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Passive: The ring is made of gold. [related to success or better Prepositions: from, of, by, for performance.] Phrasal verbs: made up, made out +Auxiliary: +Passive: This project was done by us.
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The Gen 2 AD 811 RFID Bar Code Tag – Passive is proven to be very cost effective.
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“It was decided,” the Divine Passive, is less clear than “We decided.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs” 2010
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The Gen 2 AD 811 RFID Bar Code Tag – Passive is proven to be very cost effective.
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When I saw the name Passive Agressive Notes, I thought it was just your average nonsense title, with no real tie to the content Not that YesButNo doesn't have a deep, philisophical connection to everything we write But upon further review I learned that is indeed what the site is...simply a collection of passive agressive notes.
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The confusion over Active and Passive comes from the fact some people describe denial of treatment to be 'killing'.
New NHS Cost-Saving Strategy Unveiled Laban 2006
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Passive is one way to put it, overwhelmed is another way.
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The terms Passive, Possible, Material are successively used by Averroes to designate this species of intellect, which, in ultimate analysis, if we prescind from the dispositions of which he speaks, is the Active Intellect itself.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Katrin Klingenberg, who brought the Passivhaus to America and runs the Passive House Institute, uses the Anglicized term Passive House.
Passivhaus: The Greenest Building Standard? | Inhabitat 2010
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Has Sarah Palin heard of the term Passive-Agressive?
Palin said she meant no disrespect with blacked-out hat 2009
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