Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] by a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that this kind of INSET provision could have been much more effective if the membership of each course had been carefully targeted and hence more homogeneous ; many of the teachers who attended would have been better served by a simpler , more sharply focused presentation of recommendations specifically relevant to their own current practice . |
| 2 | But this doctrine has been largely supplanted by a later doctrine that such personality is real , and is analogous to the personality of individuals . |
| 3 | Jejeunoileostomy has now been largely replaced by a simpler and safer operation in which the capacity of the stomach is considerably reduced by placing a row of surgical staples across it . |
| 4 | It is beautiful , but both the light and view are partly obscured by a later altar . |
| 5 | Plant cells are also surrounded by a thicker , more rigid structure — a CELL WALL . |
| 6 | I 'm convinced the public would be better served by a wider cross-section of journalists . |
| 7 | And they were also hit by a further £25,000 fine for an ‘ irregular payment ’ to a player . |
| 8 | Doubts concerning American policy in any case were often offset by a higher regard for the Americans as a people . |
| 9 | However , the State Conservation Office decided that retention of the historic straight alignment was advisable in many of Moabit 's streets , so that the intended chicanes were sometimes replaced by a further speed reduction measure . |
| 10 | In 1924 , as well as a contribution from Lévy-Bruhl on ‘ Primitive Mentality and Gambling ’ , the Criterion carried Lewis 's ‘ Mr. Zagreus and the Split-Man ’ where , as in Tarr , modern civilization is constantly punctured by a deeper , often clearly anthropological element in a strange world of lustrations , masked figures , and phallic hands . |
| 11 | The increase in the price of consumer goods is thus accompanied by a faster rate of growth in Dept . |
| 12 | The dense A-band is further traversed by a lighter H-band . |
| 13 | This was soon followed by a further defeat for the conservative faction in the Theological Commission . |
| 14 | This was soon augmented by a further three acres immediately adjacent , donated to the Old Stopfordians ' Association by the Vice-Chairman ( in memory of his brother , Mr. Harry Towns ) and Mr. Thomas Harrison ( in memory of his son Peter , killed during the war ) . |
| 15 | In Latin works of an important nature titles , headings and the opening words of chapters were largely based on Roman script forms , the majuscule style of writing ; and the body of the text written in an uncial form which , after the coming of the Normans and the spread of their influence , was gradually succeeded by a further uncial style . |
| 16 | The dollar was also devalued by a further 10 per cent in recognition that the Smithsonian Agreement , hailed by Nixon as ‘ the most significant monetary agreement in the history of the modern world ’ ( quoted Gilbert , 1980 , p. 164 ) , was insufficient to restore US competitiveness . |
| 17 | The notion that Pretty Polly was simply beaten by a better horse at the distance on the day was well down the list of possible explanations for her defeat , and George Lambton aired the widely held view that jockeyship had proved the decisive factor : Bachelor 's Button ‘ was a sterling good horse , especially at Ascot , but he was not a Persimmon , and if a real good jockey had been on Pretty Polly I think she might just have scrambled home . ’ |
| 18 | Woollen cloth led but was increasingly supplemented by a wider range of manufactured goods as well as by re-exports of tobacco , sugar and dyes . |
| 19 | But in a second battle , at Qadesiyah , near Kufah in central Mesopotamia , a large force of Persians was solidly defeated by a smaller body of Arabs , led by Saad ibn Abi Waqqas . |