Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [adv] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There followed a series of seven applications to the Divisional Court in England , coupled in some instances with applications for judicial review , each application being launched upon the failure of the last , and each pursued unsuccessfully by way of petition to the House of Lords for leave to appeal . |
| 2 | The timber and the bath and such came across by boat into the bay there , and a fine job they had dragging them up to the house . ’ |
| 3 | They had stood in front of it , all the girls , dancing : bending , stretching , making small movements of their hands and feet , gestures running into one another , perpetual motion bounded by a gilded frame carved into leaves and fruit and tiny coronets , all blackened now by age and by neglect . |
| 4 | If so , Henry II had now by diplomacy achieved cheaply that which eight years earlier he had tried to do by the expensive means of war . |
| 5 | Walcott suggested there was a three-fold division in the House of Commons at this time : the government interest , which comprised placemen , pensioners and those who in other ways were dependent upon the Court for their position ; a large body of independent back-bench MPs ; and a middle group of professional politicians , which could be divided into seven " connections " , each tied together by family and personal relationships and electoral interests , and which were caught in a struggle for power between the " ins " and " outs " . |
| 6 | He also called for those hit hardest by VAT rises to be compensated , urged that the wealthy be called on to pay more and warned Chancellor Norman Lamont against aiming at a general tax level of 20p , saying it was ‘ not manageable ’ . |
| 7 | He also called for those hit hardest by VAT rises to be compensated , urged the wealthy be called on to pay more and warned Chancellor Norman Lamont against aiming at a general tax level of 20p , saying it was ‘ not manageable ’ . |