Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [adv prt] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet villagers continued to flock in searching for work , lured by often misplaced hopes , discontented with their inability to secure a decent standard of living in the rural areas , or driven out by the impossibility of securing any living at all . |
| 2 | These were created or taken over by the state at various times since the first examples under the 1906–14 Liberal Government , but the largest group of Nationalization Acts covering coal , road and rail services , gas , electricity and iron and steel came under the 1945 — 51 Labour Government . |
| 3 | ‘ Like being murdered or taken in by the police , ’ said Rose , getting out of the car . |
| 4 | NOW that the worst of winter is about to set in , there 's no better way to while away those long , dark evenings than curled up by the fire with a good book . |
| 5 | Railways somehow symbolized the fact that Americans never did anything by halves , and this was more than borne out by the architecture of American railway stations . |
| 6 | Housework and childcare have remained largely privatised , neither integrated into socialised commodity production , nor taken over by the state , unlike education and the health service . |
| 7 | Piracy may be very damaging to trade ; but if carried on by the merchants themselves , it can obviously stimulate it . |
| 8 | From the safety angle , the Bosch tacker will not fire if picked up by the trigger — the nose must be pressed on to a surface for firing . |
| 9 | And in fact the there , most of the traffic calming is actually being paid for and carried out by the developer for that scheme . |
| 10 | The WARM ( Waste As Raw Material ) report was commissioned by the Gateway supermarket chain and carried out by the Land Bank consultancy . |
| 11 | The research was supported by WACC and carried out by the Centre for Artistic and Cultural Research ( ceneca ) with the aim of encouraging TV networks to carry programmes that would improve the quality of young people 's lives and thereby enhance their contribution to national life . |
| 12 | The General Household Survey is conducted annually , and the Family Expenditure Survey and New Earnings Survey are commissioned by government departments and carried out by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys . |
| 13 | To Marian it seemed that she and Allen were being overwhelmed and carried along by the rush of sound and the race of the sun up the sky , as though they were part of the birds ' song and the general triumphant awakening of the dawn . |
| 14 | One of the spoke machines from the Road Vehicle Shop was adapted ; cutter block was quickly made and set up by the tool-room , but two dimensions could not be attained in this process . |
| 15 | But knowing , as I did , that there was little to return to in England , and buoyed up by the sense of adventure and risk brought on by the thought of joining the Legion , I knew I would be staying . |
| 16 | Differing tendencies are brought within the Party fold and taken up by the leadership ; otherwise , they perish . |
| 17 | The trend was started by The Independent , and taken up by The Guardian , more for commercial reasons than as a principled stand . |
| 18 | Di Revelle from the Red Cross says I 'd like to see it introduced in schools and taken up by the community . |
| 19 | The memorial harbour light on Carraig Fhada at the entrance to Kilnaughton Bay was built in 1853 and taken over by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses in 1924 . |
| 20 | There is even talk of rebuilding the Kaiser 's Schloss , damaged in the war and blown up by the communists in 1950 . |
| 21 | Their authority is based on the law passed in 1939 that governs Italy 's entire artistic heritage ( legge di tutela No.1089 ) and backed up by the specialist department for underwater archaeology , set up in 1988 within the central office of the Ministero dei Beni Culturali , with the cooperation of the Ministero della Marina Mercantile ( whose regulations are enforced by the harbour offices of Italy 's ports ) . |
| 22 | Organisations did n't work until backed up by the govt . |
| 23 | This was the principal reason for the remarkable development whereby detinue was all but wiped out by the encroachment of trover . |
| 24 | Whether struck down by the Lord 's retribution or by his failure in Italy or by the neglect of his sponsor the Emperor , the ninth Pope Leo , Bruno de Nordgau , died in April in the city of Rome , far from his beloved Toul and the Vosges of his family . |
| 25 | As pointed out by the report of the Law Commissions , this requirement causes problems whenever property either does not pass at all , or passes independently of the transfer of the bill of lading , or where the transfer of the bill is not causative of the passing of property . |
| 26 | As pointed out by the collector and historian van Mander writing in 1604 , ‘ Whoever so desires nowadays has only to go to Prague to the greatest art patron in the world at the present time ; there he may see at the Imperial residence a remarkable number of outstanding and precious , curious , unusual , and priceless works . ’ |
| 27 | Thus , cases such as Expro Services Ltd v Smith [ 1991 ] IRLR 156 , involving the contracting out by the Ministry of Defence of its catering function , should not fail in the future on the grounds that the catering operation , as carried on by the Ministry , was not in the nature of a commercial venture . |
| 28 | The Inquisitor 's voice , as picked up by the spy-fly , almost drowned the crackle of gunfire . |
| 29 | They do n't have a set style : sometimes a touch funky when plunked along by the bass ; sometimes rather laid back and mellow when the languid guitar takes over . |
| 30 | So often companies pay lip service to equal opportunities , and , by and large , male and female employers will own up to finding their female employees more impressive , as born out by the report . |