Example sentences of "[adj] by [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first of these was converted from the abbey to great house in a very short time , a transaction made easier by Browne 's use of the abbot 's lodging as the centre of his new house . |
| 2 | Their withdrawal was followed in 1885 by Italy 's occupation of the hot humid seaport of Massawa , from which the Italians cast covetous eyes on the cool uplands . |
| 3 | The member of parliament did not give up his efforts to find a place for the young officer , but the close connection between parliamentary politics and placement was made abundantly clear by Scott 's insistence to his correspondent that the young man 's father , a Dundee councillor , would first have to make clear ‘ whether he is to be friendly ’ to the politician . |
| 4 | Tennis : Lendl is left in the clear by Becker 's withdrawal |
| 5 | They carry both cargo and people ; the two travel under much the same conditions , and are generally indistinguishable by journey 's end . |
| 6 | The trippers were given a civic send-off by Middlesbrough 's deputy Mayor , Coun Frank Platt . |
| 7 | Commentators claimed that Mubarak was enraged and embarrassed by Iraq 's invasion , after he had announced in late July [ see p. 37632 above ] that Saddam had assured him that Iraqi forces would not move into Kuwait . |
| 8 | Alejandro was so staggered by Fantasma 's progress that he decided to waive his prejudice against greys ; not so much that he was prepared to get on her back , but he spent a considerable time wondering how he could flog Fantasma to a rich patron without them finding out how vicious and unmanageable the mare could be when she was away from Luke . |
| 9 | Inside , Webb 's work was altered a little in the 1830s by George 's son , Robert Henry , who chose to replace the staircase . |
| 10 | Suragai was obviously relieved by Burun 's reaction . |
| 11 | Cats left well-off by widow 's will |
| 12 | Behind so many faces which are so seemingly self-assured there lies tragedy as yet untouched by Christ 's love and we , the church-as-a-force , have the costly privilege of being Christ 's channels . |
| 13 | Their accountants ' fees , including bookkeeping services , were £1,000 a month , payable by banker 's order . |
| 14 | Joseph was alarmed by Monteith 's message , and bewildered that he could have been so misunderstood at the previous council . |
| 15 | Clearly Osbern thought there was still much to do ; he must have seen Anselm 's succession to the archbishopric as a new hope for the Anglo-Saxon past , and he was greatly alarmed by Anselm 's delay in accepting . |
| 16 | The explosiveness of these articles by Nizan is doubtless explained as much by Nizan 's anger at the reporting restrictions imposed by the Garde des Sceaux on sub judice matters affecting fascist infiltration in France , as it is by his visceral fear and hatred of what he considers to be the terrible consequences of the spread of fascism within his homeland . |
| 17 | 1988 The fact that Diana is bored by Charles 's polo obsession is now common knowledge and , significantly , the kiss on the mouth has now been reduced to a mere peck on the cheek . |
| 18 | Manager Kevin Keegan was delighted by Kristensen 's form as the 28-year-old tasted 90 minutes of first-team action for the first time in more than a year . |
| 19 | Delighted by Amaranth 's success , Charles Harvey ran down two flights of stairs and plunged into the press room behind the platform . |
| 20 | Clelia did not pretend not to be delighted by Clara 's delight . |
| 21 | It was Diane who proposed that they should go over and take a look at the labs where Jenner had worked and Reynolds agreed , more than a little relieved that they were returning to the main subject ; he was made uncomfortable by Diane 's self revelation and the way in which it had begun to erode his easy preconceptions of her and her ‘ type ’ . |
| 22 | It was not merely that many people were dismayed by Labour 's tax plans : they also felt a wider and deeper sense of mistrust , that Labour 's numbers on revenue and spending simply did not add up . |
| 23 | Convinced by Rubbia 's dynamism and unique art of persuasion , CERN agreed in 1978 to convert the SPS to a proton-antiproton collider . |
| 24 | well I am convinced by Andrew 's explanation erm I would like to say in terms of when we look at the staff costs against budget , and we came in at only eleven thousand pounds less , er I think that is a erm that we , we , we can congratulate our business manager , on the good control that 's been exercised over the past year . |
| 25 | Those wavering voters who were made nervous by Kinnock 's Boyo Valley exuberance are comforted by the dignified but determined way in which Mr Smith , the Edinburgh attorney par excellence , reassures them that , as it were , not only will they get the house , they 'll get custody of the children as well . |
| 26 | He was bewildered by McCann 's behaviour and felt too inexperienced to accept nomination to the committee . |
| 27 | He was as bewildered by Maidstone 's behaviour as Sandison was . |
| 28 | The modern reader is likely to be particularly confused by Hilton 's discussion of Meditatio , the third great monastic practice . |
| 29 | In the Shatt al-Arab , Iran had been accommodated in 1975 by Iraq 's acceptance of the thalweg principle as applicable throughout the length of the waterway ( and not in part only , as under the provisions of Constantinople ( see below ) in 1913 and the treaty negotiated between the two countries in 1937 ) . |
| 30 | Tries by Underwood and Morris were backed-up by Webb 's boot as the English pack bolstered by Richards , came back in the second-half for a record victory . |