Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] [det] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the film includes no genital close-ups or explicit sexual activity , it has played in many parts of the world , occasionally with a classification less restrictive than that given to so-called ‘ hardcore ’ sex films . |
| 2 | However , the two sets of normality ratings are not significantly correlated r(22)=-0.06 , and the ratings given in Study 3 are much higher than those given in the Groeger and Chapman study . |
| 3 | In addition , farmers with an agreed development plan in the LFA receive a ‘ guidance premium ’ , which is not higher than that given outside the LFA in the UK ( though it could be one third higher under the Directive ) . |
| 4 | The salary offered for the Ruislip post was marginally higher than that given in Hendon but the tribunal found that the offer of alternative employment at the new location was less advantageous to him . |
| 5 | namely Thucydides ) , but voting techniques were not : there was no counting of votes at all ( something which would have taken several hours when the agenda was as crowded as that given at the beginning of Demosthenes ' fiftieth speech of 362 BC ) , and the ‘ consensus ’ was determined by a show of hands , which tellers then adjudicated , in a fashion no more precise than that of a modern shop-steward who ‘ counts ’ a sea of hands at a trade union mass meeting . |
| 6 | Critics of official statistics argued that not all those out of work were registered as unemployed and that the real figure was therefore higher than that given by the Department of Employment , which is responsible for compiling the data . |
| 7 | The mean risk rating given in the Groeger and Chapman study was in fact considerably higher than that given by subjects in this experiment ( mean=3.66 , s.d. =0.74 as opposed to mean=2.15 , s.d. =0.50 ) . |