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  • Examples of receive
    1. The effect of copper as an algæcide is well known and may be a contributing factor, but the more thorough and more frequent cleaning which these pools receive must also be taken into consideration in the interpretation of this apparent phenomena.
    2. She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
    3. Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.
    4. Whoever shall sell sheep, let him be answerable for three diseases (scab and rot and red water) until they receive their fill three times of the new grass in spring, if after the calends of winter he sells them. — Arthur Wade-Evans, Welsh Medieval Law
    5. The inset sketch of joint shows the housing of the top rail to receive the legs. Fig. 59 shows a deep drawer, generally known as a cellarette, and used in a sideboard to accommodate wine bottles.
    6. Most museums are built from the urge to broadcast the past loud and clear, but most museums do not receive money from the National Security Agency, the arm of the intelligence network devoted to codemaking and codebreaking.
    7. The text box won't receive the user's keystrokes unless you explicitly focus it.
  • Examples of receives
    1. the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thighbone
    2. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
    3. The iris receives the irian nerves. — Dunglison.
    4. The hospital receives many victims of stabbings.
    5. Mary, the thirdborn Bennett child in the novel Pride and Prejudice, receives the least attention.
    6. The governing party receives twice as less votes here than it does on average across Russia.
    7. the 0800 number advice line receives over five hundred calls a year
  • Examples of received
    1. The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.
    2. On legitimate days off, during the summer, Klam received poolside instructionals in monied femininity from Marcia and her three sisters — “the Jewish Gang of Four.”
    3. He received an insulting letter.
    4. The culprit received thirty-nine lashes. ‎
    5. It was a longish time before I received a reply to my letter.
    6. The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.
    7. But his film received a premiere last Friday night at midnight at the Egyptian Theater, a coveted slot at Sundance, and quite a few members of the audience left midmovie.
    8. Technology shares also received a boost ahead of a midquarter update from Texas Instruments , which tightened its financial targets after the closing bell.
    9. He received a mild sentence. ‎
  • Examples of receiving
    1. After receiving the charge with every mark of derision, the pupils formed in line and buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand.
    2. Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
    3. A terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase–mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay showed that cells receiving HDAC4 shRNA died from apoptosis [ …]
    4. Some lovers enjoy giving and/or receiving foot kisses
    5. Receiving in hand one year’s tribute.
    6. After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the least amount of points.
    7. On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.
    8. There are 86 ELLs in the four minischools at the Columbus campus, but few if any have been receiving the required level of English-fluency classes because those minischools do not offer them.
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