Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One major American corporation became so enthralled by the spell of its spreadsheet model that it lost touch with reality and some $80M disappeared ! |
| 2 | Although his initial interest had been aroused because of the connection between current problems and events which may have taken place in a former life , he became so enthralled by the topic that he took it up for its own sake . |
| 3 | One person with immobilising arthritis might continue to cope alone sustained by a network of friends and family . |
| 4 | In 1985 , ESP also added testing of submersible motors to their list of services — a list that has since grown by the addition of testing protectors , PSIs and cable . |
| 5 | Any changes in the behaviour of domesticated animals have been minor , such as becoming less alarmed by the proximity of Man and being prepared to breed in captivity . |
| 6 | ‘ This part of the country ’ , wrote Eliza , ‘ resembles for miles a succession of parks thickly dotted with tall slender trees of the Eucalypti kind and the ground covered with luxuriant verdure where during the past season not a blade of grass was to be seen the bones of many bullocks which died on their way from the upper Hunter to Maitland rill still remain by the roadside a momento [ sic ] of the excessive drought . ’ |
| 7 | As far as I know , none of my ill-starred relations has ever died by the gun . |
| 8 | Those of the arms are particularly interesting because the fists are either clenched or the fingers flattened thus the lines and shapes made only appear slightly rounded by the folds in the sleeves . |
| 9 | HIS betrothed vilely poisoned by the Duke , his father dead of discontent while in the same nobleman 's employment , his virtuous sister threatened with seduction by the same man 's son — 't is little wonder Vindice feels a trifle miffed . |
| 10 | The fact was that he , the main proponent of the scientific method , was becoming increasingly frightened by a superstition society had considered dead before he was born . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , it is recognised that the young person is becoming increasingly influenced by the world in which he/she lives — in the main a pluralist and secular world . |
| 12 | Val was becoming increasingly worried by the spate of vicious attacks on horses . |
| 13 | Both the members of the medical profession and their patients are becoming increasingly frustrated by the inability of conventional methods to solve the mounting problem of chronic disease . |
| 14 | But Broderick looks almost depressed by the tedium of it all , so bored he does n't quite know what to do with himself . |
| 15 | However , the consumer has certainly gained by the liberalisation of the supply and maintenance of telephone equipment , introduced by the 1981 Telecommunications Act , which has resulted in lower prices , wider choice and improved products . |
| 16 | Luke seemed vastly amused by the question . |
| 17 | It seems as though every area of your life is poised for some new influences , but because of your cautious nature and natural attachment to the past , you may feel somewhat overwhelmed by the rush of momentous events . |
| 18 | It 's also ironic , I guess , that as our hired mini-bus travels through Harlem , the Belfast-bred trio should feel so intimidated by the possibility of violence . |
| 19 | the extent to which they claimed to have felt personally threatened by the review ; |
| 20 | They escaped the reaction of state authority , unlike the radicals of 1793–4 , because they did not pose a direct constitutional challenge , were composed of representatives primarily of the provincial , nonconformist middle and business classes and met in a political context judged less threatening by the authorities . |
| 21 | Nor could he avoid reminding Charlotte of the hopeful turn Colin 's case had taken — a turn to which she had made a significant contribution — while her niece 's plight seemed only to worsen by the day . |
| 22 | If the chronic form of inflammation occurs simultaneously all over the body , as can happen in rheumatoid arthritis , the sufferer may feel physically weakened by the strength of the reaction . |
| 23 | There can be problems , women may have to work harder to maintain a standard of living , but support normally offered by the father can be obtained , says Deborah , 23 , from family and friends . |
| 24 | I hardly approached the book unwilling to hear ill spoken of science ; but I came away struck by the rapidity with which most cases of scientific fraud have been exposed and penalised . |
| 25 | Some people seemed genuinely changed by the weekend : they learned that they really could give or receive love . |
| 26 | This situation is made more complicated by the fact that there is no indication from the transmitter stick to tell you exactly where zero pitch is , so you have to fly by feel and observation of the model . |
| 27 | Disorganised , fragmented , rendered politically docile by the exigencies of late nineteenth-century capitalist industrialisation , the working class seemed totally dehumanised by the work process . |
| 28 | The Grauniad reckoned Vinny seemed totally confounded by the affection radiated at him by Elland Road and this had an effect on the game ! |
| 29 | She seemed slightly awed by the size of the building , by the large white-columned portico and the four stone steps that had to be climbed to reach it , by the cleaned and refaced brickwork and the elegant white shutters on the windows . |
| 30 | People who have felt severely betrayed by the birth of a younger sibling may find they have more difficulty in handling a second child than the first , but this does not deter them from bearing that second child . |