Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's our biggest insurer of local authorities and has been hit by huge payouts , including those for schools burned down by young arsonists . |
| 2 | The number of audits carried out by each firm was taken from our database at 1992 . |
| 3 | If your army includes sixteen or more Trolls then the possible number of units goes up by 1 for every extra 5 models , eg 16–20 Trolls = up to 4 units , 21–25 Trolls = up to 5 units , 26–30 Trolls = up to 6 units and so on . |
| 4 | In rural districts the banks ' main purpose was the receiving of bills brought in by local traders and farmers . |
| 5 | In the case of the Colleges , the increased delegation of responsibilities bought about by new legislation warranted the introduction of new endeavours , or changes to existing ones , and the analysis helped to identify where these were required at all levels . |
| 6 | One can not simply look at the kinds of problems thrown up by particular social structures and economic situations and analyse policies as responses to those problems , since policies themselves influence the character of the societies in which they are adopted . |
| 7 | The Reverend 's side did not lose again , and silenced the handful of critics flushed out by that unanticipated defeat . |
| 8 | But since , so jump upon this bloody question , you from the Polack wars , and you from England , are here arrived , give order that these bodies high on a stage be placed to the view ; and let me speak to the yet unknowing world how these things came about : so shall you hear of carnal , bloody and unnatural acts , of accidental judgments , casual slaughters , of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause , and , in this upshot , purposes mistook fallen on the inventors ' heads : all this can I truly deliver . |
| 9 | The Unit also endeavours to encourage collaborative research and to act as a source of advice for studies carried out by other organisations . |
| 10 | In the 1970s and 1980s , as faith among British teachers in our English national heritage or in Leavis 's great tradition became less influential , there was a growing fascination with problems thrown up by new methods of cultural analysis . |
| 11 | Dr Nicholas Parkhouse had come to Kurdestan in 1985 under arrangements set up by International Medical Relief , a body linked to the French Medecins sans Frontières which was organizing a medical assistance operation spanning both sides of the frontier at the request of KDPI leader Qassemlou . |
| 12 | An extended dining-table was littered with papers held down by little pottery artefacts from ashtrays to small pitchers and there was a portable typewriter at one end . |
| 13 | This risk might come from subsequent investigation of the audit , or from investigations carried out by any of the various regulatory bodies such as the Inland Revenue Investigations Branch or one established under the Financial Services Act . |
| 14 | With no volume gains and falling prices , like-for-like sales in shoes fell back by 1.5 per cent in the six months to 31 July . |
| 15 | Many more will have suffered from cancers brought on by one of the radioactive substances released . |
| 16 | There is air pollution from smoke and fumes discharged by factories and from gases pumped out by endless cars and aeroplanes . |
| 17 | The 300 surviving Uru Eu Wau Wau Indians , whose lands were opened up to outside exploitation by the road project , are said to be suffering from diseases brought in by illegal miners . |
| 18 | He suggests that gradual movements in share prices caused by insider dealing are preferable to the erratic jumps in prices brought about by enforced disclosure . |
| 19 | The Cologne-based Association of the Victims of Stalinism claimed that around 21,000 internees had died after 1945 in Oranienburg-Sachsenhausen and that 90,000 people had died in camps set up by Soviet occupying forces in eastern Germany after 1945 . |
| 20 | The yield was estimated at between one and two megatonnes , which made it China 's largest-ever nuclear explosion , exceeding by far the yields for tests carried out by other nuclear powers since the 1970s . |
| 21 | Whatever the reason , it is recognized that stressed trees then become vulnerable to further damage through drought , wind damage ( through weakened root systems ) , snow damage ( the brittle tops of trees snap beneath the weight of snow ) , frost , insects ( e.g. the bark beetle is attracted by chemicals such as terpenes given off by stressed trees ) and needle fungal and virus attack . |
| 22 | It could be gathered by inshore divers down to ten metres and where necessary dredged from greater depths by nets weighed down by heavy timber frames . |