Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least I did n't get my photo taken by the zoom-lensed police photographer on the touchline ( at least I do n't think I did ) . |
| 2 | Mr Martin warned the jury to beware of having their judgement swayed by the unprecedented publicity that had already surrounded the case at local and national levels . |
| 3 | There she was , hair swept up as usual , mannishness accentuated by a tailored suit , her presence haloed by the only perfume she ever wore , if she wore any at all . |
| 4 | Instead , the management kept it open , and has seen its judgement vindicated by the subsequent recovery . |
| 5 | The women , who are twin sisters , were staying in a guest house at Wantage , their rent paid by the social services . |
| 6 | They moved into the first , pitch black canyon , faintly lit by a Poacher 's Moon , their passage marked by the persistent bleeping of the detector . |
| 7 | She used all her strength to grip the frame , her body buffeted by the high-speed wind that swept against the train as it roared along . |
| 8 | Turning over , she looked up at Damien 's dog-face , and then sat up quickly , trying to repair or disguise the ravages to her appearance caused by the emotional racking she had just endured . |
| 9 | The Bulgarian government announced on July 10 that it would close down its two oldest nuclear reactors , following a highly critical report on their safety commissioned by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) . |
| 10 | The wall towered , impossibly high , its profile distorted by the hide-covered galleries . |
| 11 | She picked her way gently down to the door , nodded pleasantly to Farquhar and bent under the lintel , to find her husband sitting by the tiny fireplace , watching Marion turn a hare on a spit over it . |
| 12 | The medieval castle has long since gone , its site occupied by the great house , built by Sir John Vanbrugh for the fourth Earl of Manchester between 1707–14 . |
| 13 | Suddenly a wall loomed up before him , its top hidden by the swirling snow . |
| 14 | Sudan , and reportedly Yemen , had also urged the lifting of sanctions while dissenting from a resolution calling for their extension passed by the Islamic Conference Organization ( ICO ) at its summit in Dakhar on Dec. 9 [ see p. 38699 ] . |
| 15 | There are effects of specific context ( for example , the piece of discourse currently being processed has to be fitted into and has its processing guided by the preceding and already-processed discourse ) ; and there are effects of general context ( for example , the listener/reader can draw upon his background knowledge of what the world is like to guide his discourse interpretation ) . |
| 16 | Social workers could help to assist communication patterns , or to enable partners to feel close , but without their individuality swamped by the changing needs of the other . |
| 17 | They warm them by pressing them against brood patches , areas of skin naked of feathers which a bird may develop specially for the breeding season or have permanently on its breast concealed by the long feathers growing around them . |
| 18 | A Scottish battalion was marching down the street , its pace dictated by the soft beat of a muffled drum . |
| 19 | The nameless one waited outside , its outline blurred by the slow ascent of steam from its clothes . |
| 20 | In fact , it was no longer a glagolitic institution , as Cyrillic had replaced glagolitic in most of Dalmatia south of Split by the fifteenth century , and Cyrillic was in its turn replaced by the Latin script during the next few centuries . |
| 21 | Since Orkney 's £41 million proposed budget is in line with Scottish Office grant-aided expenditure figures , the islands council has avoided the risk of having its spending capped by the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang . |
| 22 | ‘ Nathan ? ’ she cried , her voice snatched by the rising wind . |
| 23 | A few moments later when she opened her eyes she was startled to find her vision filled by the tanned shoulders of Ross as he leaned over her prone body . |
| 24 | But with her view of her caller blocked by the open door and her guest , Leith was in too much of a dilemma just then to be too infuriated by the liberty he had taken . |
| 25 | In a scrappy match Eppleton CW gained some consolation for their defeat in the League Cup by visitors IFG Roker winning their league meeting by the odd goal . |
| 26 | In the tumult which ensued , the terrified monks made their escape , only to find their way blocked by the same young lord with fifty knights , who threatened them with death . |
| 27 | That reduction does not take account of further savings of £19.6 million that the council has to make if it is to avoid having its expenditure capped by the Scottish Secretary . |
| 28 | The reduction does not take account of further savings of £19.6 million which the council requires to make if it is to avoid having its expenditure capped by the Scottish Secretary . |
| 29 | The problem for the local community is how to prevent this same destruction in their own area , given the strong support by the British state for this type of initiative by private capital On a more local note , given the sectarian nature of the state in the north , the local community has major problems , given that it is a Roman Catholic community , in making its position heard by the local Unionist-dominated council . |
| 30 | She had had her pregnancy confirmed by the Medical Officer , who had decreed that she must henceforth do no more night duties . |