Example sentences of "[adj] by a [det] " in BNC.

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1 A wrestling stadium was opened in 1933 by a former amateur wrestler and publican to show ‘ free style ’ wrestling from the USA with its commercial flamboyance and parodies of ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ sportsmanship .
2 As my hon. Friend says , it was a variation on the advice offered to the unemployed by a former Tory Minister .
3 At the rear of the church was an old girls school erected in 1818 by a former rector , Archdeacon William Henry Edward Bentinck .
4 The french windows were still open by a few inches .
5 In the end , it was much easier than she had thought to push the silver door open by a few inches and to stand listening , trying to see , trying to hear , trying to feel the lingering dark presence .
6 The other parties to contest the 1989 election were the Botswana People 's Party ( BPP ) ; the Botswana Independence Party ( BIP , Motsamai Mpho l. ) ; the Botswana Freedom Party ( BFP , formed in September 1989 by a former BNF member of parliament ) ; the Botswana Progressive Union ( BPU ) and the Botswana Liberal Party ( BLP ) .
7 His body was not as solid and stable as it should be and he was frequently off-line by a few degrees .
8 Jeff received a further 2.5-year sentence last week for trying to strangle Kathy after hearing a false rumour that she was pregnant by a former client .
9 The launching of the United Nations Decade for Women began in Britain with the passing of Equal Pay and Anti-Sex Discrimination legislation , and so long as women 's demands were not seen as too extreme , and were easily satisfied by a few minor modifications in the administration of sexual injustice , then the liberal socialist establishment seemed happy to make the appropriate gestures .
10 The Algerian Movement for Justice and Development was formed in November 1990 by a former Prime Minister , Col. Kasdi Merbah , who had resigned in October from the central committee of the FLN .
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