Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This renewed severity was bitterly resented by the king 's subjects . |
| 2 | Running into the glade , she picked up Rosalind 's letter and folded it back into its envelope , which she saw to her dismay had been badly torn by the man 's rough handling of it . |
| 3 | An important repository for ions and electrons is a radiation belt which encircles a planet , in which charged particles are fairly effectively trapped by the planet 's magnetic field . |
| 4 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that Britain 's justice system had been badly bruised by the Government 's failure in this respect . |
| 5 | The problems of demobilization were greatly eased by the Servicemen 's Readjustment Act ( 1944 ) , better known as the GI 's Bill of Rights , whereby war veterans received extensive unemployment payments and educational opportunities . |
| 6 | The number of phrases that can be used is only limited by the computer 's memory . |
| 7 | If only these ideas were pursued vigorously and with a vengeance morally justified by the offender 's wickedness , then ‘ our ’ society would be relatively crime-free and tranquil . |
| 8 | The engineers ' criticism focuses on the possible consequences of a gas build-up , which , they claim , had not been sufficiently considered by the dump 's designers , nuclear waste authority Nirex . |
| 9 | Maan , with no agriculture , commerce or industry , is especially hard-hit by the country 's economic difficulties , including the halving of the value of the dinar , rising prices and more unemployment . |
| 10 | This irony was only accentuated by the refugees ' initial belief that their exile was to be brief , a few days perhaps , at most a month , after which — in the manner of other civilians who had abandoned their homes in the midst of battle — they would return to their houses and fields to resume the life which had been interrupted by war . |
| 11 | One of the elderly ministers in the delegation was so overwhelmed by the King 's kind promises that he burst into tears of joy and thanked His Majesty . |
| 12 | He was to sire ten UK champions , a record only equalled by the Elsden 's other great stud dog , Ch. |
| 13 | The seat , therefore , would have to be part of the internal frame , steering would have to be manually done by the operator 's feet pushing along the floor , and the hoped-for gliding motion achieved solely through sets of little castors hidden under the fender base . |
| 14 | ‘ Hand In Glove ’ contained a determination only defeated by the writer 's impending sense of doom . |
| 15 | Theda said , smiling a little and holding out a hand , insensibly warmed by the woman 's greeting . |
| 16 | The big machines are only powered by the ratepayers ' money , and that woman who threatened to tie herself to a willow tree represents thousands upon thousands of ratepayers who share her ( and Constable 's ) convictions about the essential nature of a river . |
| 17 | There were reports throughout September of violent anti-government protests in North Korea , apparently ignited by the government 's decision in July to reduce the amount of money in circulation and to devalue the won by around 70 per cent . |
| 18 | Each Friday that shy stub is ritualistically lit by the Ekeko 's guardian — in this case a writer , intellectual and left-wing politician . |
| 19 | After we at last say ‘ goodbye ’ to Funchal , turn right for Garajau ( so called by the island 's discoverers because of the large number of garajaus — terns — which nest there ) . |
| 20 | The determination and effective preparedness of the nuclear powers to mount an instant all-out nuclear counter-strike the moment it perceives itself to be under nuclear attack must be condemned as an illegitimate threat of force , and is rightly so condemned by the world 's peace movement . |
| 21 | Adopting techniques long employed by the solicitors ' profession , the brochure sets out personal accounts of government legal work by serving lawyers . |
| 22 | The ladies final , somewhat overshadowed by the men 's final , was resumed in the evening because of rain . |
| 23 | Manitou , ( the Great Spirit ) was so touched by the Indian 's devotion that upon his death Manitou made him into a rock standing off the inlet , and that monument has been called Siwash Rock ever since . |
| 24 | A variant theme in recent historiography has been that by the mid-ninth century , nobles had been too much influenced by the church 's stress on peace , and had thus become unfit for military service . |
| 25 | Christie 's sale had a higher number of successes as well as the most expensive lot , Giuseppe de Nittis excellent ‘ At the races ’ , a work much influenced by the artist 's friend Degas . |
| 26 | According to Radio Times , TV Times has been hardest hit by the duopoly 's bust-up ( see chart ) , and it reckons Bauer , TV Quick 's publisher , will keep the price low and continue aggressive promotion until ‘ a significant proportion of readers have taken root in the brand ’ . |
| 27 | These issues are nicely illustrated by the Community 's relationship with Japan . |
| 28 | But one is constantly struck by the author 's insatiable interest in the whole range of sculptural production , which refused to allow him to ignore the ceramics made under the influence of sculptors , the bronze door handles of the Hill Music Room or even the four terminal busts attached to the bookcase in the office of the Keeper of Antiquities . |
| 29 | The Earth science revolution was made possible in large part by a new found ability to examine the oceanic crust , at first by remote sensing and later through direct access ; and the techniques that revealed the importance of the ocean floors in the plate-tectonic scheme of things were also to provide ever-increasing quantities of data on the rocks hitherto concealed by the world 's oceans . |
| 30 | These two predominant activities are merely complemented by the club 's social side and it is the former which , in fact , brings together friends and acquaintances in pursuit of the latter . |