Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [vb pp] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why does it suddenly feel threatened by the contact of its peaceful owner ? |
| 2 | This was done by cross-tabulating the answer to the question : ‘ To what extent did you personally feel threatened by the review ? ’ against all the other items in the questionnaire . |
| 3 | The Directors may , after that period , allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement so to do made by the Company within that period . |
| 4 | The Directors may , after that period , allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement so to do made by the Company within that period . |
| 5 | Others made their way to the coca-growing Chapare region , only to return plagued by the heat and tropical illness . |
| 6 | However , if one maiden is foolish or churlish enough to become upset by the sight of Fossegrim , he could well overturn the boat from spite . |
| 7 | Those condemned to lose soon became irritated by the game ; and to the extent that the winners enjoyed the game , they ceased acting in a comradely spirit . |
| 8 | She soon became intrigued by the possibilities of the medium , acquired practical skills , and went on , in the 1960s , to establish her own portrait studio in Hampstead . |
| 9 | US dollars thus became owned by the exporters to the US . |
| 10 | Even in contemporary Western democracies , a government so powerfully entrenched that it may not feel troubled by the agitation of its enemies , detractors or of its powerless minorities , may court the danger of violent reaction . |
| 11 | Much as many Ethiopians fear and loathe the government , they are calling for more political and economic freedom , and would not feel liberated by the TPLF . |
| 12 | She liked the taste of his mouth , the feel of his tongue caressing hers , but she did not feel threatened by the thought that she might be expected to ‘ go all the way ’ like some poor teenager on a heavy date . |
| 13 | Often a tape is purchased , with the hypnotist 's voice making new suggestions such as ‘ you will be relaxed at the start of your next race ’ , or ‘ when you reach the half-way point in the race , you will find new energy ’ or ‘ when you go to the next committee meeting , you will not feel dominated by the others , but will feel free to express your views without fear ’ : the applications of this technique are endless . |
| 14 | ‘ It is perfectly common in ordinary speech to refer to the child in utero as he , she , him or her and I do not feel driven by the use of such ordinary parlance in this section ( of the act ) to the view which Lord Prosser accepted , that parliament envisaged a person sustaining injuries meaning a person enjoying legal personality . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ White cases ’ ( exceptional ) where reasonable confidence existed that child sexual abuse had probably not occurred differed by the availability of medical evidence to refute the child 's specific complaint . |
| 16 | But it is totally universal as well in that it is also a simple parable , like Dead Poets Society , about the necessity to follow your instincts and not get trapped by the drive to conform . |
| 17 | A range of euphemisms or metaphors may be used , such as the device already noted employed by the wife to hoodwink her husband in La Saineresse and to render him yet more ridiculous . |
| 18 | Had that guess of 3% proved right , GDP should comfortably have expanded by the same amount . |
| 19 | The epidemics of the hot , dry summers of the 1890s probably obscured an underlying decline in infant mortality which may already have begun by the 1880s . |
| 20 | Work on drilling more than 100 anchors should already have started by the time you read this . |
| 21 | Spread of the disease can already have occurred by the time the characteristic abscesses develop . |
| 22 | The chairman of TVL did not seem offended by the implied criticism . |
| 23 | They have enough inner strength not to feel threatened by the demand for child-like dependency implicit in tears ; they will recognize it for what it is , a temporary rather than a permanent threat to their autonomy . |
| 24 | Kate looked back at him consideringly , trying hard not to feel intimidated by the fierce energy that was being directed at her . |
| 25 | She took a deep breath , forced herself not to feel intimidated by the exceptionally well-groomed woman who had just entered the boutique , and ventured in . |
| 26 | It was impossible not to feel mollified by the explanation , although Folly did her best not to show it . |
| 27 | Waiting her turn , trying not to feel overwhelmed by the noise in the bustling concourse , Chesarynth watched how long it took each person ahead of her . |
| 28 | Among orthodox men of learning the biblical axiom that species are fixed entities established by God at the Creation gradually became qualified by the doctrine of plenitude , the Great Chain of Being , which declared that God , as artist creator , would necessarily have created all possible creatures in all possible worlds , and that the creatures which we now know on earth are but a fraction of those which exist in the universe . |
| 29 | In the by-elections , I rapidly became disillusioned by the men who not only ended up taking credit for the Group 's existence but who also displayed a total lack of understanding about issues affecting Asian women in Britain . |
| 30 | Have you ever felt constrained by the male domination of rock music ? |