Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typography within a dictionary indicates the function carried out by particular parts of the text . |
| 2 | Knowledge is embodied if the functions in virtue of which the knowledge is attributed to the organism are at base carried out by bodily ( physiological ) mechanisms ; knowledge is built in if its embodiment is determined genetically rather than experientially . |
| 3 | Tamar had allowed Victoria to stay up late to watch the leading in of the last load , which was a ritual joined in by all the estate workers . |
| 4 | The most intriguing of these are bread crust bombs , which are rounded or angular lumps with a smooth , glassy crust broken up by deep cracks and fissures which expose the frothy , vesicular core of the bomb , so that it looks rather like a well-baked crusty loaf . |
| 5 | Light given out by distant galaxies has to swim against the tide of expansion to get to us . |
| 6 | In the research carried out by one of the present authors ( Powell 1987 ) , forty seven clients in six separate structured group programmes were asked to rate which components of the package they had found most helpful . |
| 7 | The answer to this puzzle may have been provided by some research carried out by American engineers on another large white mammal of very cold regions , the polar bear . |
| 8 | The Tasman Sea ( which lies between Tasmania and Australia ) is warming up , according to research carried out by Australian research institute CSIRO . |
| 9 | It was thought to be important that Parliamentary and public opinion — and concern — should be reassured by having a comprehensive review carried out by such a body . |
| 10 | More serious , probably , was the extensive deforestation carried out by neolithic farmers from around 8000 BC onwards : a deforestation which , for example , denuded Scotland in the centuries before the Romans came . |
| 11 | The 800-capacity club fills up by 11 , with hundreds still trying to get in . |
| 12 | A syllabus , a methodology , a plan of work , an outline study drawn up by some central authority , no matter how enlightened , imposed upon teachers is to be rejected . |
| 13 | Especially when you 're on the receiving end of some vicious spin served up by some of the countries top competitors . |
| 14 | Real , defending a 2–1 lead from the first leg , faced a Torino side urged on by 120,000 fans and suffered an early setback when Rocha deflected a shot from Gianluigi Lentini into his own net . |
| 15 | It has been reported that spontaneous cell mediated cytotoxicity brought on by mononuclear cells can be inhibited by SASP but not by corticosteroid , and that ADCC is not influenced by SASP or corticosteroid . |
| 16 | The uncertainty brought about by further litigation in Australia would now be compounded by the fact that they no longer have any home there to which to return . |
| 17 | In 1589 he was nominated by Lord Burghley for a position of a Judge , an office he humbly declined , giving as his reason failing eye sight which hampered his work , a condition brought on by continuous study of old documents . |
| 18 | A person who is mentally ill has a temporary ailment , a condition brought about by emotional stress . |
| 19 | Much has changed in Miami since the ‘ anti-bilingual law ’ was passed by referendum in 1980 amid the tension brought on by tens of thousands of Cubans and Haitians pouring into the city . |
| 20 | The term programming is used for long term changes in the body 's structure , physiology , or metabolism brought about by environmental influences acting at critical stages of early life . |
| 21 | Both of them appear to suffer from a form of mental myopia in imagining the consequences of such proposals , and I am not here referring only to Mill-type consequences of harm brought about by unwise decisions . |
| 22 | I regret that the seasonally adjusted figure went up by 700 to 121,600 last month , but I remind the hon. Gentleman that in January 1986 , the figure was over 170,000 . |
| 23 | Windows can have their heat loss cut down by double glazing and , in the US by storm windows , but it is expensive . |
| 24 | Members of the non-TUC Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel will today begin receiving ballot forms and a letter from their ruling body explaining why APAP leaders agreed to recommend acceptance of an 18-month , 9 per cent deal thrown out by other unions . |
| 25 | I went to feed the ducks at Roundhay Park , greeted the bluebells , presented bouquets to visiting dignitaries at my prep school , fought my enemy Nola Mote , had my front tooth knocked out by two large Bradshaw sisters . |
| 26 | Its current director of studies , David Willets , says the CPS started by assuming that ‘ a lot of the research put out by established think-tanks had a basic bias in favour of increased government spending and an essential belief in the rationality of government . ’ |
| 27 | But as a share of GDP , workers ' savings rose by only 3 per cent while investment leaped up by 13 per cent . |
| 28 | seeking improved materials , Daedalus has been inspired by pumice-stone , which is solidified from molten volcanic lava foamed up by volcanic gases . |
| 29 | It said that far too many teachers had the perception that unless they followed the good practice set down by local authority advisers , their career prospects in the city would be blighted . |
| 30 | Adored by his public and his pupils , feared by the phoney , derided by the reactionary , de Pomiane 's irreverent attitude to established tradition , his independence of mind backed up by scientific training , earned him the reputation of being something of a Candide , a provocative rebel disturbing the grave conclaves of French gastronomes , questioning the holy rites of the " white-vestured officiating priests " of classical French cookery . |