Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PER CENT ( PERCENTAGE ) — A proportion or a part in a hundred ; i.e. the number of cases of a part divided by the number of total cases and multiplied by 100 . |
| 2 | The one-day course , held at Brunel Technical College and attended by 25 people , began with lecture demonstrations explaining the scientific principles of cooking and ended with a gourmet meal in the company of tutors and guests , which provided an opportunity to discuss science in general . |
| 3 | The daily output of faeces was slightly enhanced by dietary calcium and decreased by dietary phosphate ( Table I ) . |
| 4 | Moody and Eclipse — built by Marine Projects and distributed by Marine Secol , Britain 's largest and most caring dealer . |
| 5 | The cake itself , it should not be forgotten , is the regular and unsensational intake of current British maps and atlases by legal deposit . |
| 6 | Here is the archetypal mid-Wales upland village , set at a confluence of river valleys among tree-lined pastures and overlooked by forested hills . |
| 7 | After a shaky start , Tyrone moved into top gear and led by five points at half-time with a series of spectacular points by Ciaran McBride , Colm Donnelly and Brian Catterson . |
| 8 | A number of studies have investigated the disorders of defecation in spinally injured people , but most involve patients with incomplete lesions at different sites and caused by different mechanisms . |
| 9 | Not when they were in a public place and surrounded by other people . |
| 10 | For instance , enabling a robot to recognise a wide variety of objects in different positions and lighting-conditions is currently beyond the state of the art , as is building a robot or desk-computer that will understand many different sentences , on different topics and spoken by different speakers . |
| 11 | Peak acid output was calculated by adding the two highest stimulated 15 minute outpts and multiplying by two . |
| 12 | This was a position which also continued to express the preference of most abolitionists that government intervention be limited to policy guidelines to be rendered into detailed legislation and implemented by local assemblies and officials except in the Crown Colonies . |
| 13 | As he was thought to have abused an hallucinogenic drug , he was given activated charcoal and sorbitol by nasogastric tube . |
| 14 | After touring the Cote Sauvage we had a perfect lunch in a crep erie : galettes — whole-wheat crepes made from sarazin ( black wheat ) — filled with ham or melted cheese and accompanied by foaming mugs of Breton cider ; then crisp lacy brown crepes with sugar and jam or chocolate sauce , which bore no resemblance to the limp pancakes served under that name in America . |
| 15 | ‘ We are a British organisation charged with promoting British produce and financed by British producers , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 16 | However , the Peking Youth News has reported that ‘ many people ’ are worried about the high incidence of wrongful arrest and torture by martial law forces and police . |
| 17 | Medieval Scottish castles were once the homes of kings , queens and local lairds , but a three year ecological survey , commissioned by the Government agency Historic Scotland and undertaken by Northern Ecological Services , is finding new castle inhabitants . |
| 18 | Light is absorbed by dark surfaces and reflected by lighter surfaces . |
| 19 | Composed of an allover arrangement of repeating vases and considered by many experts to be one of the most aesthetically accomplished of all Persian designs . |
| 20 | When Vice-President Nixon toured the area in 1958 he was pelted with rotten eggs and jostled by angry demonstrators . |
| 21 | Tunstall described it as ‘ intermingling heretical articles and erroneous opinions , seducing the simple people and attempting by wicked and perverse interpretations to profane the majesty of the Scripture , and craftily abuse the most holy word of God ’ . |
| 22 | Perhaps because I was involved with other things , perhaps because at that time I was still trying to find my feet as a bisexual and felt isolated by straight sisters and excluded by some Black lesbians . |
| 23 | As the roots begin to break out of the grains the barley is transferred to a vast hall heated with warm air and turned by large malt shovels . |
| 24 | Speaking from behind a barred gate and protected by armed guards the unnamed brother said : ‘ We would n't be surprised that because of that book someone sought retribution , and has tried to take out all Ian 's seed , which is a Middle Eastern style of doing things . |
| 25 | There are also a large number of agencies and bodies which are not actually part of central government departments but which are funded by central government and staffed by civil servants and which perform public functions : examples include the Equal Opportunities Commission , the Police Complaints Authority , the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and prison authorities . |
| 26 | Subsistence agriculture , based on a feudal system of land tenure , gave way to large private estates owned by Muslim lords and worked by Christian tied labourers . |
| 27 | So they have little screws to , you know , to go into the bone and little er delicate instruments which are highly developed instruments and manufactured by certain pattern . |
| 28 | A majority ( May and Balcombe L.JJ. ) , considering substantial additional material and encouraged by academic criticism of the first decision , held that ‘ civil or commercial matter ’ not only could but should be given an ‘ international ’ interpretation . |
| 29 | Rear Suspension — Two transverse torsion bars are located within a hollow tube and operated by trailing arms . |
| 30 | For all children in care , a comprehensive system of community homes is now being developed , organized on a regional basis and managed by local authorities or by voluntary organizations in collaboration with local authorities . |