Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] by [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , it is better for both of you if the patient is looked after by several people rather than yourself alone , even if you are not at work and could be with him all day every day . |
| 2 | Once you 've chopped off the top ten , there are mass mi middle , medium sized P L C's , the nine million to fifty million turnover er company and they 're looked after by some by major firms , some more often than not by the second tier firms , so we can see very much and we can penetrate those er that middle market situation , then these are the companies in the future that will er will probably be the big P L C's and also these it will be easier to get into these organisations er with the services that we have to look through to offer . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh horrible creatures , ’ cried Dame Edna with feeling , ‘ to think my darling mother was being looked after by those fiends . |
| 4 | Most of us would prefer when ill or very elderly to be looked after by those we know and love rather than taken to a strange and unfamiliar place . |
| 5 | There have been persistent reports of understaffing at Strangeways , is that one of the issues that will be looked into by this Inquiry ? |
| 6 | But how many know ‘ the reason why ’ Bishop Jonathon Trelawney became a folk hero , although looked upon by many clerics as a worldly , indolent and drunken spendthrift ? |
| 7 | Meanwhile the latter were looked upon by most Russian settlers as fair game to be preyed upon in a variety of ways . |
| 8 | The extent of the crisis in the Soviet economy was illustrated in November and December by the introduction of food rationing in many parts of the country , including Leningrad , its second largest city , and by an international airlift of emergency food aid which was looked upon by some as a national humiliation . |
| 9 | While Robson 's view is , today , largely rejected by academic observers , the agency model is still widely adhered to by many practitioners at local level — both councillors and officers — who in the second half of the 1980s see central controls inhibiting their freedom to act in what they regard as the local interest . |
| 10 | Seemingly , the only criterion adhered to by these ‘ starmakers ’ in signing new talent is not to upset the suits upstairs . |
| 11 | The appalling condition of the highways out of London and in the northern Home Counties is attested to by many travellers of the time , especially Defoe . |
| 12 | The Court held that the acceptance of oral petitions would be legitimate , although this power had never been granted by the Council of the League , was not directly authorised by the mandate agreement , and was strongly objected to by all the mandatory powers . |
| 13 | One particular disclosure that was objected to by many respondents to the Discussion Paper was that of the market value of capital instruments ( other than equity shares ) . |
| 14 | Another situation creating uncertainty as to party status is where reservations have been made to a treaty which have been objected to by some States but not by others . |
| 15 | This was strongly objected to by another person . |
| 16 | I am immediately introducing new measures to ensure that all high-risk premises , which include restaurants , will be looked at by some health officer every six months . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ In Ambleside there are several lodging houses , but it is a matter of surprise to the writer that there are not a greater number , as during the travelling season , when all such houses are full , more are enquired for by those who wish to see the country apart from the bustle , not to speak of the expense , of an inn . |
| 18 | Fortunes have been mixed in Europe , with falling demand from the northern markets — particularly the UK and Germany — being more than compensated for by those of southern Europe . |
| 19 | Hopefully most of these people wash in the morning and use a shower ( those who do n't are probably compensated for by those who take baths ) … 5.3 billion showers equals an annual consumption of something like 160 billion gallons of water a year . |
| 20 | His photograph had also been vouched for by several of the witnesses . |
| 21 | There may be other occasions but these three are vouched for by several different would-be passengers . |
| 22 | Many , perhaps most City employment agencies , rate employees of Harvard and of other licensed dealers cheaply , on the grounds that they are not sought after by many recruitment managers of Stock Exchange member firms . |
| 23 | North Ferriby is an extremely pleasant place in which to live and property is keenly sought after by those wishing to join this village community . |
| 24 | The species was first successfully introduced to Britain independently in 1861 by John G. Veicht , an Exeter nursery-man , and the Scottish plant collector Robert Fortune and was much sought after by those coveting the rare and the curious . |
| 25 | Graduated separatist spaces , women-only spaces , can be moved into by all women . |
| 26 | Such chivalry is rarely met with by such as I , and although I know I should refuse it , for it will put you in debt , I confess I can not . ’ |
| 27 | He could have been done in by some thug who was after the money in his pockets . |
| 28 | The Queen Mother took the reverse stoically , writing to Cazalet a few days after the Grand National : ‘ We will not be done in by this , and will just keep on trying . ’ |
| 29 | In theory , the use of Arabic as the medium of instruction in the medical schools of the Arab world is a long term objective decided upon by all Arab governments . |
| 30 | Thankfully she was attended to by another lady . |