Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This indemnity shall not be prejudiced or waived by any exercise of our rights under Condition 3.3 . |
| 2 | so I would go for the recommended and hope by this version of Windows it knows about Amstrads and will sort it out . |
| 3 | Crowns , insignia , crosses , reliquaries and the bindings of liturgical books were dignified and enriched by enamelled iconography studded with pearls and cabochon gems . |
| 4 | Such pressures can be alleviated if gang sizes are kept small and either the gang members are assembled in groups of similar ability , or demarcation is identified , recognised and accepted by all gang members . |
| 5 | That is , they are official and supported by positional power or authority . |
| 6 | During the first two weeks on the Scarsdale Medical Diet , you will be delighted and encouraged by rapid weight loss , actually seeing on the scale that pounds are dropping off day by day ( not that discouraging pound or two a week ) . |
| 7 | It was long and straight and surrounded by bleak-looking moor . |
| 8 | The best texts for this purpose should be determined locally , by local conditions , limited and facilitated by local wisdom . |
| 9 | ‘ ( a ) in satisfaction of all costs charges and expenses properly incurred and payments properly made by the bank or the receiver and of the remuneration of the receiver ; ( b ) in or towards satisfaction of the moneys outstanding and secured by this deed . |
| 10 | Human evolution was progressive and driven by intellectual ingenuity as societies invented their own adaptive solution . |
| 11 | We shall start by confirming that sexual behaviour does indeed ensure that mates are of the correct species , and then see how well Darwin 's theory , modified and tested by recent work , can explain the full variety of sexual behaviour in animals both during courtship and , later , in parental care . |
| 12 | My Lords , is my Noble Friend aware that many parents and teachers who have been deeply dissatisfied and disillusioned by local education authority schools in fact just set up their own new schools which are providing excellent education and really meeting those parental wishes , often with very strong er spiritual and moral values . |
| 13 | The clause could be amended to read as follows : The Landlord covenants with the Tenant to insure the Centre and all parts thereof except during such periods as the insurance shall be rendered ineffectual or avoided by any act of the Tenant |
| 14 | We need to think about ourselves as well-functioning organisms without becoming too self-conscious , inhibited or paralysed by morbid introspection . |
| 15 | Setting the fees for each pollutant would be highly contentious and beset by political wrangling . |
| 16 | At the end of the day an evaluation on this scale , of a project of this importance , undertaken within an environment so complex and bedevilled by industrial action , is bound to leave many questions unanswered . |
| 17 | Russia , she argued , was no longer the gendarme of Europe ; increasingly ramshackle and transformed by rapid industrialization , it was itself faced with the threat of revolution . |
| 18 | As Jordanova says , ‘ Science and Medicine as activities were associated with sexual metaphors which were clearly expressed in designating nature as a woman to be unveiled , unclothed and penetrated by Masculine Science . ’ |
| 19 | A dress can be worn with clumpy men 's shoes ; tracksuit bottoms and loose tops are comfortable , roomy and worn by either sex ; second-hand clothes can be put together with new ones ; and very few people believe the laws that fashion writers once laid down , such as ‘ no horizontal stripes or light colours for bigger women ’ . |
| 20 | Early Gothic work in this field was unpretentious and overshadowed by ecclesiastical architecture . |
| 21 | This understanding needs to be informed , up-to-date and backed by first-hand experience , not based on hearsay or second-hand impressions . |
| 22 | Unknown or overlooked by most museum professionals , a series of major international art exhibitions has been enjoying unusual success in the Tennessee capital . |
| 23 | Nineteenth-century medicine debated ovulation and menstruation , its imagination captured by a view of conception wherein the female role was passive and automatic , rather than active and triggered by sexual pleasure . |
| 24 | On the other hand , some shareholders ' interests and media commentators believe that the code should be mandatory and supported by stringent enforcement powers . |
| 25 | American videos , imported and distributed by Mashed Potato Movies Ltd , 2nd Floor , 602 Bacup Road , Waterfoot , Rossendale , Lancashire BB4 7EU ; tel : 0706 210349. £24.95 each inc p&p . |
| 26 | This is a well-written book , lively , intelligent and lit by astringent wit . |
| 27 | It is large and grey and chilly but surrounded by beautiful land . |