Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The documents obtained in this way were stored in an archive in Salamanca ( where they remain to this day ) and , after the end of the war , were constantly referred to by the military courts trying suspected Republicans . |
| 2 | During the World Cup , McKenzie was much sought after by the Victorian media and public . |
| 3 | Certainly the measurement of programme expenditure has lagged far behind that of administrative expenditure ( National Audit Office , 1986b , para 12 ) , while ‘ little progress ’ has also apparently been made with integrating performance measurement with the public expenditure survey and parliamentary supply procedures ( Richards , 1987 , pp. 28–9 ) — a development much sought after by the Financial Management Unit . |
| 4 | Most of Yonder was new , housing estates , schools , shops , small businesses and offices , and not entirely approved of by the original residents of the village . |
| 5 | I know now , although I think I knew at the time , why one was so cared for by the ordinary people of Bury in 1941 . |
| 6 | When state-supported secondary education was introduced in 1878 , a denominational system was officially set up , though at this time the system was only availed of by the few families who could afford to lose the labour of young teenagers . |
| 7 | That topic was only touched upon by the hon. Member for Gateshead , East . |
| 8 | It is time to give serious consideration to a standing United Nations army , perhaps paid for by the rich and manned by the poor of the world . |
| 9 | Any loss in emotional or dramatic range , however , is generally compensated for by the fearsome intensity of the vision that results , and the compelling stylishness with which it is communicated . |
| 10 | The results are fabulous , as already hinted at by the current 45 ‘ Drive That Fast ’ , a grippingly gentle , coolly frantic , scarily mellow passage that fittingly knocks 'em over at CBGB 's . |
| 11 | I shall not cover the ground already dealt with by the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ; instead , I shall consider the credibility of the promoter of the Bill , British Rail . |
| 12 | If the point is finally disposed of by the European Court and if the judgment goes against the United Kingdom , then the question will arise about the appropriate response to bring the legal system into line with the State 's international obligations . |
| 13 | Although Eva was a bystander on more than one occasion when dramatic and scary incidents occurred such matters were generally dealt with by the African officers who understood the cultural background and could use language and symbolism the people would understand in order to " exorcise " the spirit . |
| 14 | In response to this threat , Irokawa argues , the ruling classes moved rapidly to reinforce the conventional norms still adhered to by the vast majority of the people , but in a way which removed any spontaneous content and value . |
| 15 | The fire was rapidly dealt with by the local fire services . |
| 16 | This was the outcome of changes in population growth and its age distribution which were only partly compensated for by the marked increase in female participation ratios , especially of those in the 25–60 age groups [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 17 | I was also spoken to by the Chief Whip who reiterated that the majority of the party were for Alec . |
| 18 | Hence by 1914 a large proportion of one of the largest groups traditionally provided for by the Poor Law had been substantially removed from direct association with it . |
| 19 | This trend is partly accounted for by the steady increase in cohabitation . |
| 20 | The inconsistency of the results is partly accounted for by the different methods used for adjusting for other variables , such as disparities in size and monopoly power between control types , but clearly these studies do not bring a definitive answer much closer . |
| 21 | The richness of the Malesian flora , for example , may be partly accounted for by the Laurasian elements in the lowland rain forest and the Gondwana elements in the heath forest and in montane communities . |
| 22 | A large proportion of this increase was also accounted for by the new offence of failing to send children to school , which in 1920 accounted for nearly one-quarter of all criminal cases . |
| 23 | While she noted the advantages of this : ‘ Indeed , the post combining staff and training responsibilities is a fairly successful combination since both jobs require an overall view of the entire system and neither job is particularly attached to any of the service functions ’ , ( as opposed to designated training officers also being attached to any particular aspect of the service ) , lack of sufficient time to devote to training was often commented on by the named training officers in our sample . |
| 24 | The likes of Gordon Brown , Tony Blair , John Smith and Martin O'Neill have made good impressions , though Neil Kinnock , who got on famously badly with Ronald Reagan but adequately with Mr Bush , is still often referred to by the few Americans who pay any attention to British politics as ‘ the Welsh windbag ’ . |
| 25 | However , Washington has been rocked by the further revelation that the alleged killer is Dr Ottokar Proctor , the respected economist and adviser to President North , the man often referred to by the electronic media as ‘ the architect of the Big Bonus . ’ |
| 26 | The Cutty Sark is now looked after by the Maritime Trust , who teamed up with the Cutty Sark Society in 1989 . |
| 27 | Certainly one would visit the cottage at Higher Bockhampton where Hardy was born ( now looked after by the National Trust ) and Stinsford church where his heart is buried . |
| 28 | Under the bill , many cases now dealt with by the High Court will be moved down to the county courts , currently plagued by staff shortages and a backlog of work . |
| 29 | Thus the Communists and the Nazis had a common interest in the destruction of the Social Democrats and this fact was frequently referred to by the Labour Party and the TUC in the early 1930s as a reason for opposing both movements with equal vigour . |
| 30 | In India , dowry deaths — the murder of a wife for a disappointing dowry — are not uncommon and almost invariably connived at by the legal system . |