Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women who have maintained and/or developed an extensive network of personal relationships in middle age are held to be most favourably placed in coping with the problems of old age . |
| 2 | It was not scheduled or given an elaborate countdown and fanfare . |
| 3 | For instance , twice as many subjects in Wales were referred to a specialist or given an abdominal examination than in Humberside and Yorkshire , and half as many were prescribed tablets . |
| 4 | Had letters published in a newspaper , or written an article or even a book . |
| 5 | Where there is a slight risk in the event of a swing , a pilot may be said to have made a simple error of judgement or taken an unnecessary risk . |
| 6 | The voltage across the electrodes ionises the atoms ( ions are atoms that have become electrically charged as a result of having gained or lost an electron from their periphery ) . |
| 7 | Recently 55 more trade unionists have been arrested , yet those who were detained immediately after the 30 June coup have been neither interrogated , charged nor given an explanation of the reason why they are being held . |
| 8 | No audit opinion is required at the interim stage and the commissaires aux comptes and the auditors have neither carried out an audit nor given an audit opinion . |
| 9 | But he did it with a warming smile and a ready assumption of her allegiance and willingness , more as if he had asked a small current courtesy of his wife than given an order to a servant . |
| 10 | Although termed an unofficial private visit , Botha met with his then counterpart Boris Pankin as well as with Eduard Shevardnadze ( reappointed on Nov. 19 in place of Pankin as Soviet Foreign Minister ) . |
| 11 | The late surge more than reversed an earlier price plunge as the bubbling US market turned cautious about defensive stocks . |
| 12 | Although entitled an ‘ introduction ’ , the work had an authority all of its own and was often quoted . |
| 13 | Fourteen months and four attempts later , the shop finally bought a lute — and placed an order for another . |
| 14 | The membership was drawn from the industrial conurbations of Yorkshire , and placed an emphasis on self-improvement and knowledge and understanding of the countryside . |
| 15 | Donleavy opened his briefcase and placed an envelope on the bed . |
| 16 | ‘ Your hands are like ice ! ’ he said in concern , and placed an arm quickly about her , his thought only to warm her . |
| 17 | ‘ Because I need the work , Lady Merchiston , ’ Theda said , her eyes twinkling as she gently raised the old lady a little and placed an extra pillow at her back . |
| 18 | Niall rolled the man gently over on to his back , ripped open his shirt and placed an ear to his chest . |
| 19 | His voice was so bland she really was n't sure if he was joking , but having asked and received an apparently satisfactory reply , she decided she had no choice but to go with him . |
| 20 | It transpired that the previous day he had been in Liverpool and given an interview to the Daily Telegraph which had been interpreted to mean that we were about to call in the troops . |
| 21 | Over a thousand years ago bronzes were being produced in the style of the early pieces and given an artificial patina . |
| 22 | If a rat is placed in a marked box and given an injection of apomorphine , it sits still for half an hour with its hair erect and shivering . |
| 23 | If , six months later , it is placed in the same box and given an injection of saline , it displays the identical behaviour as when given the drug . |
| 24 | Only one thing is certain , and that is that if the employee is not consulted , and given an opportunity to state his case , an injustice may be done . |
| 25 | More or less any adult can provide the whole curriculum single-handed after being trained to control a class and given an occasional top-up day of in-service training . |
| 26 | It was built in an unsuitable situation and given an inadequate constitution . |
| 27 | The hypothesis of the nature and origin of the Created God as has been expounded herein provides a means whereby God can be defined and given an origin in evolutionary terms , and from there on in broader terms to embrace human civilisation . |
| 28 | That afternoon Meehan was released from Peterhead and given an interim compensation payment of £2500 with a promise of more to come . |
| 29 | TONY AGANA was yesterday slapped on the transfer list by Notts County — and given an earbashing by boss Neil Warnock . |
| 30 | He refused to co-operate and was told he was ‘ letting the school down ’ and given an indication that this would affect his school report , ‘ and that 's when I realized that I was only acknowledged for my sporting ability . ’ |