Example sentences of "[be] [verb] by the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course the country may be riveted by the latest video release or the latest Nintendo game . |
| 2 | Again , applications may be made by the nearest relative or an approved social worker and two medical recommendations are required . |
| 3 | The following type of story might be told by the best man , a friend , or groom who works in the bride 's family business : |
| 4 | In Tsarist times the official positions on all Russian railway lines were occupied by European Russians but the menial tasks were more likely to be performed by the lowest order of migrant or by members of the local population . |
| 5 | But this presumption may be rebutted by the slightest indication to the contrary . |
| 6 | They 've certainly got the fans Newcastle are likely to be backed by the biggest crowd in the country today . |