Example sentences of "[adj] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A key assumption is that the money supply is exogenous — uninfluenced by economic activity — but is controllable by the monetary authorities . |
| 2 | Unsuited by the muddling gallop last time , he was most impressive when winning at Chepstow . |
| 3 | Out-and-out stayer Belmount Captain , unsuited by the slow early gallop at Ascot last time , looks best of the remainder . |
| 4 | 3.05:THE lightly-raced HIGHLAND DRESS made an impressive belated debut at Newbury last month , and was not disgraced when unsuited by the slow gallop at Newmarket eight days ago . |
| 5 | When peers are becoming absorbed by the new life-style that a baby brings , a couple may feel left behind if they do not embark on this too . |
| 6 | Isambard 's deep eyes flashed to Harry 's face and lingered there , untroubled by the naked hate and defiance that stared back at him . |
| 7 | First , whether in or out , we would bear the cost of supporting the economies which had been made non-viable by the single currency . |
| 8 | The finest Cycladic products of the time are huge jars decorated with figure-scenes not painted but in relief , the best from Mykonos with panels on the body showing warriors putting women and children to the sword : a savage view of the sack of Troy , as is made clear by the superb rendering on the neck of the Wooden Horse ( fig.10 ) . |
| 9 | We will bring forward proposals for reform of the Sunday Trading laws once the legal position has been made clear by the European Court of Justice . |
| 10 | Somervillians have never lacked energy , as was made clear by the first of ourJills of All Trades , Ruth Spalding . |
| 11 | It was clear by the late 1950s that TV , like radio before it , would provide the ‘ main facts ’ and the latest news , and that people wanted to follow up the details in a newspaper . |
| 12 | That the two were incompatible was clear by the late 1140s but this of itself would not have brought about the annulment . |
| 13 | However , as was made clear by the Divisional Court , the release of a life sentence prisoner is solely at my discretion and it is for me to decide , after receiving the Parole Board 's recommendation and after consulting the judiciary as required by section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , when actual release should take place . |
| 14 | The limitations to this structure were already clear by the 1960s , and an attempt was made to shift back towards lighter industries and consumer goods . |
| 15 | Ten years later , in 1935 , the year of McDougall 's retirement another attempt at explanation was made in that year 's annual report : In view of the fact that there appears to be a feeling in some quarters that the British Deaf and Dumb Association has outlived its usefulness the executive committee desires to make the position clear by the following statement : The British Deaf and Dumb Association is the oldest National Organisation for the Deaf in the country . |
| 16 | It is hoped that the situation will become clear by the next issue when a full report can be made . |
| 17 | So there was no entrance there and all they could do was clear by the main lodge . |
| 18 | However , it was also clear by the mid-to-late 1980s that there were drawbacks with UDG . |
| 19 | The hamlet , whose name probably means ‘ badger-copse ’ , was recorded in 1251 , though of course it may be much older in origin ; the surname had no doubt become hereditary by the following century . |
| 20 | The cash , provided interest-free by the Government-run Levy Board , has helped to fund urgent fire and safety improvements at the track . |
| 21 | The treatment accorded to the FIATA combined transport bill of lading ( ’ FBL ’ ) in the UCP has generated controversy because unlike BIMCO and NVOCC bills of lading , the FBL , even though issued by freight forwarders , was singled out as acceptable by the 1983 UCP . |
| 22 | I think ideas like that have not been readily acceptable by the Labour Group and |
| 23 | Clearance and redevelopment took their toll in a planning system which decreed that the densities deemed acceptable by the Victorian house builders were not appropriate for the late twentieth century . |
| 24 | Now , with the tide driven high by the approaching storm , it was hardly visible . |
| 25 | His room , moonlit by the silver-flooded windows . |
| 26 | There 's a block of maisonettes in one of Coventry 's most notorious rough " estates ; it looks almost , but not quite , like the others around it , a grey wall of dwellings , unrelieved by the only thing which humanises most estates , whether council or private , greenery , gardens and window boxes . |
| 27 | Embarrassed by the rash declamatory urgency of his past with The Jam , Weller wants to leave behind adolescence , and ‘ progress ’ from gauche to smooth . |
| 28 | Ministers had hoped that arguments over the killings would not be re-opened , but maintained they were not embarrassed by the European Commission on Human Rights ' ruling that there was a case to be answered . |
| 29 | In fact , and not just to all appearance , the Politburo was embarrassed by the KAL affair . |
| 30 | Embarrassed by the consequent outburst of criticism from doctors , lawyers and many Republicans that the abortion gag rule violated women 's right to privacy , Bush had directed Roger Porter , his chief domestic policy adviser , to work with Republican senator John Chafee ( Rhode Island ) in devising a legislative compromise that would avoid a veto battle . |