Example sentences of "and be [vb pp] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have observed that this species can breed at sizes of little more than 1″ , but I have only seen this happen where a larger adult in my colony has died and been replaced by a young fish . |
| 2 | - You notice that the section of your local supermarket which has stocked picnic and barbecue material since the birth of time has suddenly disappeared and been replaced by a new section stocking wrapping paper , crackers and tinsel decorations . |
| 3 | Brightman , 13 years younger , had previously been a dancer in the group Hot Gossip , and been squired by a flashy pop-music composer named Mike Moran . |
| 4 | Once she 'd seen Claudia watching her and been encouraged by a broad smile . |
| 5 | The playing fields are close to the Residences and are serviced by a spacious pavilion . |
| 6 | Two small additional areas near the river were planted with varieties of willow amongst which were Salix Alba , the familiar white willow which presents a great mound of silver-backed leaves which shimmer and flash in the wind ; Salix Caprea , the goat or pussy willow ; and Salix Daphnoides , the violet willow whose vigorous upright shoots are deep purple in colour and are covered by a white bloom and which should be pruned hard each or every other year to promote new growth . |
| 7 | The beams are reflected at M 1 ( M 2 ) , return , recombine coherently at M again , and are detected by a photosensitive device . |
| 8 | They do valuable work and are led by a good group of people . |
| 9 | Stouts today are not exceptionally strong — usually in the low 1040s OG — and are distinguished by a high hop rate and by their jet black or dark brown colour achieved by the use of roasted malts and unmalted roasted barley . |
| 10 | Happy is that man whose eyes have tides like the sea and are drawn by a mystic moon . |
| 11 | Pierceable canisters sit in the stove base and are pierced by a hollow spike . |
| 12 | The cantilever tail surfaces are also all-metal , and are supplemented by a triangular ventral fin and arrow-shaped tailplane end-plates to offset the destabilising effect of the floats . |
| 13 | Contrasting the brutal murder of a taxi driver with the subsequent execution of the accused , A Short Film About Killing forms the first part of Kieslowski 's Decalogue cycle — ten separate parables which draw thematically from the Ten Commandments and are linked by a common setting , an anonymous Warsaw housing estate . |
| 14 | When the repetitive contractions are peristaltic and are preceded by a small pressure plateau suggestive of a common cavity phenomenon , the relation to gastro-oesophageal reflex is clear . |
| 15 | who are requested to reach and are paid by a private concern ( W.I. , T.G. , sports sections of a firm etc . ) |
| 16 | Tyrone , up to a few hundred feet of reddish sandstones occur above a basal conglomerate , and are succeeded by a thin development of argillaceous dolomite , the Upper Permian Magnesian Limestone . |
| 17 | But they are safe enough , if unlikely to excite , and are backed by a secure yield of almost 6 p.c . |
| 18 | It is not so , except perhaps in the most formal of speaking styles , where a sentence may fall to a low point in the voice and be followed by a substantial silence , and we know that it has come to an end . |
| 19 | The principal reason is that the Government will be defeated in four or five months ' time and be replaced by a Labour Government who will take the Bill off the statute book as soon as they come to power . |
| 20 | That would come off in two days , she told me , and be replaced by a spatula splint , and yes , she would be on duty on Sunday . |
| 21 | Dent Town suffered its gradual loss of status passively and withdrew into its shell , content to look after its own affairs exclusively and be bypassed by a changing world . |
| 22 | Each nomination must be proposed and seconded by two members of the Campaign and be accompanied by a signed declaration from the candidate that he or she is willing to stand . |
| 23 | Every office shall , on each day that it is open for business , be supervised by a practising solicitor who need not be a partner in the firm but must have been admitted for at least three years , and be managed by a practising solicitor ( of whatever seniority ) or a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives of good standing and of at least five years ' seniority . |
| 24 | Leadership calls for party unity in difficult political circumstances prevailed , however , and were reinforced by a common underlying belief in the congress that the Sandinistas continued to exercise political influence in a tacit pact with the government . |
| 25 | In the Bekaa , he records , ‘ birds sang among the reeds and were echoed by a distant chorus from farm workers marching out to potato fields with long hoes over their shoulders . |
| 26 | We shook hands and were joined by a sparkling red-head : ‘ Dr Sherry Brown , hello . |
| 27 | Such geomantic figures are comparable with Christian cathedrals and were inspired by a similar devotion |
| 28 | The desperate crew of six — including three women — were only rescued after they lit a fire on the open deck and were spotted by a Norwegian ship . |
| 29 | During the afternoon nine Ju88s appeared , and were intercepted by a patrolling Fulmar section , Lt. Henley chasing an aircraft of 5/LG 1 , his fire wounding the gunner before the bomber disappeared into the murk . |
| 30 | Then , after its founding in early 1967 , the NF mobilised to become a significant , if localised , force during the early and mid-1970s , especially in 1972-73 , after the arrival in Britain of displaced Ugandan Asians , and again in 1976 , when Malawian Asians arrived as refugees and were greeted by a moral panic about immigrants , legal and illegal , that continued into 1977 , and gave some local impetus to the NF 's electoral attempts at that time . |