Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further step was taken at Birmingham in 1930 when the Conference instructed the National Administrative Council : to reconstruct the ILP Parliamentary Group on the basis of acceptance of the policy of the ILP as laid down by decisions of Annual Conference and as interpreted by the NAC. and to limit endorsements of future ILP Parliamentary candidates to nominees who accept this basis . |
| 2 | The real estate descended to the heir in accordance with rules laid down by statutes of 1833 and 1859 . |
| 3 | Ministers from time to time make statements seeming to indicate to judges generally what sentencing policy should be , within the range of punishments laid down by statutes for different crimes . |
| 4 | They will have to be slowed down by moderators to the energy required , and then guided to the instruments in which the scientists will study their materials . |
| 5 | As representatives of the ranks of the great unfashionable made their way to their seats weighed down by crates of lager , it was clear , at the band 's first British appearance for seven years , that paunches may come and full heads of hair may go , but times do n't change . |
| 6 | Cuchulain legends , written down by monks in the early Middle Ages , are full of taboos broken with dire results , totem animals and other Apache touches . |
| 7 | We could see the barbaric scenery about us , the tumbled mass of vegetation , with every tree weighted down by chains of epiphytes and climbers . |
| 8 | The communist leadership of Chechen-Ingushetia , which had supported the August coup , was brought down by demonstrations in August in the capital , Grozny . |
| 9 | The boozy cook got the trots after a late night meal of undercooked seafood washed down by lashings of wine . |
| 10 | He was howled down by monarchists of right and left , and the house switched its attention to another speaker . |
| 11 | Even before the strike started , rioting erupted in Beirut and other cities , and the Tyre home of Finance Minister Ali al-Khalil was burned down by demonstrators on May 5 . |
| 12 | It stood unused for some time and was burnt down by vandals in 1970 . |
| 13 | ( Light is slowed down by interactions with the air molecules . ) |
| 14 | smacked down by figures of authority . |
| 15 | Or perhaps another of the cai living quarters had again been burned down by coolies in one of the other villages ? |
| 16 | That is they can be broken down by bacteria to inert residues . |
| 17 | There is a comfortable sitting room , with beams and an inglenook fireplace with bricks worn down by centuries of knife sharpening . |
| 18 | A TERRIFIED youngster was chased and run down by teenagers on a motorcycle as he played with friends in a park . |
| 19 | BAR-SUR-SEINE : Beds of marl and calcareous marl ( Upper and Middle Kimmeridgian ) covered by Portlandian calcareous rocks broken down by frosts in the glacial period , providing excellent surface drainage , yet reserves of water for deep penetrating roots . |
| 20 | She made to run across and pull him away but was knocked down by chunks of falling masonry . |
| 21 | Fenton was tracked down by police after leaving the vital clue at the third burglary . |
| 22 | We knew these and other shows so word-perfect that we knew when a mistake was made , and noticed all the ‘ ad libs ’ put in by actors like George Robey , W. H. Berry , Alfred Lester , and Nelson Keys . ’ |
| 23 | From Glarus a canton shut in by mountains on three sides a circular return to Schwyz by train is possible , or by postbus to Altdorf or Fluelen via the Klausen Pass , the reverse of the route next to be described . |
| 24 | By the nineteenth century it was a highly respectable area lived in by bankers amongst others . |
| 25 | Kemp was discharged the same day , but Raynsford — the more seriously injured — was kept in by doctors until Monday . |
| 26 | The Glen came down from their right turgid and fast , shut in by hills on either side , round the rim of the Cheviots and the great curving flank of Yeavering Bell , and across their front to empty itself into the Till . |
| 27 | Finnegan has been under investigation after detectives were called in by creditors of North of England Investments who lost money in the company which collapsed last year . |
| 28 | It goes without saying that a great urban conurbation such as Nottingham can not and must not have its affairs meddled in by councillors from Mansfield , Worksop and Retford who , although loyal Nottinghamshire people , have no community of interest in our great city and who , not surprisingly , want their towns to have as much of the county cake as they can get . |
| 29 | None of these pupils had used a diagram to assist them to obtain their answers , although a few diagrams were found among the descriptions of methods sent in by teachers in one liaison group . |
| 30 | Suppose indeed that we were hedged in by limitations of comprehension we could not comprehend ? |