Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There was more drama to follow in the actual race , where Shemaka held on by a nose from Baya . |
| 2 | The northern section of the colony was settled by people from Virginia rather than emigrants brought out by the proprietors , and the southern section by emigrants from Barbados as well as from England . |
| 3 | This was possible because demand went down by a quarter and new supplies were available from the UK North Sea . |
| 4 | As scouts sent out by the locals to reconnoitre the otherwise mysterious life-styles of the newcomers such people are terribly influential in defining the image of the newcomers among the locals — ; and of the locals among the newcomers-Gossip which is reported back easily becomes magnified in order to contribute further to the stereotypes . |
| 5 | Although the retailer may make no profit on that particular item , general sales will be increased as customers drawn in by the loss leader will then buy other goods . |
| 6 | Our judges treat the techniques they use for interpreting statutes and measuring precedents — even those no one challenges — not simply as tools handed down by the traditions of their ancient craft but as principles they assume can be justified in some deeper political theory , and when they come to doubt this , for what-ever reason , they construct theories that seem to them better . |
| 7 | The farms , small to start with and made even smaller as time went on by the system of inheritance , were extremely vulnerable to natural disaster . |