Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | International : Cotton republic is hanging on by slim thread |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Or he could be following a highway of pheromonal signals laid down by fellow members of his species — a trail leading to food , maybe . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Both are no doubt splendid residences in their own ways , but the fact is they are different and lived in by different people . |
| 19 | He was cheered along by proud parents and his then girlfriend , Rosanne . |
| 20 | Fibre by definition can not be broken down by our digestive systems , but it can be broken down by normal healthy bacteria in our large bowel . |
| 21 | The structure may be subsequently broken down by microbial activity and the complexed cation precipitated . |
| 22 | Broken down by mechanical or chemical means . |
| 23 | Protein skimmers are a must for any butterfly or angelfish tank , as these species are sensitive to any organics left in the water that can not be filtered out or broken down by bacterial activity . |
| 24 | Even chemicals that are broken down by different enzymes may ‘ compete ’ : some enzymes need substances known cofactors to help them do their work , so the two chemicals are ‘ competing ’ for cofactors , rather than for the enzymes themselves . |
| 25 | The offline workload is broken down by Offline into 15 minute portions ie. it will estimate what can be achieved in 15 minutes and then carry out that activity before assessing whether time permits any further work to be achieved . |
| 26 | As these wastes are broken down by physical , chemical , and bacterial action , they gradually form ‘ humus ’ , a highly important binding factor in the formation of stable soil crumbs or tilth and in the transformation of minerals into soluble plant nutrients . |
| 27 | Big organic molecules , and especially the nucleic acids of which genes are made ( see p 5 ) , are liable to be broken down by high-energy radiation , and in particular by the ultraviolet ( W ) light that is a component of sunlight . |
| 28 | Boxplots , showing median , interquartile range , and extreme values , are useful for quantitative outcome variables , especially when broken down by explanatory strata and displayed together . |
| 29 | The dataset SCOTLAND shows the rate of stillbirths in Scotland in the period 1944 to 1983 , broken down by social class . |
| 30 | Can class barriers be broken down by educational reform ? |