Example sentences of "[verb] by a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He led her into a large room where a floor-to-ceiling window gave out on a garden dominated by a fountain and a single curving oak , its tracery of branches lavish against the steel grey sky . |
| 2 | Two out of every three parishes were dominated by a squire or a small group of rich farmers . |
| 3 | A bad Goshiki is a hotchpotch fish , whose colours look as though they have been mixed by a five-year-old and applied with a wet rag . |
| 4 | We arrived in Lille as dusk was falling and drove through the centre of the modern sprawling town until we reached the citadel which was surrounded by a moat and an ancient drawbridge . |
| 5 | It is surrounded by a wall that has no equal in the world , and is the largest city in India , nay in the entire Muslim Orient . ’ |
| 6 | There 's a pool surrounded by a sunterrace and a poolside bar which serves drinks and snacks during the day . |
| 7 | It was also nice for our three children , because it was surrounded by a garden that was looked after by the College gardeners . |
| 8 | It was as if she was all alone — a tiny speck on the ocean , surrounded by a galaxy that seemed to stretch out into infinity . |
| 9 | As guests of a Maharajah in one of the great Indian Native States , we were surrounded by an opulence and splendour little changed since the time of Akbar . |
| 10 | Is this a £500,000-a-month ego trip , with Williams in pursuit of the world title that , on present form , seems can only be won by a McLaren-Honda or a Ferrari — or , more to the point , by Ayrton Senna or Alain Prost ? |
| 11 | An election that had been fought by the Conservatives on the issue of , " Who runs the country — government or trade unions ? " , was won by a party that was seen by many as in the pay of the unions and there was the spectre of socialism via the ballot box . |
| 12 | Their house was attacked by a mob and the family were interned for the duration of the war as ‘ enemy aliens ’ . |
| 13 | Being assaulted by the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) on such issues is rather like being attacked by a bread and butter pudding . |
| 14 | The goats are attacked by a troll as they cross a river , and through their cunning and the brute strength of the biggest of them , overcome their assailant and complete the crossing to the lush pasture on the other side . |
| 15 | A woman needed hospital treatment after being attacked by a parrot as she walked her dog at Ashleworth , near Gloucester . |
| 16 | It seems he was attacked by a dog or a fox . |
| 17 | The former breakfast TV star — who was shattered by a sex and drug orgies scandal in 1988 — added : |
| 18 | In the same way Christianity is presupposed by a searcher before it is proved . |
| 19 | Dissatisfaction with and criticism of validation procedures were paralleled by a recognition that the CNAA had succeeded through those procedures in gaining a wide measure of recognition and acceptance for its degrees , and for the institutions where they were offered . |
| 20 | When they found their home occupied by a man and two children , they simply stood in the doorway with faces as empty as begging bowls , and made no complaint . |
| 21 | The car is generally occupied by an idiot or two gazing strictly ahead either with expressions that lead you to think that they are convinced they are doing everyone else a favour , or that they are only sitting down because they have insufficient brain to walk and chew gum at the same time . |
| 22 | In a recent insolvency case before the Court of First Instance , it was claimed by an applicant that disclosing an agreement to a national authority would irreparably damage that party 's relations with its own national government . |
| 23 | Luke 's eyes stared down into hers , his gaze drawing up a veil of heat in her body until she was suffused by a sensation that blocked out everything but his closeness . |
| 24 | St John of God ( Care Services ) Ltd is owned by a charity that operates a hospital . |
| 25 | Oh , I think the story goes on from there , because I do n't think though and this is a personal opinion and I I 'd love the Committee to I do n't know tha that er I M R O ever did get accounts out of Liechtenstein because a year later B I M the m the ownership of it was transferred from Liechtenstein back to England but guess who the the , the owner was transfer to a charitable trust , so we 've got erm a company that is handling the investment management of seven hundred million pounds worth of pension funds which is owned by a charity and the and the accounts that were given to I M R O and these accounts were given to I M R O a year later , were charity commission er type accounts , which evidently showed something like five hundred thousand pounds in that charitable fund and er and no transactions you know , so and that company that was running that was the beneficial owner of our investment company where all the errors took place . |
| 26 | The FSLN leader and former President Daniel Ortega Saavedra rejected a request from the Mexican government that he vacate a mansion in the centre of Managua , originally owned by a banker and his Mexican wife ; the Mexican ambassador was recalled for " consultations " in late May over this issue . |
| 27 | Mr Stone was a committee member of a society which regularly met at a public house owned by a brewery and managed by their employee , Taffe . |
| 28 | However , a distinction is drawn between the position where premises are owned by a company and managed by an employee ( Paterson ) and a case involving premises owned by an individual and managed by another . |
| 29 | There is nothing inconsistent with the Income Tax Acts in recognising and respecting the distinction between property owned by a person as trustee and property owned by him in his own right … |
| 30 | ( ii ) the death of a member has left a recognised body with no member able to exercise voting rights in respect of at least one share in the body provided ( a ) that within three months of the death the recognised body has at least one member able to exercise such voting rights , and ( b ) that until proviso ( a ) has been fulfilled either at least one share in the body is beneficially owned by a solicitor or a recognised body or the only personal representative in respect of at least one share in the body is a solicitor or a recognised body . |