Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , it is virtually impossible to determine exactly how much Grampian produced whisky is exported because much of it is blended and/or bottled elsewhere . |
| 2 | But what was lacking to underpin a choice between the two was agreement among clinicians about which groups of patients could be treated and/or cared for successfully outside the asylum . |
| 3 | Consequently , many added as a rider to their initial response the comment that the reporting accountant should be registered and/or licensed by the Law Society and required to undertake training in solicitors ' accounts . |
| 4 | It can determine that the trustee should be paid a percentage of the value of the assets realised and/or distributed , or by reference to the time spent by the trustee and his staff , and must have regard to the complexity or otherwise of the matter , any exceptional responsibility falling on the trustee , the trustee 's effectiveness and the value and nature of the assets dealt with by the trustee . |
| 5 | These were of immense consequence in giving elected Indian officials their first real taste of power , and in encouraging them to ask for more — much more , needless to say , than Curtis had either foreseen or intended . |
| 6 | If , on the other hand , he was not genuine in writing the letters and had connived or conduced to the fraudulent behaviour of the son , or was even aware of it and consented to it , then he would not under any logical analysis have written the letters in these terms . |
| 7 | In muscles receiving delayed innervation , or muscles innervated at aberrant synaptic sites , both receptor clustering and receptor synthesis are delayed or redirected , consistent with the new pattern of innervation . |
| 8 | No responsibility can be taken for entries lost , delayed or damaged in the post or otherwise . |
| 9 | , No responsibility can be taken for entries lost , delayed or damaged in the post or otherwise . |
| 10 | No responsibility can be taken for entries lost , delayed or damaged in the post or otherwise . |
| 11 | No responsibility can be taken for entries lost , delayed or damaged in the post or otherwise . |
| 12 | However , there are now real problems and the solutions to them can no longer be delayed or fudged . |
| 13 | But he would n't be delayed or denied . |
| 14 | NIGEL BENN 's arrival on the world championship stage may have to be delayed or diverted to another country . |
| 15 | The army undertook to transport film and copy but it was often delayed or lost . |
| 16 | Living on income support is for many a very negative experience — the intrusive questioning about income and about personal relationships ; the difficulties of queuing with young children ; the problems when benefits are delayed or lost ; the lack of control over income as more and more direct deductions are made — all these and more contribute to the difficulties of bringing up children alone on a low income . |
| 17 | For women receiving Supplementary Benefit the thought of having their money ‘ cut-off ’ ( e.g. through the cohabitation ruling ) or of Giro orders being delayed or stolen is a constant worry . |
| 18 | Yet the state decreed , at first , that ‘ Romeo and Juliet ’ should have a happy ending ; production of that and other pieces was inexplicably delayed or cancelled ; and his favourite operatic director , Vsevelod Meyerhold , was arrested in June 1939 after publicly defying accusations of ‘ artistic errors ’ . |
| 19 | He had had a long and tiring journey , flights from Frankfurt , Heathrow and Glasgow all having been delayed or cancelled . |
| 20 | A point could be reached where the cost of meeting such conditions may result in the development of the site being delayed or abandoned . |
| 21 | The ‘ explanation ’ raises many problems , not the least being why the symptoms should depend upon whether the temperature rhythm is delayed or advanced with respect to the sleep/wake rhythm . |
| 22 | Some banks are already reported to be refusing to repossess land that is polluted or contaminated , on the grounds that they might be obliged to pay the costs of cleaning up the property . |
| 23 | Though it was shot on a strict schedule , not in the looser manner of its two predecessors , some scenes and lines were improvised or contributed by the actors ; for instance , Rhodes 's last words to the zombies as they eat his guts , ‘ Choke on ‘ em ! ’ |
| 24 | Furthermore , all the professionals at Ashdown are able-bodied ( including the researchers ) and no representative from a local group of disabled people has been consulted or invited to contribute to the school development programme in any capacity . |
| 25 | In an intervention during the Home Secretary 's speech , I asked whether he had consulted or heard from the Prison Governors Association about the Bill . |
| 26 | It was only then that George Shultz , Reagan 's secretary of state , learned the president had actually signed an order authorising the arms shipments on 17 January and that he had not been consulted or told . |
| 27 | Subject to paragraph 2 , it is applicable not only to ‘ information ’ or ‘ ideas ’ that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference , but also to those that offend , shock or disturb . |
| 28 | ‘ Channel ’ refers to the medium by which messages are received or transmitted : comprehension of language may take place through auditory ( hearing ) or visual channels ( reading print or signs ) , and production may be mediated via vocal ( speaking ) or motor ( writing or manual signing ) systems . |
| 29 | Anyone who handled the King 's money was ‘ charged ’ with the revenues he had received or collected and had to acquit himself before the Barons of the Exchequer by showing what he had done with it . |
| 30 | The Middle East Economic Digest of March 1 reported that total foreign aid received or pledged to Jordan since the onset of the crisis in August stood at US$1,150 million . |