Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His exceptional talent was eventually recognized by the editor , E. V. Knox [ q.v. ] , who placed him under an exclusive contract , an almost unprecedented arrangement . |
| 2 | Where are we to account for the hints , implicit purposes , assumptions , social attitudes and so on that are effectively communicated by the use of language , not to mention the figures of speech ( e.g. metaphor , irony , rhetorical questions , understatement ) that have preoccupied theorists of rhetoric and literature ? |
| 3 | There could be no doubt that the Burgundian was the leading ruler in Gaul between 511 and 516 , and he may well have been the barbarian king most favoured by the court of Constantinople . |
| 4 | Bearing in mind that it will be mostly hidden by the curtain that will fall around it , and that it may also have to support a wire umbrella frame , a 3 inch ( 7.5cm ) diameter or square stake is not too big . |
| 5 | This tends to increase the number of offspring successfully reared by the beaver . |
| 6 | He was a little shaken by the strain of the near accident but hoped concentrating on his new plan would help to calm him down . |
| 7 | The article was vigorously publicised by the Coal Board 's public relations section . |
| 8 | After 1560 , this new English church was engaged in the task of establishing its traditions and defining its boundaries , a process which lasted well over a century and was only effectively completed by the end of the seventeenth century . |
| 9 | But drift gill-nets ( which are not fixed ) present a much greater entanglement hazard for the tucuxi , since they are used in the deep main river channels rarely frequented by the boto . |
| 10 | One of these involved the sale of the lease of a sea front catering concession , which was eventually repossessed by the vendor . |
| 11 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 12 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 13 | It would appear from this that the bone assemblages derived from the long-eared owl and barn owl ( and other species , see below ) are but little altered by the predator , whereas the kestrel assemblages are more greatly altered . |
| 14 | The distribution of power in the legislature was also fundamentally altered by the dilution of the seniority principle in the early 1970s . |
| 15 | This use of HLCAs is , in fact , available but not widely publicised by the Agriculture Department with much discretion being left to individual officers , a situation which MAFF has stated will be rectified . |
| 16 | This renewed severity was bitterly resented by the king 's subjects . |
| 17 | That cynical interpretation of the commitment of all those dedicated professionals who are carrying forward the first wave of trusts is so bitterly resented by the health service , which is why the Labour party has lost all credibility with the health professionals . |
| 18 | Nor can it be wholly explained by the employment changes which were pushing greater numbers of people into the market irrespective of wage trends . |
| 19 | The partners for the time being should not exclude the possibility of negotiation to take account of the particular circumstances of a partner 's departure , eg where to delay payment for his share could result in hardship for himself or his family , or where to insist on strict observance of restraint covenants might stand in the way of a young solicitor wishing to develop a specialised practice in a field of work rarely undertaken by the firm . |
| 20 | It was badly received by the Church authorities , although it was enthusiastically reviewed by Kopitar . |
| 21 | Both of the men were quite badly shaken by the incident and understandably do n't want their names to be released . ’ |
| 22 | With the prospect of renewed factional discord , however , and with the strength of his faction in the new Assembly reduced from 40 to 22 seats , Kim 's ambition to succeed Roh as President appeared to have been badly shaken by the election . |
| 23 | His father was still badly shaken by the shooting of the schoolboys . |
| 24 | This was successfully treated by the insertion of a Palmaz stent within the hepatic vein . |
| 25 | I settled down to wait in the passageway between the garage and the house where I was a little protected from the inclemency of the weather and whence I was eventually plucked by the constabulary . |
| 26 | Such a system was effectively harnessed by the energy and skill of Thomas Cromwell ; but deprived of his control after 1540 it became corrupt , inefficient , and unpopular . |
| 27 | Running into the glade , she picked up Rosalind 's letter and folded it back into its envelope , which she saw to her dismay had been badly torn by the man 's rough handling of it . |
| 28 | Such mastery , however , will normally be brief ; it is unlikely to outlast the passing of crisis and/or movement in the cycles of history ; it will not survive substantial loss of congressional or popular support and it will be relentlessly eroded by the passage of time . |
| 29 | At present , EUP is effectively a University department , and Mr Martin 's task is to transform it into an independent company , albeit one wholly owned by the University . |
| 30 | The company was organized in approximately ten areas of business , each of which had its own board of directors and its own CEO , but all of which were wholly owned by the parent company . |