Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came back on the Northern Line , a tall handsome man in a long overcoat and a man whose face was mostly hidden by an upturned collar and a hat pulled well down . |
| 2 | For the language needs of learners can only be effectively solved by a linguistic analysis of their source problems ( Carter , 1982:2 ) . |
| 3 | For Craigendarroch is wholly owned by a major public company , Cannon Street Investments P.L.C. |
| 4 | Callinicos ' criticism of the ‘ postmodern ’ hypothesis contains a range of emphases , the three principal ones of which are : First : advocates of the postmodern in art ( which attains uncommon prominence in so far as the ‘ postmodern ’ is powerfully underwritten by a claimed distinction from Modernism ) , tend to misread the modern and arrogate its defining characteristics to their own period . |
| 5 | Once again , there were several guest players in a New South Wales Country team which performed with great energy and enthusiasm , although the country boys were eventually subdued by a rampant Scottish pack . |
| 6 | The visiting officer found him living in one room which was almost entirely filled by a double bed . |
| 7 | HOWEVER MUCH THE hotel maid sprinkled her lemon scouring powder , the salle de bains ( so designated by a chipped blue-and-white oval enamel plaque ) still smelled of stagnant drains , as if it functioned as an extension of the narrow street outside , where a section of the gutter exuded a steady reek of staleness , sweetish-sour , and not entirely unpleasant to Miranda . |
| 8 | In 1924 , as well as a contribution from Lévy-Bruhl on ‘ Primitive Mentality and Gambling ’ , the Criterion carried Lewis 's ‘ Mr. Zagreus and the Split-Man ’ where , as in Tarr , modern civilization is constantly punctured by a deeper , often clearly anthropological element in a strange world of lustrations , masked figures , and phallic hands . |
| 9 | Even the recent deaths of striped dolphins in the Mediterranean , which began in 1990 ( see BBC WILDLIFE , October 1990 , p701 ; January 1991 , p64 ; October 1991 , p675 ) , were apparently preceded by an algal bloom . |
| 10 | At Mallia , the Central Court existed in the First Temple Period , with rooms ranged at least along its western side ; as at Phaistos and Knossos , the new temple was apparently preceded by an earlier one on the same site . |
| 11 | His position in life , although not a great revenue-earner , was obviously supplemented by an endless supply of young girls who found his lifestyle exciting . |
| 12 | Her speech was warmly applauded by a full chamber . |
| 13 | In fact , it would be true to say that my first impression was of a man entirely dominated by a regular pattern of tight ginger curlicues of hair . |
| 14 | This is all organised by an intracellular organelle called the spindle . |
| 15 | Where until two years ago , the scattering of currants near the door was eagerly awaited by a clamouring mix of blackbirds , starling , robins and a songthrush or two , lately there has been almost an indifference to the largesse . |
| 16 | The research done by the HDRA has shown that the hover flies are much attracted by a bright little annual plant , much beloved in old-style cottage gardens , which rejoices in the delightful common name ‘ poached egg plant ’ , as each whitish flower has a golden yellow centre just like a poached or fried egg . |
| 17 | You mentioned the accounts of the Maxwell Charitable Trust as having five hundred thousand of assets , I saw those accounts for the first time the other day and I found that they had five hundred and one thousand of assets of which er five hundred thousand consisted of a a purely hypothetical transfer of an asset from a Liechtenstein trust to the U K trust and that asset had no valuation done on it as far as I can make out a and no reference to any valuation appeared in the accounts , so we actually had B I M apparently owned by a charitable trust on the face of it with figures of five hundred and one thousand of assets , but in practical accounting terms and valuation terms , no evidence that those five hundred and one thousand pounds er of assets had any valuation approaching that figure . |
| 18 | In 1935 the maximum production for Champagne was set at 50 hectolitres per hectare which could be annually modified by a special commission up or down to suit the specific conditions of the harvest . |
| 19 | A very pretty young woman , smiling shyly , her eyes dipped and her hand extended to touch the stem of a wineglass , is being warmly appraised by a burly , middle-aged man in a hat and overcoat . |
| 20 | Much to Amiss 's chagrin , his eavesdropping was greatly hampered by a new cleaner , who had arrived to do a serious job on the upstairs kitchen . |
| 21 | Alongees are now only made by a few manufacturers . |
| 22 | The Commission and the European Parliament have conducted regular opinion polls over many years to monitor the development of such an identity , but it is still only felt by a small minority of Europeans . |
| 23 | Moscato was obviously hampered by a sprained elbow , acquired early in the game . |
| 24 | My interest in whether they were making much progress towards the glorious flavours beginning to arrive from Australia , New Zealand and Southern America was only somewhat tempered by a certain nervousness on behalf of my liver and my head . |
| 25 | He was busy , my father , with unfinished canvases from art school , generous manuscripts about Beethoven and Medieval painters , a manual typewriter snug enough to fit upon a window ledge , and soup bowls heaped with cheddar cheese goldfish , gently serenaded by an old electric fan as 1 , in my turn , busied myself with Lego upon that slab of perfect marble . |
| 26 | Examination had also revealed several hooded eyes in the head , torso and arms ; all connected by a massive circuitry of unexplainable nerves and sinew which , although with no brain to relay messages still saw them , still swivelled and watched them move about the room as they examined it . |
| 27 | Ireland missed a hatful of opportunities yesterday , as did the French , who were constantly foiled by a magnificent display of goalkeeping from Cork Harlequins player Ivan Bateman . |
| 28 | It was all prepared by a Chinese artist whose work appears in a new exhibition . |
| 29 | There are three restaurants , each on a different floor , all supplied by a central in-house production unit . |
| 30 | Most important , thought Dhuoda , apart from the royal lord himself , were the royal kin : persons to be especially cultivated by an astute and aspiring young man . |