Example sentences of "[adv] by a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often difficult to show on the model precisely how the components interact ( eg by a transfer of information or resources ) , particularly when drawing high-level models where such interactions may be extremely complex . |
| 2 | Restrictions are a warning that there is some restriction on the powers of dealing with a registered property by the registered proprietor ; eg by a tenant for life . |
| 3 | The last glacial period , the Weichsel glaciation , is represented upstream by a terrace which rises about 30 m ( 100 ft ) above the river at Sisteron . |
| 4 | The Club is run entirely by a committee of pupils , under the supervision of . |
| 5 | Convocation is at present financed entirely by a grant made by the University , in recognition of its statutory function . |
| 6 | Once again , the community , like that of the termites , is bound together by a system of chemical messages , the pheromones , perpetually circulating within the hive , which inform all the inhabitants of the state of the population and of the absence or presence of the queen . |
| 7 | He had an artificial jaw held together by a gold armature , and his twisted smile revealed two solid rows of gold teeth . |
| 8 | Inside is a thick sheaf of dog-eared papers , held together by a Treasury tag in the standard Civil Service manner . |
| 9 | These three different risk factors are connected together by a cost factor . |
| 10 | On the contrary , according to the Middle East International of Feb. 22 , in the occupied territories the supporters of the PLO and those of its rival , the strongly Islamic Hamas , were brought together by a blend of secular nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism similar to that achieved by the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein . |
| 11 | The point is , only one of the two can come out of his little door at any one time , not just because that would make impossible weather , but because the two little men are joined together by a metal bar : one has to stay in if the other one is out . |
| 12 | When Maxim Gorki as a young man read a story by Guy de Maupassant , he marvelled ‘ why the plain , familiar words put together by a man into a story about the uninteresting life of a servant moved me so ’ . |
| 13 | Budgie was a great part and I loved playing Frank Carver in Love Hurts erm and I did n't when when I was asked to do i , well w actually i it was n't a series , the writers and I were put together by a man called Alan who 's now my partner in Alfie as well he 's and he asked me why was n't I working and would he would I mind being put together with the two writers . |
| 14 | It 's a frustrating exercise to wander backwards and forwards through a full-sized abstract , its plans and pages held together by a thread or a rusty pin , pursuing some trivial and tedious point . |
| 15 | Marx , like his contemporaries , seems to have been much struck by the description of a huge empire run without the aid of literacy but held together by a mixture of ruthless military power and religion . |
| 16 | The conference would become a rally before which John Major must perform , reading from a thirty-minute script cobbled together by a squad of clever young men . |
| 17 | In the dark we 're strung together by a rope . |
| 18 | We can imagine the formation of such a chemical bond as requiring that a spring be compressed to bring the substances close to one another , at which point they are held together by a catch , as the jack is held in a jack-in-the-box . |
| 19 | I worked my way along the haphazard-looking perimeter fence formed from the tombs of kings and bishops ; all one piece , all stitched together by a web of carved stone and iron railings . |
| 20 | Their bold melodies and huge , happy harmonies are held together by a crisp , springy backbeat , with the simple songs benefiting from the uncluttered arrangements and straightforward treatment . |
| 21 | It has been put together by a group of younger supporters , and the first issue comes complete with a free disabled driver sticker which should make parking at away games much easier . |
| 22 | ‘ O1a , amigo mio , ’ he whispered , watching the man 's shoulder-blades leap as if dragged together by a ten-ton truck . |
| 23 | Two lives are bound together by a cord , and if this were to be broken prematurely , one would die . |
| 24 | This triple-edged razor is probably put together by a bunch of names that we 're already familiar with and on a label strong enough to propel it into the club circus , but if it is n't it does n't matter ; there 's a future here if this is a first attempt . |
| 25 | Over 300lbs of oscillating blubber held modestly together by a taffeta jock-strap which serves to keep one cheek from slapping the other — the whole lot topped by a hairstyle which looks like a Sainsbury 's Catherine Wheel . |
| 26 | Anderston was a warren of narrow gas-lit streets , of tenements linked together by a spider 's web of overhead tram wires , swaying in the wind above the cobbles . |
| 27 | The data , not previously available to Western scientists , was put together by a team at the University of East Anglia 's climatic research unit . |
| 28 | Yes , that was how he would draw them : soldered together by a mother 's love . |
| 29 | The fire at Broad Bay View , Back , was discovered at 8am by a neighbour . |
| 30 | How far would Rock Hudson have got if his true proclivities , hidden so long by a succession of girlfriends provided by the studios , had been known ? |