Example sentences of "and supported by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The justification of authority , concluded the previous chapter , depends on one main argument , which may be extended and supported by a variety of secondary arguments . |
| 2 | The surrounding buildings were two-storeyed , the upper built out and supported by a series of arched cloisters which every evening were thick with alpaca jerseys , rugs , cheap jewellery , bargain hunters and cloying money-changers . |
| 3 | These include the rise of the smaller nuclear family unit , smaller houses , earlier marriages , female employment and increased population mobility , all of which are encouraged and supported by a variety of social , fiscal and economic factors . |
| 4 | In an initiative to be launched next month by tennis consultants Brian Hewitt Associates , in conjunction with the ITF and supported by a major sponsor , old tennis balls are to be collected at 2000 ball banks around the country and shipped to third world countries for additional and subsequent use . |
| 5 | Its walls and floor were sheathed in gypsum slabs , whilst its ceiling was painted blue and supported by a gypsum pillar . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , the city of London saw various manoeuvres to promote Edward 's deposition : assemblies at the Guildhall included one which resolved to depose him in favour of his son , a decision reported to parliament and supported by a sermon from Orleton on the text ‘ Where there is no true ruler , the people will be destroyed ’ . |
| 7 | Audit and standard setting of measures common to all or most practices may best be designed and supported by a central body with nationwide aegis . |
| 8 | Finally , Griffiths was concerned to ensure that the quality of services was regularly inspected and suggested that local authority registration and inspection units should be strengthened and supported by a national inspectorate . |
| 9 | Evidence of Taiwan 's desire to improve relationships with mainland China was also apparent in the government 's less than enthusiastic support for the activities of a propaganda radio ship Goddess of Democracy , sponsored by a French magazine and supported by a Paris-based group of Chinese exiles . |
| 10 | I.A. Richards has defined metaphor like this : " In the simplest formulation , when we use a metaphor we have two thoughts of different things active together and supported by a single word , or phrase , whose meaning is a resultant of their interaction . " |
| 11 | Langbaurgh School , in Sulby Avenue , has been chosen to take part in the BBC Newsround Election , the world 's biggest ever children 's election organised by the BBC in association with the Hansard Society and supported by a national newspaper . |