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opened
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
At the same time, third instar larvae were transferred to the upper surface of the first fully opened mature leaf of individual plants.
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These developments opened the gap between the size of the economically active population and that of the population of working age.
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But it is sound recording, electronic technology and most recently the computer, which has opened up a musical exploration not previously possible.
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It opened an epistemological gap, a void in maleness itself.
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Note the common atrioventricular valve in the closed (left) and opened (right) positions.
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The right atrium opened into a right side morphologically left ventricle through a dilated mitral valve which obviously had bee incompetent during life.
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The unions' attacks on the exhibition's administrative structure and procedures began before the first post-war exhibition even opened its doors.
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A range of new questions has arisen, and the latest developments have indirectly opened up still wider areas of research.
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Many of the papers in this volume have opened up new questions and new agendas.
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In choosing the latter he opened up the possibility of drawing on alia tuna musical profiles, and seized the opportunity three times.
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The small intestine was opened longitudinally and examined for helminth parasites under a low power binocular microscope.
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From the very beginning, representatives of the government opened every meeting by presenting their proposals and obtaining approval of them from representatives of the associations.
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Only those with influence in the city, guild and parish were handed keys, and only a few keys opened each chest or door.
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The top three types remained completely dominant, but newer farmstead and harvest machines opened up the hierarchy further down.
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These openings were covered with curtains which could be opened from behind.
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