Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally a reservation is received for an older work missed ( or turned down ) when originally published . |
| 2 | This order , as its name suggests , was developed as a richer example than the Corinthian , but it is only in the capital that it differs materially . |
| 3 | Gilbert White was proud of his early cucumbers , cutting the first of 1753 on 5th April to take to his brother in London and when he discovered they were priced two shillings apiece in Town , arranged for a further thirteen to be conveyed on the coach from Selborne . |
| 4 | If , for example , all you wanted to do was to reduce the sleeve length , you could ( provided an alternative length was given ) use a shorter length given for a smaller size . |
| 5 | At the conclusion of the liturgy , Bishop O'Brien presented Faculty Certificates to 150 Ministers who were recommissioned for a further five years service . |
| 6 | The pilot scheme will involve shops in five selected villages for the first year , and if successful will be extended and developed for a further three years . |
| 7 | Wintle got back to intercept Boobyer 's pass to Proctor , but was dispossessed and Ieuan Evans crossed on the right before being recalled for an earlier knock-on . |
| 8 | Wintle got back to intercept Boobyer 's pass to Proctor , but was dispossessed and Ieuan Evans crossed on the right before being recalled for an earlier knock-on . |
| 9 | Bernard Moing , Univel 's regional marketing manager for Europe says , ‘ we 're not expecting any returns on UnixWare until the first quarter of 1993 , and then the take up will be limited for a further period . ’ |
| 10 | Using techniques developed during an earlier study of British Hindu children , an ethnographic study of children and young people from Christian , Muslim , Jewish and Sikh backgrounds in the context of their families and faith communities will be conducted in parts of the West Midlands . |
| 11 | The fact that old people would lose out with QALY theory has been given as a further example of injustice . |
| 12 | On the question of a separate European " defence identity " , some NATO members reportedly pressed for a greater security role for the nine-country Western European Union ( WEU ) [ see pp. 37212 ; 37931 ] . |
| 13 | The Prague meeting was preceded by sharp disagreements between the Soviet Union and some member states , notably Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland , whose representatives spoke openly about the dissolution of COMECON and pressed for a speedier implementation of currency convertibility and the right to trade individually with organizations such as the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 14 | The UK government had pressed for an earlier start . |
| 15 | From the firm 's point of view , retained earnings are generally regarded as a cheaper source of funds than new external funds , given the costs of raising external finance . |
| 16 | Since the enactment of s 459 1985 , it has been regarded as a better remedy for a minority affected by prejudice in a company to ask for a share purchase order under s 461 rather than to seek a return of share capital through a winding-up petition which results in the liquidation of a solvent company ( a member can not petition under s 122(1) ( g ) if the company is insolvent because he has no interest ) . |
| 17 | Lafontaine , although regarded as a better orator than Kohl , was unable to draw support for a campaign which concentrated on the cost of unification ( he had initially opposed the treaty on economic and monetary union — see pp. 37535-36 ) and on social and environmental issues . |
| 18 | Although they are commonest in rocks of the Late Palaeozoic , some Mesozoic plants have been regarded as a later branch of the seed ferns . |
| 19 | This practice can be justified on the grounds that many narrative pieces , including those related in our extract , were written separately in Germany in 1798–9 ; and so the philosophy can be regarded as a later intrusion . |
| 20 | In what many observers regarded as a further example of the new censorship , Gosteleradio on Feb. 1 withdrew from Radio Russia two frequencies giving it an audience throughout the Soviet Union , and assigned to it instead a frequency on which it could reach only 60 per cent of the population and which reduced the quality of reception . |
| 21 | If the haemoglobin remains normal after a year it should then be checked after a further year or sooner if the patient becomes symptomatic . |
| 22 | Lynn says … she could n't have wished for a bigger meeting in which to make her first run for Britain … she 's been training hard since the end of the track season and is in good form |
| 23 | Larkins , who made 103 before retiring to give his team-mates a bat , could not have wished for a better comeback , and with Robin Smith making a stylish 70 , England made 263 for four from 50 overs . |
| 24 | The furniture seemed large and dark , pieces designed for a grander room . |
| 25 | Now , with all Europe freed to unite ( or to fall apart ) , the time has come to devise a shorter , clearer replacement of all that has gone before — a constitution designed for a larger and more disparate union . |
| 26 | Because the bodies were designed for a narrower gauge , two and one seating was provided on the upper deck of Nos. 1–16 . |
| 27 | This month , Tom Gadd and Suzanne Ardley look at striking furnishings and accessories designed for a brighter life |
| 28 | Rule 5 The module version has been nominated for a greater period than the nomination latency set in the configuration file . |
| 29 | The representatives from abroad were not expected for a further two or three days , but the three gentlemen referred to by his lordship as his ‘ home team ’ — two Foreign Office ministers attending very much ‘ off the record ’ and Sir David Cardinal — had come early to prepare the ground as thoroughly as possible . |
| 30 | In Labour 's ranks Marjorie Mowlam , the shadow citizen 's charter minister , is tipped for a higher profile job . |