Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , I shall dispute that ontological existents can be coherently treated in an uncritical metaphysical fashion as " things ( existing unconditionally ) in themselves " . |
| 2 | Had the judge considered the matter directly and decided that there was no unfairness in admitting the statement , he would have been wholly justified . |
| 3 | In the event the union leaders were wholly justified , as the result of the ballot showed , in their claim that there were no reasons for doubting that the industrial action was in accordance with the wishes of the workers . |
| 4 | It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions . |
| 5 | However , this concern may not be wholly justified as he has been an active member of the CNAA and is known to be a keen supporter of public sector provision and an advocate of breaking down the barriers between the two sectors of higher education . |
| 6 | That is not , in any way , to take away from the fine documentation of every tournament played in 1991 , many of which were penned by British tennis journalists , who continue to be the most travelled in the world . |
| 7 | They had just overwhelmingly repulsed an unprovoked attack by a European power , and their past history gave them little cause to regard Europeans with favour . |
| 8 | Yet this expense seemed little justified . |
| 9 | The wheel came full circle last year when he suddenly became ill with a bewildering illness eventually diagnosed as amyloid of the kidneys . |
| 10 | The fact that the " adornment " theory was entertained for so long deserves some explanation and its appropriateness can not be altogether dismissed in the case of " artificial " styles cultivated by such Renaissance mannerists as Sidney and Lyly . |
| 11 | Social class becomes significant when we realise that patterns of recruitment are not distributed randomly from all social strata : managerial and education , motivation , and personality variables , but this is not so significant that social background can be altogether dismissed as a relevant factor in work behaviour . |
| 12 | When it does , it tends to be a reaction to perceived injustice , such as internment without trial , or the conviction of a son by a sole judge in a trial held in total secrecy and on the evidence of unseen witnesses , or a simple case of one 's house being badly mauled by careless soldiers searching for arms . |
| 13 | It has raised its own private army , which is already engaged in a two-front minor war with Sri Lankan government forces and with Tamil Tiger guerrillas , who , though badly mauled , have survived a bloody , two-year battle against vastly superior Indian forces , killing more than 1,150 of them . |
| 14 | The hardest hit Americans included Ed Ruscha , Donald Sultan and Frank Stella though Anthony Grant at Sotheby 's stresses that demand has already bounced back for top works by Julian Schnabel and others badly mauled in 1991 . |
| 15 | In December 1917 Malcolm was given command ( as major-general ) of the 66th division , which was badly mauled in the great German offensive launched by Erich Ludendorff in March 1918 . |
| 16 | The Government were part of the process of blocking the directive until it was so badly mauled that it is now very different from the one that we first saw and debated in the House a month ago . |
| 17 | It hit sectors and people who largely escaped before , the skilled , the clerical workers , the managers and the professionals who 've been badly mauled this time , and where last time around er the service sector was expanding to mop up some of those who 'd lost their jobs in manufacturing , this time the service sector too has been in deep trouble . |
| 18 | A hole was worn into the side of the saddle , the rear carrier was a write-off , and the saddle-bag was badly mauled . |
| 19 | Goshawk Squadron flew all that day , and came back from the patrols badly mauled . |
| 20 | I later learnt that the corpse had been badly mauled in battle , the face disfigured by a crashing axe blow . |
| 21 | The face and right hand had been badly mauled . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , the body was badly mauled in battle . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ One side of the face was badly mauled . |
| 24 | Labour , for example , wants next year to throw £20 million at a ‘ reading recovery scheme ’ for which there would be absolutely no need had reading been properly taught in the first place ( something which requires little in the way of ‘ resources ’ ) . |
| 25 | Because the national curriculum can not be properly taught without new textbooks , we will earmark funds for class and library books . |
| 26 | Rather I have argued that , properly taught , it is a highly suitable place to begin serious legal study . |
| 27 | Nearly every child if properly taught loves to draw and paint . |
| 28 | Sir Keith Joseph echoed the view of his predecessors and successors when he declared in 1984 , " History , properly taught , justifies its place in the curriculum by what it does to prepare all pupils for the responsibilities of citizenship . " |
| 29 | I , I doubt whether she 's been properly taught on the subject quite frankly . |
| 30 | The Cotton Twist Company rarely sacked anyone if they could wear them out first . |