Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some details of breeding success were recorded by the survey , with an average of 2.4 young reared from 15 nests , in which 61 eggs were laid ; three eggs were infertile and 17 stolen or destroyed by man , an important predator of this species . |
| 2 | With the partial exception of the two decades which followed the Treaty of Utrecht ( and even then there were probably never less than half a million men under arms in Europe ) there was scarcely a year in the century during which a large-scale struggle was not either raging or threatened in some part of the continent . |
| 3 | In earlier , less complicated times an offender might be banished , mutilated or hanged . |
| 4 | I had always assumed that this song was either fictional or referred to events long ago , and Ricks ' talk contained nothing to contradict this . |
| 5 | The thirties was the decade when smart hostesses took to serving a great many dishes iced or frozen simply for the originality of the idea . |
| 6 | However she was not bitter , or depressed or withdrawn . |
| 7 | If an infertility problem is diagnosed , then spermatogenesis may well be depressed or arrested , and in these cases , the later germ cell stages will be absent or deficient on the slides . |
| 8 | Because each person is unique , and has experiences which no other person has ever had quite in that way or in that combination of circumstances , this learning can not be structured by teacher or syllabus or advisers from without , except possibly in certain exceptional situations where a sustained one-to-one relationship is possible or required . |
| 9 | NeXT Computer Inc , Redwood City , says Digital Equipment Corp , Compaq Computer Corp and NCR Corp are to offer NeXTstep for Intel processors on some of their 80486-based personal computers , pre-installed or bundled by reseller organisations . |
| 10 | NeXT says DEC , Compaq Computer Corp and NCR Corp are also to offer NeXTstep for Intel processors on some of their 80486-based personal computers , pre-installed or bundled by reseller organisations . |
| 11 | 25 shelf units each 6m long × 3m deep ( these can be free-standing or placed against a wall ) |
| 12 | Several pieces of stiff paper or card , attached at the top , which allow viewing of only the top leaf ; it can be free-standing or attached to the top of an easel or blackboard . |
| 13 | ‘ We hereby agree acknowledge and confirm as follows : ( 1 ) That we have each received from you a copy of the guarantee dated 3 July 1987 ( a copy of which is attached hereto ) under which Nicholas Edward O'Brien guarantees the payment and discharge of all moneys and liabilities now or hereafter due owing or incurred by Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. to you . |
| 14 | As the TOM allows investors to avoid purchasing shares , the higher the actual and expected levels of interest rates the greater the incentive to use options and delay the acquisition of shares in order to benefit from the rates of return prevailing or expected in the money markets . |
| 15 | Bradenham hams should be presented uncrumbed or coated in white breadcrumbs . |
| 16 | The degree of intestinal metaplasia was classified as absent , incomplete , complete or mixed according to the criteria of Filipe and Jass . |
| 17 | over to the right or left ? |
| 18 | In the same year an Act was passed declaring that from henceforth the boundaries of all the royal forests should be taken to extend no further than those ‘ commonly reputed , used or taken in the twentieth year of the reign of James I [ 1622–23 ] . |
| 19 | The Listed Intellectual Property Rights are all the Intellectual Property Rights owned , used or required by the Vendor in connection with the Business . |
| 20 | It would be a breach of the first principle if the data subject , or data provider , were deceived or misled about the purpose for which the data were obtained , held , used or disclosed . |
| 21 | Details of any agreements which should be registered under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act or notified to the Commission of the European Communities under Article 85(1) or Article 86 of the Treaty of Rome ; details of joint ventures , agency or distribution agreements ; ( j ) insurance : details of all insurances and any insurance claims outstanding ; ( k ) intellectual property : details of all UK and foreign patents , registered designs and copyrights , trade marks and trading names and other intellectual property rights ; ( l ) properties : details of all properties owned , used or occupied , specifying short particulars , such as nature of title , principal terms , lease arrangements , tenancies , licences , any mortgages , charges etc affecting any of the properties . |
| 22 | The assisted area map may well change after the general election , but I can assure my hon. Friend that we ensure absolute fairness between assisted areas and that no one area is disadvantaged or advantaged in relation to the others . |
| 23 | ‘ Questions ’ , whether oral or written must relate to a matter for which a Minister is responsible and the clerks , administering the rules and practice of the Houses to that effect , will refuse to accept questions which go beyond these bounds . |
| 24 | Unsupported representations , whether oral or written , do not of themselves constitute sufficient audit evidence . |
| 25 | Unsupported representations , whether oral or written , are insufficient audit evidence . |
| 26 | Fourthly , in setting out the contract which may be oral or written , the activities to be undertaken are sorted out into individual tasks , and allocated between the worker and the client . |
| 27 | When Greenfield claims that oral speech is context-dependent , the anthropological evidence would challenge her to demonstrate what speech , whether oral or written , was not . |
| 28 | The general information contained in a long-form valuation report is likely to be obtained from a variety of sources , oral or written , from within or outside the entity being reported upon ( for example , auditors ' files ) . |
| 29 | Some such levels are restricted to the medium , oral or written ; but formal Tamil is used in both writing and formal address or speech making . |
| 30 | The Directive requires the adoption of uniform rules of law by all member states in the matter of unfair terms , which should apply to all contracts between sellers or suppliers , of goods and services , and consumers , whether such contracts are oral or written . |