Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | E. Hosta ‘ Halcyon ’ Choice perennial with arresting blue , paddle-shaped leaves in summer , joined eventually by stocky stems of lilac flowers . |
| 2 | The DNF contained patriotic leftist Koreans led astray by communist propaganda ; it was important to persuade such people to support moderation and democracy . |
| 3 | Keep your eyes on the lightest part of the sky and they 'll adapt little by little . " |
| 4 | Roared on by considerable vocal support , Matt Cook took his goal tally to eight with two more goals , and then set up Becky Ashdown to round off a 3–0 win . |
| 5 | The other kind of sex I learned about was the meaning of the four-letter words the boys chalked up on the playground wall , though the explanations were inadequate and puzzling , passed on by other children and received with incredulity . |
| 6 | International : Cotton republic is hanging on by slim thread |
| 7 | It is notable that the one country which stands to lose most by free competition in labour is Germany , where labour and social costs are highest . |
| 8 | In the past decade , some CF centres have reported increased isolations of P cepacia that can not be explained only by improved laboratory proficiency in culture and identification . |
| 9 | In Japan , robotics seems to be limited only by human imagination and technology . |
| 10 | We do n't earn much by international standards , conditions of work are arduous , and chronic underfunding often makes them more so . |
| 11 | This increased temperature dependence can not be explained merely by additional carbon conduction , as graphite conduction is nearly independent of temperature . |
| 12 | Prime Minister Petre Roman insisted on April 13 during an official visit to France that the King 's intention to attend a demonstration in the Transylvanian city of Timisoara , which he claimed " would have been covered by about 80 journalists flown in by chartered plane " , invalidated the claim that his visit would have been only a " private " one . |
| 13 | Given the massive contribution made daily by dedicated staff at the DMH it seems more than a touch insensitive to expect them to dip into their own pockets for the place as well . |
| 14 | Or he could be following a highway of pheromonal signals laid down by fellow members of his species — a trail leading to food , maybe . |
| 15 | If one enters this part of the town from the west , past the Roman amphitheatre which fell on evil days in the Middle Ages when theatrical spectacles were banned — but has now revived its ancient beauty and a part of its function , as a setting for Aida and her kin — the road leads through a Roman gate , perfectly preserved , into the ancient grid of streets , laid down by Roman town planners in the first century B.C. and little altered . |
| 16 | The extracellular matrix laid down by microbial cells in microbial biosensors will show a more random orientation of structural components , but these can also have a dominant influence on the flux of the product and the substrate . |
| 17 | If he was to prevent the outbreak of rebellion , or stem a flood of appeals outside his jurisdiction , he was bound to operate within the limits laid down by regional custom and privileges . |
| 18 | local authorities — to decide , within the broad financial constraints laid down by central government , what priority should be given to education at a local level ; to formulate , within the statutory framework , general policies for local education provision , and , where appropriate , to allocate resources to local communities |
| 19 | If the stepping stones laid down by previous legislation and publications are to be extended , it is important to review initiatives which are attempting to implement a policy for integration . |
| 20 | A classical ballet has a style of dance based on certain accepted principles and rules laid down by french , Russian , Danish , Italian and more recent schools . |
| 21 | The infantry was shielded by a moving barrage laid down by massed artillery , the first of a number of concentrated shoots in which Leslie participated in the North African campaign . |
| 22 | The sounds , laid down by resident DJs Ali Cooke and Ralph Lawson with high-profile guests , are slinky house and garage , although the eclectic ‘ tribal-acid-funk ’ mix in the upper room might feature Nirvana , The Cult or Duran Duran . |
| 23 | what is the point of asking a middle ranking executive about his greatest achievement at work in the past 10 years when he has probably been locked into office procedures laid down by senior management and where his scope for initiative has been restricted . |
| 24 | Most came to terms with the constraints of the existing order but a radical wing refused to do so and dreamed of a society run on rational lines laid down by acknowledged experts ( themselves ) — a society they dubbed ‘ socialist ’ . |
| 25 | Second , I agree with the suggestion made by Martin Howe that there should be an express list laid down by national parliaments of protected matters which no Community law should be allowed to affect . |
| 26 | It was in a constant state of reoccupation , favoured only by marginal or twilight enterprises indifferent to a fundamentally inhuman environment . |
| 27 | A minority , including many grasses , grow aperiodically , continuing until stopped only by bad weather in autumn and resuming in spring . |
| 28 | She lives with Roche above the city in a ‘ Californian ’ company house on the Ridge : this suburb , barricaded , fireproof perhaps , but lived in by prospective quitters of the country , supplies a further scene for the events of the novel . |
| 29 | Both are no doubt splendid residences in their own ways , but the fact is they are different and lived in by different people . |
| 30 | The specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments and glass spherules welded together by streaky brown glass ( Figure 8 and cover picture ) . |