Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] receive [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probation orders which are combined with constructive , disciplined and effective programmes of supervision are increasingly being used for offenders who stand to receive custodial sentences ( 1990b , p. 35 ) . |
| 2 | For housewives who do receive appreciative comments from husbands , this positive reward is often conditional , and therefore hardly an improvement on a situation in which only failure is referred to : |
| 3 | The story hinges on a group of aged Londoners who start receiving anonymous phone calls announcing ‘ Remember you must die ’ . |
| 4 | They have apparently prevented the graft-versus-host reaction from starting up in a number of patients who have received bone-marrow transplants . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 7 | However , babies who have received supplementary bottle-feeds ( see p 244 ) are more likely to react to cow 's milk than anything else . |
| 8 | Higher expectations and effective post-school education for those who have received special education in school is not a luxury but an economic necessity . |