Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Playing the Little Sweep , his clothes were to be ripped off one by one by the Big Sweep and Assistant Sweep -played by the headmaster and French master — as they sang three verses , and then he was to be thrown up the chimney . |
| 2 | It is somewhat eased for some by the student loans system . |
| 3 | As leader of the Church Edward the Confessor played his part , though not perhaps very adequately , since he left on his death an archbishop of Canterbury who was not recognized as such by the pope . |
| 4 | Its degrees , diplomas and other qualifications are equal to those of any other university and are recognized as such by employers and professional bodies . |
| 5 | Terms with dual meanings , for example , intelligence ( either an individual 's analytical and reasoning abilities or information on an adversary ) must be recognized as such by the searcher . |
| 6 | And they were able to place that subsequently because it was a , was a relevant thing that people wanted to read , and it was recognized as such by the organizations concerned . |
| 7 | On April 9 the government adopted a decree restoring ownership of land and property nationalized during 1947-62 by acts of the Council of Ministers . |
| 8 | Although Phil Ramage made a fighting 53 , the home team were dismissed for 116 by Dave Pennock ( 3 for 27 ) and Steve Donlan ( 3 for 18 ) . |
| 9 | Responses of the type 0.4 = ¼ were given by around 13 per cent of pupils to most of the questions where a decimal was presented , but 2.3 was given as ⅔ by 45 per cent of pupils . |
| 10 | The majority of the people from the Caribbean , and to a lesser extent from Africa , are of ‘ mixed race ’ although they are not regarded as such by professionals and transracial adopters . |
| 11 | The long list of townships claimed for disafforestment had in fact remained in the Forest since the beginning of Henry III 's personal rule , and had been acknowledged and treated as such by judges and juries at successive Forest Eyres . |
| 12 | Their paths were to cross quite frequently with commando raids , but Commando formations were uniformed military forces — as mentioned earlier — if not always treated as such by their enemies . |
| 13 | The very act of concluding a conflicting treaty would constitute breach and could be treated as such by its other parties . |
| 14 | The defeated Arab states , fearful of being picked off one by one , insisted on indirect and collective negotiations . |
| 15 | Relatively strong private sector unions were picked off one by one . |
| 16 | Primary subject syllabuses were reviewed and recast during 1963 by subject panels largely composed of experienced teacher trainers and inspectors , moderated and in some degree co-ordinated by an advisory committee , edited in the Inspectorate and issued in 1965 . |
| 17 | Miss Barrett was rouged after all by indignation . |
| 18 | Potentially damaging foreign influences were minimized after 1640 by cutting off the country from virtually all contact with the outside world . |
| 19 | Besides , she had been caught like that by a man once before . |
| 20 | Another horizontal effect of the Famine that was also hard to check was the spread of disease , carried above all by refugees . |
| 21 | Full of admiration and impressed above all by the signs of Nietzsche 's originality of mind and literary power , he saw in him a new kind of worker for the cultural cause with which he identified his own ambitions : " Now you must show what philology is for , and help me bring about the grand " renaissance " … |
| 22 | Many weak companies were attracted into these by the low interest charge , but when the share price did not perform they were then faced with huge , and sometimes non-tax deductible , interest premiums to pay . |
| 23 | It is sadder still that the weight of being given funding may soon be lifted from FAB by the London Borough 's Grants Unit proposal to cut FAB 's grant . |
| 24 | Although it was embellished in 1750 by John Browne , Forston Manor was already extremely sophisticated for a house of its size at the time , for it has some details that are ‘ Baroque ’ , a style that often moved rectangles into curves . |
| 25 | Another widely used test is the Feagley Library Orientation Test for College Freshmen designed in 1955 by Ethel M Feagley and others . |
| 26 | This is the ornate Lion Bowl , designed in 1688 by the Rapperswil goldsmith Heinrich Dumeisen ( 1653–1723 ) . |
| 27 | The neo-Renaissance palazzo designed in 1902 by McKim , Mead & White for the legendary financier , philanthropist and collector J. Pierpont Morgan ( 1837–1913 ) is one of the city 's most treasured landmarks . |
| 28 | The first Aeronca , a 26 hp single-seat device , was designed in 1928 by one J.A . |
| 29 | Duncombe Park was designed in 1713 by William Wakefield for Thomas Duncombe , whose descendants still own the property today . |
| 30 | This was designed in 1684 by J. D. Canevalle and in 1696 M. V. Jäckel carved the statues . |