Example sentences of "[adv] by [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such lapses were seized upon eagerly by Lewis 's jealous academic colleagues . |
| 2 | Brynllys has been farmed organically by Rachel 's family since 1942 , but until 1982 all the milk went off in the tanker with everybody else 's , putting the lie to the old chestnut that organic producers must have a premium . |
| 3 | Sandy drew breath to scream but she was stopped halfway by Alina 's clamped-down hand , which filled her mouth and lungs with the rank taste of stagnant water . |
| 4 | Female exclusion from science and technology , even if it is apparently by girls ' own choice , also means that as citizens their ability to understand and control their environment is limited . |
| 5 | Films In Review insisted it was ‘ a disgusting example of the nastiness that has recently become part of the nihilism promoted by those films which are put together by Britain 's modmonsters ( infantile leftists , smarty-pant degenerates , jungle-&-junkie-headed rock-n-folkas , addled well-meaners et al ) ’ . |
| 6 | We think there is very strong ground for saying that it does , and that by recognising both potential criminal origins in section 211 and then by channelling all judicial review applications together by section 21K under Order 53 , the legislature was providing for all . |
| 7 | Simpson had the backing of an unlikely alliance of radicals and moderates , driven together by Crofton 's rigid principles and choleric nature , and Cromwell and the council upheld his claims . |
| 8 | But she was reassured when Ianthe came into the room , and her observant eye took in every detail of Ianthe 's ladylike but hardly fashionable appearance-the hair smooth and neat , gathered into a little roll at the back — the dress of a rather uninteresting shade of blue , with the skirt a good two inches too long by Penelope 's standards — the stockings with seams , and the shoes with sensible heels and rounded toes . |
| 9 | He was smitten not especially by Sandra 's looks , but by her whole demeanour , and those who were around at the time must have thought he had understated his feelings when he said later , ‘ It was a no-big-deal act for me . |
| 10 | Webb-Bowen had about him that healthy gloss which derives from subscriptions paid annually by Coutt 's banker 's order to either BUPA or PPP . |
| 11 | The guarantees , usually secured against the member 's house or some other asset , can be drawn down by Lloyd 's if demands to provide money for paying insurance claims have not been met . |
| 12 | THE CHOICE of Sardinia — now confirmed as the venue for the opening stages of England 's 1990 World Cup campaign — satisfies the requirement laid down by Britain 's Minister for Sport , Mr Colin Moynihan , that these matches ought to be played ‘ on an island where the problem can be contained . ’ |
| 13 | The relay satellites , each of which can relay 300 million bits of information , or about five million words , per second , were needed to handle the massive flow of data collected and immediately beamed down by Spacelab 's instruments . |
| 14 | At times , when they were tired and worn down by Iran 's ever escalating requests , the Americans were ready to promise almost anything to get the hostages out . |
| 15 | SHELL-SHOCKED West Ham missed the chance to steal second place from Division One promotion rivals Tranmere last night after being shot down by Rovers ' ace marksman John Aldridge . |
| 16 | Some second-tier agencies have adopted a kind of ratings machismo that promises investors harsher verdicts than those handed down by Moody 's and S&P . |
| 17 | The boy knelt down by Philip 's wreck of a trap . |
| 18 | You left the cinema your hand in your pocket clutching a non-existent ‘ rod ’ , you went rat a tat tat Chicago piano machine gun style and did a James Cagney hoodlum staggering along the pavement with your hands to your chest until you collapsed into a doorway mown down by gangsters ' bullets crying for Pat O'Brien or Joan Blondell to take the message to ma . |
| 19 | Of all the Royal Family , it is the Queen Mother who has felt most let down by Fergie 's behaviour . |
| 20 | If the same duty was owed to those from within as to those from without the area , the adoption of criteria for selection which distinguished between them plainly conflicted with the express statutory duty laid down by section 6(5) . |
| 21 | US invasion bogged down by Noriega 's resistance . |
| 22 | ‘ What is it ? ’ he said , crouching down by Prentice 's side . |
| 23 | There was a distinct possibility that it could sink without trace , weighed down by listeners ' indifference , or , of course , it might possibly cause a public outcry , disgusting not merely Tunbridge Wells . |
| 24 | On a loose rein however , slowed down by Theodora 's seat and guided by her legs , he began after a bit to do better . |
| 25 | And , I 've never known these people put the car down by George 's ! |
| 26 | They set the wheelchair down by Carlie 's footstool . |
| 27 | Unschooled Wolof children know when to make certain things explicit in their own culture ; it would appear that they are not triggered off to do so by Greenfield 's questions . |
| 28 | Maxim grinned , surprised less by George 's attitude than by his knowledge of such parts of London . |
| 29 | Sucked in by Japan 's juggernaut economy , they take the jobs disdained by an affluent Japanese workforce . |
| 30 | It is blatantly obvious here that Mitch has been taken in by Blanche 's deception . |