Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] [vb pp] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Change skins , ’ he said , quietly yet clearly enough to be heard by Ace and the Marines . |
| 2 | Indeed , I sat there in the muggy warmth until the balding , bull-necked scruff of a proprietor or manager started to put the chairs upside down on the swabbed tables — a peculiar custom which is surely unhygienic enough to be banned by law . |
| 3 | People still starved , died of neglect and war , sought love and beauty only to be choked by hatred and ugliness . |
| 4 | At the same time princely festive opera began to make its way abroad , only to be checked by war . |
| 5 | Where a member of staff was previously satisfied with work practice in a section , he or she may become a discontented or frustrated worker , because expectations were increased , together with knowledge and skill , only to be stifled by lack of interest on return to work . |
| 6 | Vice-captain Ashley Metcalfe arrived at the ground only to be told by skipper Martyn Moxon that he would not be in the side against Somerset . |
| 7 | This would on past experience coax the crocuses out in Hyde Park , only to be spiked by frost in a few days ' time . |
| 8 | These were swept away to be replaced by lamb Massaman and sesame king prawns . |
| 9 | It was mild by contrast with some of his later invective , but it marked the beginning of a year that was soon to be darkened by violence , malice and crime . |
| 10 | He was starting to feel like a bundle of notes about himself in a case-history folder in hospital , one of the folders labelled ‘ NOT TO BE HANDLED BY PATIENT . ’ |
| 11 | We further argued that this mass withdrawal of support from men had to happen quickly if the world were not to be destroyed by pollution or holocaust . |
| 12 | Pump petrol is also said not to be favoured by oil companies ; instead , they prefer toxic additives to exotic petrochemical cocktails to give their teams power while keeping inside the 101 RON limits . |
| 13 | Calor Gas and the electricity companies have found areas with a high percentage of people ‘ employed in agriculture ’ are almost certain not to be served by mains gas . |
| 14 | If not to be covered by carpeting , fill with the appropriate shade of wood filler or wood plugs . |
| 15 | Moreover , the reference to Jewish patients who have died — ‘ the body not to be touched by hospital staff . |
| 16 | Small wonder that only four months after the Berlin Wall came down East German satirists are finding it hard not to be outdone by reality . |
| 17 | It is varied , later in the sonnet , with the traditional image of the adder , which is believed to be able to block its hearing ( ‘ my adder 's sense/To critic and to flatterer stoppéd are ’ ) , but does so in order not to be deflected by charm or blandishments from destroying its prey . |
| 18 | Margaret 's mini was passed soaring up hills , so I changed into low gear and closed the windows so as not to be suffocated by diesel fumes . |
| 19 | I intend to start alterations in spring and am determined not to be thwarted by cancer ( far less , the mere lack of money ) . |
| 20 | It was an unwritten rule in the department that teaching sessions were not to be interrupted by phone calls , especially not private ones . |
| 21 | It seemed odd not to be surrounded by concrete , but the jungle-dense trees and vertiginous inclines were hardly less oppressive . |
| 22 | ‘ Palace are strong and fit , but when you have mixed with Gladiators you tend not to be intimidated by physique or intensity , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I am not to be intimidated by house plants and silk ties , she thought . |
| 24 | The important thing is not to be intimidated by venue or tournament . |
| 25 | I shall expect you always to be dressed by dinner time and whomsoever I bring home to my table you 'll be in readiness to receive . |
| 26 | For all that he warned against the mixing of science and religion , Bacon remained convinced that scientific conclusions had still to be limited by religion . |
| 27 | ‘ Home for the kings of Northumberland and the first English castle ever to be damaged by gunfire . |
| 28 | The fact that the sample was on display at all , bore silent testimony to the success of the most expensive and profound voyage ever to be undertaken by man . |
| 29 | But it was William Wollaston 's process that rendered ‘ malleable ’ platinum available in quantities large enough for crucibles in which to concentrate lead chamber sulphuric acid , later to be superseded by contact acid made with the aid of a platinum catalyst . |
| 30 | And erm , on the er , item twenty five , might there be an opportunity , with the agreement that we 're going to deal with in item D are n't we , er , with the social serv with the er , health authority , are under suspicion that a lot of the er , personal care we offer through that system ought really to be offered by district nurses , erm , and I wonder whether that 's erm , can we , perhaps we can not establish that . |