Example sentences of "[adj] by the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A key assumption is that the money supply is exogenous — uninfluenced by economic activity — but is controllable by the monetary authorities . |
| 2 | Unsuited by the muddling gallop last time , he was most impressive when winning at Chepstow . |
| 3 | 3.05:THE lightly-raced HIGHLAND DRESS made an impressive belated debut at Newbury last month , and was not disgraced when unsuited by the slow gallop at Newmarket eight days ago . |
| 4 | When peers are becoming absorbed by the new life-style that a baby brings , a couple may feel left behind if they do not embark on this too . |
| 5 | Isambard 's deep eyes flashed to Harry 's face and lingered there , untroubled by the naked hate and defiance that stared back at him . |
| 6 | First , whether in or out , we would bear the cost of supporting the economies which had been made non-viable by the single currency . |
| 7 | The finest Cycladic products of the time are huge jars decorated with figure-scenes not painted but in relief , the best from Mykonos with panels on the body showing warriors putting women and children to the sword : a savage view of the sack of Troy , as is made clear by the superb rendering on the neck of the Wooden Horse ( fig.10 ) . |
| 8 | We will bring forward proposals for reform of the Sunday Trading laws once the legal position has been made clear by the European Court of Justice . |
| 9 | However , as was made clear by the Divisional Court , the release of a life sentence prisoner is solely at my discretion and it is for me to decide , after receiving the Parole Board 's recommendation and after consulting the judiciary as required by section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , when actual release should take place . |
| 10 | Ten years later , in 1935 , the year of McDougall 's retirement another attempt at explanation was made in that year 's annual report : In view of the fact that there appears to be a feeling in some quarters that the British Deaf and Dumb Association has outlived its usefulness the executive committee desires to make the position clear by the following statement : The British Deaf and Dumb Association is the oldest National Organisation for the Deaf in the country . |
| 11 | It is hoped that the situation will become clear by the next issue when a full report can be made . |
| 12 | So there was no entrance there and all they could do was clear by the main lodge . |
| 13 | The hamlet , whose name probably means ‘ badger-copse ’ , was recorded in 1251 , though of course it may be much older in origin ; the surname had no doubt become hereditary by the following century . |
| 14 | The cash , provided interest-free by the Government-run Levy Board , has helped to fund urgent fire and safety improvements at the track . |
| 15 | The treatment accorded to the FIATA combined transport bill of lading ( ’ FBL ’ ) in the UCP has generated controversy because unlike BIMCO and NVOCC bills of lading , the FBL , even though issued by freight forwarders , was singled out as acceptable by the 1983 UCP . |
| 16 | I think ideas like that have not been readily acceptable by the Labour Group and |
| 17 | Clearance and redevelopment took their toll in a planning system which decreed that the densities deemed acceptable by the Victorian house builders were not appropriate for the late twentieth century . |
| 18 | Now , with the tide driven high by the approaching storm , it was hardly visible . |
| 19 | His room , moonlit by the silver-flooded windows . |
| 20 | There 's a block of maisonettes in one of Coventry 's most notorious rough " estates ; it looks almost , but not quite , like the others around it , a grey wall of dwellings , unrelieved by the only thing which humanises most estates , whether council or private , greenery , gardens and window boxes . |
| 21 | Ministers had hoped that arguments over the killings would not be re-opened , but maintained they were not embarrassed by the European Commission on Human Rights ' ruling that there was a case to be answered . |
| 22 | In fact , and not just to all appearance , the Politburo was embarrassed by the KAL affair . |
| 23 | Embarrassed by the consequent outburst of criticism from doctors , lawyers and many Republicans that the abortion gag rule violated women 's right to privacy , Bush had directed Roger Porter , his chief domestic policy adviser , to work with Republican senator John Chafee ( Rhode Island ) in devising a legislative compromise that would avoid a veto battle . |
| 24 | In the middle of this , Boy switched to a documentary made by a group of prostitutes which showed married men sitting nervously on the edges of beds in hotel rooms , sitting on neatly flowered bedspreads and having difficulty ( they were embarrassed by the female camera crew ) saying exactly what it was that they wanted to do for their thirty pounds . |
| 25 | The English public are embarrassed by the national team . |
| 26 | I 'm embarrassed by the bad publicity . ’ |
| 27 | If the distinction were not acknowledged , faith would inevitably find itself eroded and embarrassed by the ineluctable facts of history . |
| 28 | I 've yet to meet one who is n't engrossed in comparing his talent with other guitarists or who is n't frustrated or embarrassed by the fiscal constraints on the equipment he uses . |
| 29 | The NME 's owners , IPC Magazines , rapidly became delighted by the paper 's status and profitability but occasionally embarrassed by the weekly outpourings of radical dementia , its enthusiasm for all ( ahem ) manifestations or rock culture and its ( ahem again ) colourful , demotic language . |
| 30 | Not surprisingly , Malvern District Council are embarrassed by the whole affair . |