Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] considerable " in BNC.
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| 1 | by using a selection of published material , that Islay has been occupied by a considerable number of people for a very long time , I decided to go ahead and hope that my errors were not too many and not too serious . |
| 2 | We must also seize the opportunity presented by the considerable increase in numbers of children , particularly those of school age . |
| 3 | This is clearly the case in East Horsley , Surrey , where Connell ( 1974 ) has shown that spatial segregation was most clearly defined in the council estates , which were often morphologically distinct and separated by a considerable distance from the remainder of the village . |
| 4 | The gap between provision and need is too great to be bridged rapidly and many shortcomings have continued to be revealed by the considerable glare of publicity directed at the local authority services for the handicapped . |
| 5 | But while many sites can be found by using aerial photography , many can not , such as those buried by a considerable depth of alluvium and ones hidden in woodland . |
| 6 | Chomsky 's claim that the young child is exposed to degenerate samples of language which distort the relationship between surface forms and meanings has been challenged by a considerable amount of recent research . |
| 7 | The Labour Party , on the contrary , welcomed the result , feeling that it had been vindicated by the considerable impression made on a difficult seat . |
| 8 | The non-Hungarians , inspired by a considerable and ancient hostility towards their Magyar overlords , were obliged to defend the use of their own languages against the Magyar attempt to eliminate them . |
| 9 | I found that the edge of my left hand was cramped up when I attempted to negotiate the upper frets and any urgency in so doing was rewarded by a considerable jolt as my hand hit the buffers , so to speak . |
| 10 | The early skills were brought by French exiles , lured by high rates of pay or driven out by religious persecution ; labour was provided by the considerable fund of casual workers who dragged a living from squatting in the woods and heaths . |
| 11 | The Saxon burhs and larger villages were augmented by a considerable growth in Sussex towns , a pattern matched across much of Europe . |
| 12 | He noted that whilst his responses were ‘ accompanied by a considerable body of information regarding induction and development training , there was very little specifically on job training ’ . |
| 13 | Books as subjects of exhibitions present considerable problems , but the National Library 's unique set of proof plates for Adam 's folio , accompanied by a considerable number of original sketches on site by Clerisseau ( mainly from the Hermitage , Leningrad ) , and letters between Robert and his brother James , reveal an arresting story of intrigue and manoeuvring . |
| 14 | We have consistently observed that rigorous purification , especially of TFIIIB from mammalian cells , is accompanied by a considerable loss of activity . |
| 15 | ‘ Despite a difficult trading position caused by a considerable drop in customer numbers , I am pleased to be able to tell you that the strenuous efforts of the management team , staff members of the associated Preservation Society have brought success in reducing costs to a level less than the revenue that we have earned , ’ he said . |
| 16 | but Daly 's account of uniformity of depth is supported by a considerable number of examples . |
| 17 | The CML accepted the force of this objection , and proposed instead that any rule , if introduced , should require solicitors simply to inform lenders immediately if it were evident that completion would be delayed by more than 3 days — a view which appeared to be supported by a considerable number of other respondents . |
| 18 | It was reinforced by the considerable contribution to Greek philosophy by men of Phoenician stock . |
| 19 | Whether or not the criticism was justified , British higher education had now been extended by a considerable addition to its ‘ advanced further ’ and ‘ public ’ sector . |
| 20 | Normally , though , sociologists have argued that these three strata have enough in common to make them components of one class , because they are all divided by a considerable gulf from the non-manual middle class , which contains its own strata . |
| 21 | However , are we not talking about two propositions divided by a considerable number of years ? |