Example sentences of "replaced by a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BJP and its allies among militant Hindu organizations had called repeatedly for the mosque at Ayodhya to be replaced by a temple honouring the Hindu deity , Lord Ram [ see pp. 37854 ; 37964 ; 38532 ; 38682 ; 38866 ; 39008 ; 39193-94 ] . |
| 2 | His smile faded , to be replaced by a look of anger . |
| 3 | The tenement building we moved from is now gone ( as is the one we moved to ) , replaced by a row of council blocks of impressive ugliness , vintage early sixties . |
| 4 | Third , there would frequently be discrepancies between the meanings of sentences with a predicate qualifier and " fuller versions " when it is replaced by a clause ; for example , consider : ( 31 ) the jury found Ernest guilty the jury found Ernest ; Ernest was guilty ( 32 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong Alastair likes his beef tea ; his beef tea is strong In the latter case , for instance , there may not be any strong beef tea at all ; the point of uttering the sentence may be to complain about that very point . |
| 5 | Generally these are associated with a space-like singularity on , but as described above , there are exceptional cases in which this singularity is replaced by a horizon . |
| 6 | The success of the one-off rally prolonged the life of the movement and although it kept its basically evangelical outlook for a couple of years , Roy Wallis suggests that the likes of Peter Hill began to be replaced by a leadership that was ‘ more directly concerned with the civic-political aspects of moral reform , rather than with evangelism . ’ |
| 7 | The sense of relief that the Danes had ‘ let us all painlessly off the Maastricht hook ’ was immediately replaced by a despondency at the Government 's response . |
| 8 | Residues 206–217 of A-gliadin incorporate this motif ; however , in adenovirus 12 the final glutamine is replaced by a cysteine residue . |
| 9 | The static , closed image of the literary text that goes with the concept of structure is replaced by a dynamic , open one which is expressed in concepts like play and practice . |
| 10 | At Stansted Airport , Network SouthEast 's Stansted Express service to Liverpool Street will be replaced by a coach service operated by Speedlink Airport Services . |
| 11 | The Doctor 's expression of amazement was replaced by a frown . |
| 12 | He had stared down at her , grinning vacuously ; from time to time the smile would be replaced by a frown , and the Dalek Killer would demand the return of his chainsword , Ace was patient with him , but not affectionate . |
| 13 | Her own smile was replaced by a frown . |
| 14 | The smile faded , and was replaced by a frown . |
| 15 | The word disappeared from the screen to be replaced by a message . |
| 16 | Bedpans had gone from earthenware to papier-mâché , bottles had progressed from glass to plastic , but there was the same kindly welcome , much the same decor except that the photo of George VI had been replaced by a poster on the etiquette of urinating . |
| 17 | Sir Brynmor Jones said jocularly : " The teacher who can be replaced by a teaching machine or any audio-visual aid deserves to be ( 1968 : 281 ) and this might be thought also to be true of replacement by ancillaries . |
| 18 | A must for the summer garden , producing narrow , sword-shaped leaves and bright yellow lily-like flowers , which although short lived are replaced by a profusion of waiting buds . |
| 19 | He says ‘ the demand for the all-round grocery clerk , fruiterer and vegetable dealer , dairyman , butcher , and so forth , has long ago been replaced by a labor configuration in the supermarkets which calls for truck unloaders , shelf stockers , checkout clerks , meat wrappers , and meat cutters ; of these only the last retain any semblance of skill , and none require any general knowledge of retail trade ’ . |
| 20 | The 12ft ( 3.7m ) wide apron below the racing line was cut away and replaced by a rumble strip and a warm-up lane divided by a grass barrier . |
| 21 | For a moment the clapping continued , rose in volume , then died raggedly away , replaced by a tumult of weeping … |
| 22 | It could well and easily be replaced by a doctrine which has it that the surgeon 's act carries liability only if good faith and due care and skill can be shown to be lacking . |
| 23 | The dramatic and mythological language disappeared and was replaced by a doctrine more fitted to legalism or the language of the ledger : salvation came to be seen as a question of balancing the books , or paying debts to the debtor . |
| 24 | This was replaced by a stone structure , only partly examined in the excavated area . |
| 25 | Like most strongholds which dated from the Conqueror 's day , the original Saxon palisade enclosing the large compound had been replaced by a stone wall , with a barbican protecting the gate , but the place was assailable . |
| 26 | Coates ( 1985 , pp. 27 , 77 ) , for example , argues that in recent decades narrative has broken down to be replaced by a cinema of ‘ isolated heterogeneous events held together by the ramshackle constructions of Victorian melodrama ’ , and that from the mid-1960s we have seen the dissolution of the distinction between realist and non-realist film . |
| 27 | On making these decisions , her panic attacks stopped and were replaced by a mixture of emotions as she faced up to her fear of intimacy and commitment , and her excitement and uncertainty over becoming a mature student . |
| 28 | It would be replaced by a mixture of housing associations , tenants ' co-ownership schemes and further individual ownership . |
| 29 | We have suggested that the lost berths could quite easily be replaced by a mixture of pontoons , remaining pile berths and by very small additions to existing marina complexes . |
| 30 | Now , it 's obviously very good that a position is going to be replaced by a technician , for which a , which at the moment is elsewhere in the department . |