Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The excess of non-variceal bleeds among patients receiving surgery is almost entirely accounted for by a single patient who experienced numerous bleeds for oesophagitis ( unrelated to the surgical procedure ) . |
| 2 | In these languages , the fourth person refers to ‘ a person or thing distinct from one already referred to by a third person form ’ . |
| 3 | What has been attempted in this chapter has been the clarification that so far the traditional values of catholic nationalism are still dominant among the Roman catholics of Ireland , even if they are severely contested by a significant minority from among them and lukewarmly subscribed to by a further significant minority . |
| 4 | Another aggrieved member wrote ‘ the system of caddies , which is bad and rotten , be thoroughly looked into by a competent committee ’ . |
| 5 | Whatever political positions he was later driven into by a jealous Hollywood , Chaplin as a film-maker was never a propagandist or a preacher . |
| 6 | Distraught with grief and shock , rejected by her own mother and father , Melissa had been taken by the warm-hearted Craigs into their own home ; the small matter of illegitimacy had been discreetly dealt with by a statutory change of name and a wedding-ring , and the bereaved parents had found consolation for the loss of their only child in caring for his son . |
| 7 | When Leonard Aldous started in the harness-maker 's shop the business was often referred to by a different name . |
| 8 | Its two chains ( L1 L and L1 H ) are regrettably referred to by a bewildering collection of names , various authors having different preferences ( MRP-8 and MRP-14 ; p8 , p14 ; CFA or calgranulin A and B ) . |
| 9 | It covers conduct previously dealt with by a broader range of offences , including , for example , incest , sexual intercourse with under-age girls and with mental defectives , sodomy and gross indecency as well as rape and indecent assault . |
| 10 | If somebody who has been actually shot at by a nuclear weapon is so goddamned complacent about it all , and so pig ignorant of the implications of the happening , what hope have we got that public opinion ( the silent majority ) will be sufficiently stirred to stop our power intoxicated leaders from brandishing their nuclear swords ? |