Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports said that the Dec. 6 attack on the mosque was effectively abetted by the guards , some 200 paramilitary troops of the state-controlled Provincial Armed Constabulary ( PAC ) which was known for its pro-Hindu leanings ; they had allegedly stood aside and allowed militants to demolish the mosque 's structure . |
| 2 | In the event , the CEP evidence was eventually given by the individuals responsible under the banner of the then Cornwall-based campaigner George Pritchard , although it would undoubtedly have helped its status to be seen as part of the local councils ' case . |
| 3 | What is the point of maintaining a proper legal framework for trade unions if law-breaking unions can not be properly punished by the courts ? |
| 4 | The arrangement , however , was successfully pressed by the friends of the Duke of Montrose , in order , hopefully , to heal the threat of division in the county , lest feelings of dislike be aroused to the point of threatening the stability of the Montrose interest in parliamentary politics . |
| 5 | Self 's victory was bitterly resented by the engineers and , on his return , Pask tried ( unsuccessfully ) to overturn it . |
| 6 | Two of them , Pompeii and Herculaneum , which were located on the lower flanks of Vesuvius , were particularly badly shaken by the shocks , and some damage was done , but the townspeople were not especially alarmed . |
| 7 | One said that they would be a better fundraiser and one felt a little overwhelmed by the issues . |
| 8 | A number of archers stood ankle-deep in the slush , practising at the butts , whilst others were being mercilessly drilled by the serjeants . |
| 9 | They are intrigued by the process , interested in the machinery and most impressed by the skills of the people . |
| 10 | It was alleged that Khashoggi , who had been extradited from Switzerland in April 1989 , had purchased four Manhattan properties secretly owned by the Marcoses and had backdated the sale documents to evade a New York court order which had frozen the assets of the former dictator and his wife . |
| 11 | Margaret Beckett , the other half of the Treasury team , is a stalwart of the press conference platform and the Labour politician most respected by the Conservatives , although she has not always inspired on the hustings . |
| 12 | All of this was relevant material , properly considered by the police . |
| 13 | The travellers had vowed to stay put , despite a warning they 'd be forcibly evicted by the police . |
| 14 | If the dead live , the living are as dead as the focal statue of the mother and child , for Sir Leicester has no children , and the domestic affections , so prized by the Victorians , have departed from his house . |
| 15 | The problems of demobilization were greatly eased by the Servicemen 's Readjustment Act ( 1944 ) , better known as the GI 's Bill of Rights , whereby war veterans received extensive unemployment payments and educational opportunities . |
| 16 | The result is almost despotic power for the central government and this is as much resented by the colonials as by the natives themselves . ’ |
| 17 | Nell wears those large white Peter Pan collars much favoured by the wives of men involved in sex scandals , when they get photographed on their way to church the Sunday after the story breaks . |
| 18 | Lucy stepped into her warmest black and white trousers and high-necked top , and when the appetising aroma of sizzling bacon and eggs drew her towards breakfast she found the dining-room to be nicely heated by the logs blazing in the large open fireplace . |
| 19 | During the years of their operations , however , they were frequently referred to as Lestai ( Brigands ) or as Sicarii ( Daggermen ) , the name deriving from the sica , a small curved dagger especially favoured by the Zealots for political assassinations . |
| 20 | Invading fans are not only repulsed by the occupants in defence of their home ‘ turf ’ , but also by the police in their pursuit of law and order and the status quo . |
| 21 | Other work , such as McCabe and Mrs Miller , The Long Goodbye , and Nashville , although warmly received by the critics , failed to perform at the box office . |
| 22 | Rivers was warmly received by the dukes , but was arrested early the next morning before the party set off to join the prince . |
| 23 | Rivers was warmly received by the dukes , but was arrested early the next morning before the party set off to join the prince . |
| 24 | By the Middle Ages , Otmoor was already a restricted common , jealously guarded by the inhabitants of its ‘ seven towns ’ . |
| 25 | They were highly regarded by the farmers , both for their local knowledge and their strenuous efforts to have this knowledge understood and used by the MAFF scientists in Whitehall . |
| 26 | Clearly , he was highly regarded by the members of the Lunar Society of Birmingham , one of the most influential provincial scientific societies of Georgian England . |
| 27 | It is unacceptable that women and particularly Black women 's demands and fears should be so dismissed by the police . |
| 28 | Reading and writing lesson — formal but much enjoyed by the children . |
| 29 | Reading and writing lesson — formal but much enjoyed by the children . |
| 30 | The princess was warmly applauded by the scientists for her speech . |