Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three United States citizens and a member of the Peruvian National Police involved in Peru 's anti-drug programme died near the village of Madre Mía in the Alto Huallaga valley on Jan. 12 , when their US-donated helicopter was shot down by alleged terrorists . |
| 2 | Mr Mukhametshin has been repeatedly let down by Russian suppliers , which in turn forces Anis to let down foreign customers . |
| 3 | The irony is , of course , that British farmers are also tied down by European quotas . |
| 4 | Waiters scurry to and from their cafes and tavernas , weighed down by great trays of food and drink , tripping over cats and noisily claiming right of way over passing cars . |
| 5 | or where they set tables down by small rivers , |
| 6 | By now in his eighties , Yusuf would never again return to Spain — he too had been worn down by long years of struggle to remove the thorn of El Cid from his side . |
| 7 | The situation that , that a lot of people find themselves in nowadays , now er council housing is no longer available to an awful lot of people , is that they 're at the mercy of private landlords , and in order to have any kind of home they have to go along this sort of conditions and rent levels laid down by private landlords . |
| 8 | Three of the dead , including two policemen , were shot overnight and the other six were gunned down by masked snipers as they made their way in a crowd of thousands of peace protesters into the city centre . |
| 9 | English observers felt England had improved and that they dominated periods of the game but were let down by defensive errors . |
| 10 | Coun Richmond asked councillors to vote for more talks with the disabled who he felt had been let down by late changes to the scheme . |
| 11 | Martyrdom became an important theme as Pearse became disillusioned with the language movement , worn down by financial worries , and increasingly political : W. B. Yeats [ q.v. ] thought him ‘ a dangerous man ; he has the vertigo of self-sacrifice ’ . |
| 12 | It 's our biggest insurer of local authorities and has been hit by huge payouts , including those for schools burned down by young arsonists . |
| 13 | He said American Airlines wanted to take on more transatlantic routes , but had been bogged down by bilateral agreements between the British and U.S. governments which had still not been finalised . |
| 14 | The extracellular matrix laid down by microbial cells in microbial biosensors will show a more random orientation of structural components , but these can also have a dominant influence on the flux of the product and the substrate . |
| 15 | It was a dignified and deeply moving occasion , the funerals of five ordinary people leading ordinary lives until they were gunned down by Loyalist terrorists . |
| 16 | Having played little part in the August riots ( epitomised by the derisory slogan , ‘ IRA — I Ran Away ’ ) , old IRA men came out of retirement ( Rose , 1972 ) and ‘ there was a steady stream of recruits from young men who had seen houses and streets burnt down by Loyalist mobs and who 'd been unable to prevent them ’ ( Farrell , 1980:267 ) . |
| 17 | A TEENAGER was gunned down by sectarian killers yesterday — as his mother pleaded with them to shoot her instead . |
| 18 | Or he could be following a highway of pheromonal signals laid down by fellow members of his species — a trail leading to food , maybe . |
| 19 | Ms Morrell attempts damage limitation by telling her boss to keep his mouth shut and not rock the boat , but on he goes collecting more enemies and being let down by erstwhile friends . |
| 20 | Outside the building there were skirmishes among several thousand protesters when a minority attempted to protect the East German flag , which was hauled down by other demonstrators and replaced with the hammer and compass emblem cut out . |
| 21 | The population of aphids is normally kept down by other animals that feed on them . |
| 22 | After all , at this end of the market where incomes are low and where applicants for credit may well have been turned down by other types of lender , lenders may feel that they have to discriminate particularly carefully to be sure of recovering their money . |
| 23 | Only three of Armenia 's fleet of seven helicopters remained , the rest having been shot down by Azerbaijani forces claiming that they were used for military purposes . |
| 24 | A tradition passed down by early historians of the Dominican Order would make Alexander already a teacher of theology at Toulouse in 1215 , when his lectures were attended by the order 's founder , St Dominic . |
| 25 | The sounds , laid down by resident DJs Ali Cooke and Ralph Lawson with high-profile guests , are slinky house and garage , although the eclectic ‘ tribal-acid-funk ’ mix in the upper room might feature Nirvana , The Cult or Duran Duran . |
| 26 | The bus rocked and skidded to a halt ; a horse-drawn delivery van close behind them swerved violently — the horse reared , its front hooves lashing wildly in thin air — someone screamed , the frightened horse whinnied and plunged and Mabel , struck down by flying hooves , lay motionless upon the roadway as one wheel of the van ran over her breast , and her life 's blood dribbled away into the gutter . |
| 27 | AN application for outline permission to erect a detached house at 90 London Road , Holybourne has been turned down by local planners . |
| 28 | Darlington 's Conservative MP , Michael Fallon , said : ‘ It is far more important to get the valuations right rather than fulfil time limits set down by local councils . ’ |
| 29 | Second , I agree with the suggestion made by Martin Howe that there should be an express list laid down by national parliaments of protected matters which no Community law should be allowed to affect . |
| 30 | Once people have been diagnosed as suffering from food poisoning , or have been struck down by viral infactions and diseases caused by doubtful practices , it is necessary for somebody to step in and legislate for the industry . |