AGENTLESS PASSIVE
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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AGENTLESS PASSIVE. A common type of
PASSIVE construction in English, in which the role of the
AGENT is not represented, as in
Michael was mugged on his way home. Here, such a
by-phrase as
by some louts, the agents of the mugging, has been omitted. The agentless passive is common in formal reports:
Although insufficient funds had been allocated,
the decision was taken to continue for another six months in the hope that more money would be made available. See
VOICE.
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The Aqaba paradigm: a shared oasis. (Gulf of Aqaba)
Magazine article from: World Watch; 11/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Lands are in short supply. The Gulf of Aqaba, a tiny inlet of clear, unexpectedly...benefits than sacrifices. Because the Gulf of Aqaba is such a self contained, explicitly...species of fish now prosper in the Gulf of Aqaba, compared to only 300 in the Persian...
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 "The Star (Amman, Jordan)")
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Israeli sewage leak at Eilat Gulf of Aqaba pays the price.
Newspaper article from: The Star (Amman, Jordan); 10/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...could kill marine life in the Gulf of Aqaba and threaten public health. On...its semi-enclosed nature, the Gulf of Aqaba is susceptible to marine pollution...IRINIsraeli sewage leak at Eilat Gulf of Aqaba pays the price 2003 Jordan Press...
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 "Info-Prod Research (Middle East)")
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JAPAN AWARDS JREDS AQABA GULF CLEANUP GRANT
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 3/29/2004; 330 words
; ...to be used for cleaning up the Gulf of Aqaba. The grant agreement was signed...and the marine environment in the Gulf of Aqaba is deteriorating because of the...environment by cleaning up the Gulf of Aqaba, but excellent diving skills are...
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JORDAN: JAPAN AWARDS JREDS AQABA GULF CLEANUP GRANT.(Jordan Royal Ecological Diving Society )(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 3/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...to be used for cleaning up the Gulf of Aqaba. The grant agreement was signed...and the marine environment in the Gulf of Aqaba is deteriorating because of the...environment by cleaning up the Gulf of Aqaba, but excellent diving skills are...
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The aquatic ambassador: to bring nations together, Lynne Cox swims across troubled waters.(endurance swimmer in the Gulf of Aqaba)
Magazine article from: Science World; 3/24/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...October, Lynne Cox swam around the Gulf of 'Aqaba, a slender tongue of water that...FOR MID-EAST PEACE Before her Gulf of 'Aqaba swim, Cox spoke of the challenge...Dangerous marine animals aside, the [Gulf of 'Aqaba] swim was among Cox's most...
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King links peace talks with embargo on Aqaba. (Jordan's King Hussein; Gulf of Aqaba)(includes other news briefs) (Jordan)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 4/8/1994; 700+ words
; ...a relaxation of the US embargo on Aqaba, US officials say. The king said...intercepted by the US-led patrol in the Gulf of Aqaba so far this year. The inspections...searching vessels once they are docked in Aqaba, rather than at sea. It is also...
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Recent attacks in the are of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Aqaba
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/19/2005; 334 words
; ...targeting U.S. ships at Jordan's Aqaba port is the latest in a number of...Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and the Gulf of Aqaba, which borders Egypt, Jordan...above the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, with one narrowly missing a U...
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Pollution initiative calms troubled waters. (Gulf of Aqaba oil spill cleanup)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 11/26/1993; 683 words
; ...co-operate in a project to control oil spills in the Gulf of Aqaba and have agreed to differ on some more sensitive environmental...centre with emergency teams based in Nuweiba in Egypt, Aqaba in Jordan and Eilat in Israel. The project will start...
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EGYPT: ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FOR TOURIST SITES IN GULF OF AQABA, RED SEA AND NORTHERN SINAI.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 7/31/2001; 575 words
; ...by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism to open a n advertising campaign for 5 new tourist sites in the Red Sae and the Gulf of Aqaba. The newspaper quotes from a statement made in the middle of April 2001 by Minister of Tourism Dr. Mamduh Al-Baltagi...
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Dolphin friendly.(bottlenosed dolphin jois Bedouins in Gulf of Aqaba)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Seven years ago a lone dolphin turned up in the waters close to the town of Nuweiba el Muzeina beside the Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt. For eight months, she followed the boat of a deaf Bedouin fisherman, Eide, who fed her from his daily catch. Over...
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Aqaba, Gulf of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
AQABA, GULF OF Jordan's only seaport, at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba, on the Red Sea. Aqaba was a small fishing village and site of an Ottoman...
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Gulf of Aqaba
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gulf of Aqaba northeastern arm of the Red Sea, 118...Suez Canal between 1967 to 1975. The Gulf of Aqaba was blockaded by the Arabs from 1949...positions on the Straits of Tiran. The Gulf of Aqaba played a major role in the Iran-Iraq...
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Aqaba
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
AQABA Seaport at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba, on the Red Sea, and just across the border from Elat in Israel. Aqaba was a small fishing village and site of an Ottoman fort when...
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Sinai
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Sinai is bounded on the E by the Gulf of Aqaba and on the W by the Gulf of Suez...of Sinai, at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba. Sinai has a very hot and dry...strategic outposts overlooking the Gulf of Aqaba. In the 1973 war, the Egyptian...
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Israel
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...northeast, Jordan and the West Bank to the east, the Gulf of Aqaba to the south, Egypt and the Gaza Strip to the southwest...entirely smooth. The southern tip of Israel borders the Gulf of Aqaba, a gulf of the Red Sea.The soft pink and red coral that...
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