Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the following day he condemned it as " illegitimate and invalid " and rejected opening formal negotiations , this position being reiterated in a resolution passed overwhelmingly by the Congress on March 15 . |
| 2 | Cheered on by a large crowd , they added two more goals . |
| 3 | Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set . |
| 4 | He claims that Stanford has been leant on by the Chinese government and by American academics , who were scared that the door to China would be closed unless he was punished . |
| 5 | The hospitality extended to a good meal , and before leaving we were given the facilities of a nearby chateau , where the jeep driver and I had the luxury of a hot bath , laid on by the local Mayor . |
| 6 | Some evenings there 'll be a series of sketches laid on by the Club 's Entertainments Team or a folklore show by guest dancers . |
| 7 | Our chalet was spacious and the meals laid on by the live-in girl were cordon bleu quality . |
| 8 | All around him , the other England players gradually acclimatised to their new surroundings , pleasantly suprised by the facilities laid on by the Indian authorities . |
| 9 | Despite their early start , they still attended the dinner laid on by the Flanders rugby authorities . |
| 10 | On May 10th Bill Crist , the president of the Calpers board , was invited to address a Tokyo conference laid on by the Keidanren , a big-business association . |
| 11 | Male homosexuality is increasingly regarded as a variation of sexual behaviour rather than a perversion , and although the homosexual male is still treated badly by the law , in comparison to the heterosexual , he no longer feels the urgent need for anonymity and secrecy . |
| 12 | In 1986 the following causes were pressed successfully by the Lords : wider consultation rights for workers in relation to reorganization of the naval dockyards ; local authorities to decide whether tenants should have the right to buy old people 's properties ; abolition of caning in schools ; application of health and safety laws to all buildings used by the national health service . |
| 13 | While this treatment remains at the experimental stage , may I suggest that the logical position is that prospective patients who have been referred onward by the general practitioner and consultant should be selected — probably by Professor Hitchcock himself — and financed centrally as part of the experimental budget ? |
| 14 | In my opinion these financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Welsh Development Agency and the Group at 31 March 1990 and of the results and the source and application of funds of the Group for the year then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 and determinations made thereunder by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury . |
| 15 | On Nov. 25 a programme agreed on by the coalition partners was announced in the National Assembly . |
| 16 | A statement agreed on by the Foreign Ministers asserted " the illegitimacy of all forms of Israeli settlement " in the occupied territories and stressed the importance of " full UN participation " and " effective EC participation " in the peace process . |
| 17 | UN specialists say that the regulations , plans and treaties agreed on by the Mediterranean countries have not significantly curbed the outpouring of sewage and industrial effluent from the 360 million people who live around the Mediterranean basin . |
| 18 | Erm basically we 've spent more than we 've erm taken in but that was a deliberate policy agreed on by the committee we 've already mentioned Norman 's flats erm that has been a most worthwhile expenditure and we 've got to look at that as a long-term investment because we 've got flats which are going to last for years and our expenditure which was getting on for fifteen hundred pounds will not have to be repeated . |
| 19 | Plans agreed on by the first meeting included a shopping trip to Holland to visit a shop which sells outsize jeans and sweat-shirts and another to Germany to a shop which claims to sell the biggest size shoes in the world . |
| 20 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 21 | Montagu 's stated intention was to ‘ hold India ’ not by main force but ‘ by just institutions , and more and more as time goes on by the consent of the governed ’ . |
| 22 | He was treated pre-operatively by the physiotherapist who taught him deep breathing exercises . |
| 23 | But in our present context , it raises the question as to whether the call of the Killer whaler is recognized instinctively by a new-born seal or porpoise or whether it is learnt during adolescence , while in the company of parents . |
| 24 | Only five survivors of Woking 's 1990-91 heroes are expected to feature tonight — Buzaglo , Mark Biggins , Trevor Baron and Wye brothers Shane and Lloyd — but they will be roared on by a 6,000 capacity crowd . |
| 25 | Roared on by a massive contingent of supporters , Gloucester then went for the kill . |
| 26 | Roared on by the partisan Swansea crowd , Wales hit back with a brilliant two-try burst in the space of four minutes . |
| 27 | ‘ Like ground-up brick dust , peed on by a cat . ’ |
| 28 | If there are no clubbers at all then any netted enemy are jumped on by the netters themselves , and damage is resolved with a strength of 3 as normal . |
| 29 | The record price for a suit was one hundred pounds , and that was brand new , passed on by a lunatic who changed his mind as soon as he had taken it home . |
| 30 | Each Tuesday he meets his unelected Cabinet , the Executive Council , and they approve — ‘ rubber stamp ’ is how critics describe it — legislation passed on by the Civil Service . |