Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the money is available fitted carpets are a good investment , particularly those that are patterned in a mid-shade of the colour most favoured by the elderly person , as this will not show either marks or dust so much as a plain light- or dark-coloured carpet does . |
| 2 | Most of the guests seemed to be either journalists , politicians , or fashion designers , the three occupations most favoured by the nascent New Delhi chattering class . |
| 3 | Shown here is the Queen Mother looking at the display relating to Frank Griffiths , the sole survivor of a Halifax that was shot down on a supply mission , and who was successfully hidden by the local Resistance . |
| 4 | But as many as are thus sottish , let them enjoy their own wildness and ignorance , it is sufficient for a good man that he is conscious unto himself that he is more nobly descended , better bred and born , and more skilfully taught by the purged faculties of his own mind.2 |
| 5 | Those most coveted by the early civilizations of Egypt and Sumer , notably lapis lazuli , had been drawn from remote sources since Predynastic times . |
| 6 | Although some necessities , notably food , are exempt from VAT , other goods intensively consumed by the poor , notably cigarettes and alcohol , are heavily taxed . |
| 7 | Two prose characters for whom sympathy has wholly evaporated by the final scene are Parolles ( All 's Well ) and Lucio ( Measure for Measure ) . |
| 8 | The excise laws were widely regarded by the Irish as unnecessarily strict , and they certainly resulted in harsh repressive measures being taken by excise officers , often in conjunction with military forces , although there is ample evidence that both sides resorted to violence at times . |
| 9 | Like Meese , Porfiry was most fascinated by the final part of Raskolnikov 's paper , in which ‘ you hint … at the existence of certain people who … are , as it were , above the law . ’ |
| 10 | While this was bitterly resented by the British , they too were moving towards the acquisition of a national nuclear force . |
| 11 | On July 15 Cuomo gave an electrifying nomination address which was rapturously received by the assembled delegates . |
| 12 | Earlier this month he was rapturously received by the American Congress ; he was also briefly entertained by President Bush at the White House . |
| 13 | If the kinds of academic freedom for students just outlined are to be vigorously sustained by the academic community ( as they should ) , then students have to play their part in the exercise of those freedoms . |
| 14 | It is , however , the case that any sentence other than the first in a fragment of discourse , will have the whole of its interpretation forcibly constrained by the preceding text , not just those phrases which obviously and specifically refer to the preceding text , like the aforementioned . |
| 15 | Gould , in marked contrast , had managed to enlist 298 subscribers for his Himalayan Birds , all of whom were successfully pursued by the efficient and persistent Mr Prince . |
| 16 | Software house Logica Plc , London W and software and services company Finsiel SpA , have set up a new joint venture company in Italy called Logicasiel SpA , following Finsiel 's acquisition of the controlling shares in Data Management , Logica 's original joint venture partner in Italy : Logica owns 40% of Logicasiel , while Finsiel , via Data Management , owns 60% ; Logicasiel is made up of Logica General Systems , the original Logica-Data Management joint venture set up in 1985 , and GSO Informatica , which is now wholly owned by the new company ; Logicasiel has 240 staff and turnover of approximately £15m ; it operates in finance , local government and industry , but intends to focus on developing further trade links with the European Commission and pan-European organisations . |
| 17 | The Association of the Mouth and Foot Artists is unique , wholly owned by the disabled artists themselves . |
| 18 | The company is wholly owned by the Royal Bank , has a staff of just over 90 and forms part of Branch Banking Division . |
| 19 | The company is wholly owned by the founding directors who now seek a partner to provide the support required to take advantage of the rationalisation expected in the European metal stockholding industry . |
| 20 | Attlee 's arguments pointed clearly to the foreign policy eventually pursued by the post-war Labour Government — attempting to manipulate the emerging US superpower in a way that was compatible both with the maintenance of Britain 's overseas Empire and with her traditionally limited commitment to entanglement in European affairs . |
| 21 | In industry the self-employed were generally slowly squeezed by the superior performance of big business , although 15 per cent of those engaged in manufacturing in Italy and Japan were still self-employed in 1970 . |
| 22 | Even the types of particles that were eventually emitted by the black hole would in general be different from those that made up the astronaut : the only feature of the astronaut that would survive would be his mass or energy . |
| 23 | Lotus has been badly bruised by the sudden switch to Windows . |
| 24 | The radio transmitter , a surprisingly small , modern affair , occupied its own bracket on one wall , which was foot-thick whitewashed stone like the others , the chill only a little alleviated by the portable bottled-gas heater alongside the desk . |
| 25 | It was an enchantment expressly forbidden by the Ancient Academy of Sorcerers , and Nuadu had thought that even the Lords of the Dark Ireland hesitated over it . |
| 26 | The sustained and systematic assault upon the assumptions and procedures of classic realism , vigorously pursued by the leading nouveaux romanciers , could almost be said to represent a manifesto of postmodern aims and aspirations ; while the emphatic self-reflexivity of their novels is frequently cited as paradigmatic of radical textuality . |
| 27 | ‘ I think when he was eventually attacked by the brave pensioner he was more scared than his victims . ’ |
| 28 | However , this point should not be taken to imply that the burden can be effectively discharged by the voluntary sector , even though it may be able to make a useful contribution to meeting these needs . |
| 29 | Crucially , their Interim report submitted in March 1920 noted the intimate connection between housing , transport and the ultimate distribution of land uses of all kinds , including residential , commercial and industrial , so that the housing question ‘ can only be successfully attacked by the simultaneous consideration of all these aspects over a wide area ’ . |
| 30 | Similar advice was apparently given by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party , i.e. that ‘ the gate to victory is a disciplined and powerful Bolshevik Party ’ and it goes without saying that in Stalin 's Russia deviation by small and not exactly successful communist parties abroad was not encouraged . |