Example sentences of "aided and [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I feel the romanticising of natural childbirth is yet another example of the seemingly worldwide conspiracy — aided and abetted by many women — to make us all feel guilty for not suffering enough . |
| 2 | Our only remotely significant opponents are certain locally-elected politicians , aided and abetted by various unrepresentative members of the teaching force , and by a number of misguided education officers and politicized advisers . |
| 3 | The " white-knuckle " sufferer who stays away from the substance or behaviour of addiction by grim determination , sometimes aided and abetted by non-addictive , anti-euphoriant or aversion-therapy drugs or processes is a pitiful sight . |
| 4 | Teds passing round the hat for Jubilee Year — theirs or Hers , we might ask — a welcome for a new generation of Teddy Boys , nostalgia for the old dances that shocked a still older generation , Yorkshire 's oldest Ted holding court , delighted shoppers : the process of rehabilitation , aided and abetted by total amnesia for even the recent past , seems complete . |
| 5 | There was an attempt , ’ he added , ‘ aided and abetted by other nobles , to rescue the Queen 's children from the rightful custody of the Council . |
| 6 | Cranston 's mood receded , aided and abetted by two generous cups of claret . |
| 7 | Here , on all sides where this softer rock breaks or underlies the surface , streams flowing down from the upper slopes , aided and abetted by heavy rain , have , ever since the landscape was formed , been slowly penetrating the ground and eroding a honeycomb of underground caverns and passages of amazing dimensions . |
| 8 | It has allowed itself to be outsmarted by governments who are not afraid to bend the rules in their favour , aided and abetted by American multi-nationals whose allegiance is to the United States , naturally . |