Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb pp] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The history of religions is a history of intolerance and cruelty towards non-believers , and the love extends only to those who are believers and loved by the same supernatural being . |
| 2 | Ideally , an approach is required which will narrow the focus of the " act of identity " in such a way that individual choices like the one just mentioned can be seen as part of systematic behaviour patterns which are simultaneously typical of speakers ' own fictive speech communities and conditioned by the immediate context of the interaction in which they occur . |
| 3 | Dividends , which are what the shareholder is paid for the use of his money , are recommended by the directors and authorized by the annual general meeting of shareholders . |
| 4 | Dividends , which are what the shareholder is paid for the use of his money , are recommended by the directors and authorized by the annual general meeting of shareholders . |
| 5 | Economists , the statistics profession , trade unions and Opposition politicians all pledged support for the idea of a national council which is being promoted by eminent statisticians and considered by the Royal Statistical Society . |
| 6 | On May 22-23 a 48-hour general strike , in protest against the recessionary effects of the government 's anti-inflation policies and led by the Central Unica de Trabajadores ( CUT ) , failed to secure wide support . |
| 7 | Defeat for the Welsh All Blacks , particularly at the fortress that is The Gnoll , is a rare occurrence , hated by the players , frowned upon by the coaches and detested by the increasing army of fans who continue to pack the ground . |
| 8 | The balance sheet at that date will be prepared by the Vendors on a basis consistent with prior years and audited by the existing auditors of ABC , DEF & Co. , Chartered Accountants . |
| 9 | It applies to all those thoughts of the human mind which are real enough to the thinker , but which can not be converted to physical things and detected by the five senses of sight , hearing , touch , taste and smell . |
| 10 | The picture wall in his underground burrow seemed to absorb him ; it was a holo of the South Seas , forested hillsides plunging down to warm waters and punctuated by the vivid exclamation marks of birds . |
| 11 | Delegates also proposed that a president , with ceremonial and executive powers and chosen by the national assembly , should supervise the functions of the Cabinet acting through a prime minister . |
| 12 | The design and size of the roof timbers is governed by the Building Regulations and approved by the local authority . |
| 13 | She steps from the bath , stretching for a towel in one of those ungainly , intimate postures so beloved of Impressionist painters and deplored by the feminist art historians Robyn admires . |
| 14 | Like the earlier pact which was due to due to expire in 1991 [ see pp. 36636 ; 34522-23 ] , the new agreement did not provide for a price support structure common to other commodity arrangements and favoured by the two largest jute producers , Bangladesh and India . |
| 15 | The festival was a theatre-and-music fiesta devised for the villagers and attended by the experimental cognoscenti of the world , many of them Jews . |
| 16 | The shop bell had tinkled frequently for the past hour , most of the customers having been the ha'penny and penny ones , some of whom were now standing outside at the shop window oohing and aahing at the Christmas goodies displayed there , all entwined with coloured streamers and illuminated by the two gas lamps attached to the side wall of the shop and plopping inside their pretty pink glass globes , while casting a rosy light overall , even over the small faces pressed against the window . |
| 17 | Richard Walter Jenkins Junior was to dine with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor , yet keep the common touch , be courted by Presidents and praised by the greatest Prime Minister of the century . |
| 18 | If I was of a mind to stop washing and shaving and go live in a bus and drive around the country shitting in farmers ' fields and killing their sheep and being hassled by the pigs and pilloried by the Daily Star and generally being ‘ free ’ , this is the record I would choose to do it to . |
| 19 | Their ranks were swelled not only by the general growth of the economy and steady expansion of secondary and higher education but also by the rapid development of services run under the aegis of the zemstvos and staffed by the so-called ‘ third element ’ — teachers , doctors , statisticians , veterinary surgeons , and agricultural experts of various kinds . |
| 20 | The privileged position of statutory undertakers was further reduced in 1973 when a code of practice was agreed between departments and commended by the appropriate ministers to statutory undertakers . |
| 21 | What we are condoning , or rather , taking for granted in our film , is a tunnel , illegal and therefore officially unacknowledged , completed in 1955 , dug by the Americans and equipped by the British . |
| 22 | One of the greatest centres of renaissance art , Raphael and Brumante were born here and it is surrounded by massive ramparts , set amid rolling hills and dominated by the superb 15th century Palazzo Ducale . |
| 23 | Working in conjunction with the dampers and controlled by the same computer are four air springs , which constantly adjust the ride height according to a number of external factors . |
| 24 | It declared that the Congress resolution on the invalidity of Lithuania 's independence declaration was " devoid of legal foundation " ; that human rights were guaranteed by Lithuanian laws and defended by the Lithuanian government and courts ; and that the " legitimate interests of the USSR " would be " diligently observed " but must be " specifically determined through negotiations " . |
| 25 | By showing how every soul could make its own way to God , without the mediation of priests or ministers of the educated classes , it helped to give a sense of dignity and individual worth to thousands who were turned off their land by enclosures and absorbed by the Dark Satanic Mills of the Industrial Revolution . |
| 26 | During his last year in Fontanellato Don Cattahianchi had been woken up in the night on a number of occasions and beaten by the secret police . |
| 27 | Meanwhile the birds of Felling are being featured in a new wildlife book , sponsored by Coatings and produced by the local council . |