Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] by [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means , that at any time , the volume occupied by a chain in solution , could differ from that occupied by its neighbours , and these size differences are further accentuated by the fact that each sample will contain a variety of chain lengths . |
| 2 | Reductions in mortality similar to that found by our meta-analysis have also been seen in the controlled ( non-randomised ) study by Muhilal et al , achieved by fortifying monosodium glutamate supplied to villages ; this maintains retinol levels better than infrequent high doses . |
| 3 | In Germany , where the authorities have wisely allocated digital phones a slot a long way from that used by their analogue brothers , there are other worries . |
| 4 | The colour drained from his face and he would certainly have fallen , had not two crimson rope-lights shot out and pinioned his arms to the wall , so that he was forced to stand , vertically , half hanging by his hands , half supported by his mutilated legs . |
| 5 | In Britain , comments like those of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford were typical : ‘ I put it to the men who play cricket and football that we must now all be prepared to stand by our country and to suffer for our country . ’ |
| 6 | Right now well all I , I ex I knew that you were having meetings about it so really all , all I need you to do is actually get this validated by your group and if there were any change significant changes you wanted to make then to come back to me and David with that those suggestions but erm it struck me that th the thing hangs together quite well . |
| 7 | In the great conservative monarchies of Prussia , Russia and the Habsburg empire military influences , reflected in such small but highly significant things as the habitual wearing by their rulers of army uniforms , pervaded the atmosphere of the court and many of the upper reaches of government . |
| 8 | We want Annabelle and Steven to enjoy the things we never had , not to take them for granted , but to appreciate how lucky they are to be able to celebrate like this surrounded by their families and friends . |
| 9 | ‘ To the 40,000 or so employees , the further 50,000 employed by their distributors , and some tens of thousands more employed by their suppliers I would say that I am delighted that Rover is part of British Aerospace . ’ |
| 10 | Is this caused by my undergravel filtration ? |
| 11 | But even those who said they joined in order to serve the community ( and there are many ) feel a disappointment upon entering the force as a result of the limited opportunities for this allowed by their duties . |
| 12 | ‘ Alter all , he had three koban to gain by his success . |
| 13 | Mrs Cass said she had bought many of her pets but had taken some abandoned by their owners and had found others running wild in the street . |
| 14 | Now here are the great eight selected by our judges to take part in the Grand Final at London 's swish Sheraton Park Tower on Friday , September 18 . |
| 15 | Many of the products manufactured by Noble Metals are mature products with little difference between our product and that manufactured by our competitors . |
| 16 | Perhaps David Hargreaves 's remarks are also somewhat speculative since they rest on no other evidence than that presented by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate ( doubts about which have already been raised ) . |
| 17 | The London surgeons , however , had only 938 beds regularly available ( an average of 19.2 per team ) compared with 988 ( 32.4 per team ) outside London , but they treated 32.7 patients per bed compared with the 26.7 treated by their colleagues outside London ( 49% and 42% , respectively , were elective admissions ) . |
| 18 | Schoolhouses were soon easy to spot by their lack of doors and window frames and dilapidated thatched roofs . |
| 19 | Very often in therapeutic groups they do claim not to , but in fact er the leader does play a very dominant role er and even when the attention shifts to members of course , the fact that all the other members are watching them means that their reactions and what they say and think and do in a group would have been very much constrained by their actions and expectations o of the other members . |
| 20 | Coming from upper Egypt he was known as saidi , and as such seen by his countrymen in lower Egypt as a proud , rather prickly personality , with a strong sense of his own dignity : qualities which were inherited by his son . |
| 21 | This was reaffirmed by the Dutch proposals of September 1991 driven by their Socialist European Minister . |
| 22 | What is more , the incubation it needs is in any case one or two days less than that needed by its hosts ' chicks , so the young cuckoo stands a good chance of appearing before the legitimate chicks do . |
| 23 | It also assumes a drop out rate somewhat higher than that used by its predecessor and , unlike that body , expects growth in the number of general practitioners to continue after 2000 rather than tail off . |
| 24 | For the ballet , we had a polonaise and mazurka from Paquita danced by the Theatre 's famous ballet school , very similar to that danced by our own Royal Ballet school , the youngsters neither better nor worse , but a slightly strange choice for an adult gala . |
| 25 | But in the past five years the economy has been pulled along at an even faster pace than that merited by its industrial over-achievers . |
| 26 | That document was in response to that produced by my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) on devolution and democracy . |
| 27 | Where teachers have sought to accommodate the subject requirements of the National Curriculum , have they achieved a truer balance than that shown by our figures , or has the result been an imbalance even more marked than that which obtained previously ? |
| 28 | ‘ I will have these examined by our experts first thing tomorrow , ’ he said . |
| 29 | The driving impulse was the fear of the development of a " dangerous class " in the cities where children were growing up ill disciplined and ill exampled by their parents . |
| 30 | At this macro level of analysis it has been demonstrated that older people in Britain experience an income level relative to other members of society which is considerably below that enjoyed by their counterparts in Europe and North America ( Hedstrom and Ringen 1987 ) . |