Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it not likely that some people who take cars or ride in taken cars will be convicted of the aggravated offence , and be given harsher penalties , largely as a result of these provisions on proof ? |
| 2 | Readings were taken only at one minute intervals , and therefore saturation values may have fallen lower inbetween , although the automatic alarm set at 85% was never activated . |
| 3 | People who had said — during another part of the interview — that they preferred the smallest possible individual instalments turned out to be just as likely to switch to a shorter repayment schedule ( given lower APR and credit costs ) as people who had said they preferred the shortest possible repayment schedule . |
| 4 | This has traditionally given lower role status to those who work in the field , but has also made their language learning goal an educational and care one . |
| 5 | Alternatively or additionally subjects may genuinely feel that there is greater subjective difference within the few films they have given high ratings to than within the many they have given lower ratings to and have been at least partially successful in avoiding what Poulton ( 1989 ) terms equal frequency biases . |
| 6 | Moreover , since the inclusion of items whose delivery was not straightforward , and of items delivered to reserve ( the latter being given lower priority than direct deliveries to readers ) would distort the results , in all categories the delivery times only of straightforward deliveries to readers are discussed . |
| 7 | Racism and its accompanying cultural essentialism thus received further official backing , although , eventually , protests from black parents , educational critiques , administrative problems and an emergent ideology of cultural pluralism undermined the practice of bussing ( Kirp , 1979 , p. 69–103 ) . |
| 8 | Must say I 've heard dafter ideas , luv , but not lately . |
| 9 | The original concept of separate kitchen/restaurants and buffets for HSTs was too ambitious given shorter journey times and changing eating habits . |
| 10 | The best way to clean gold is to use a specially formulated cleaner and then gently brush with the soft brush provided , to remove any grease or dirt . |
| 11 | The multiplicity of groups to which each individual was obliged to belong placed further external restraints on his or her activities , and discouraged the expression of independent thought even among close friends or relatives . |
| 12 | The ruling military junta , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , placed further legal restrictions on the National League for Democracy ( NLD ) and other opposition parties during early 1992 . |
| 13 | Only one pre-emptive offering has to be made ; if it is not accepted in full , shares not taken up may be allotted to anyone ; accepting existing shareholders do not have to be given further pre-emptive rights in respect of those unaccepted shares . |
| 14 | The European Parliament should be given further additional powers : powers to initiate proposals for legislation , which would be considered by the Commission and the Council of Ministers ; powers of second reading on social and environmental decisions by the Council of Ministers . |
| 15 | These included lower interest rates on farm loans and emergency funds to enable dairies to pay off debts to farmers for unpaid milk . |
| 16 | She had come nearer to the truth than she ever dreamed . |
| 17 | Renton also discussed the situation with Lord Whitelaw , the deputy leader of the party , who was one of its most widely respected elder statesmen and a person renowned for the loyalty he had shown to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 18 | In a thinly disguised attack on the Prime Minister and her former adviser Professor Sir Alan Walters , Sir Leon said the countries which had become full members of the exchange rate mechanism had enjoyed lower interest rates and lower inflation . |
| 19 | Since then , this relationship has broken down and architects have enjoyed lower rates of unemployment relative to the national situation . |
| 20 | This , too , has never looked healthier . |
| 21 | The councillor approached nearer to Cley than custom demanded . |
| 22 | She swung her heavily stuffed silver-mesh purse on its long chain and made something like a little skipping step towards the door Nicandra thought she had never looked prettier . |
| 23 | The Workers ' Birth Control Group was anxious to show that women were not going to renege on motherhood if they were permitted easier access to birth control information : ‘ the committee of this organisation consists of married women who have children , and they are not in any way out to say it is a good thing not to have children ’ . |
| 24 | This was considered fairer because the amount of advertising time would be small and expensive , which could favour the wealthiest clients . |
| 25 | The jury has sought assistance and , once it appears that the problem is one of fact , the judge has not inquired further but has merely given general guidance , as in the present case . |
| 26 | Mrs Lamb said she had expected tougher action . |
| 27 | Teaching any type of child requires patience and understanding fused with the necessary degree of firmness and discipline ; so it is with mentally handicapped pupils although the extent of the patience — or firmness — may be considered broader . |
| 28 | Gill et al have reported shorter durations of contraction in this condition . |
| 29 | The implications of these terms are considered later but the use of terminology in this study text needs to be made clear at the outset . |
| 30 | The exclusions referred to in d ) , which include computer programs , will be considered later but first the interpretation of the first three conditions will be examined because , if any one of them is not satisfied , a patent can not be granted . |