting . |