Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He revealed to one of his colleagues that he had spent the afternoon down by a near-by river struggling with the impulse to jump in . |
| 2 | The National Railway Museum will set the family purse back by a similar sum . |
| 3 | I 'm confident that the scheme wo n't cost anything like as much as the estimate , but I 'm , I 'm sure it 's right that it 's been , having having done some background work to see how many people might claim it I 'm confident that that we 've erred on the safe side here by a substantial amount , and that 's why I 'm sure it can be met from the overall budget . |
| 4 | In the vast majority of cases , soil conservation measures were seen by land-users to be a symptom of oppression either by a colonial regime or by small interlocking urban elites . |
| 5 | Wendy and I were at once amused and embarrassed , but also concerned lest he be mown down by a passing train . |
| 6 | Mother-of-five Margaret Morrison died early yesterday after she was mown down by a speeding Ford Escort in Premier Road , Sunderland . |
| 7 | A BOY of six was seriously ill in hospital last night after being mown down by a hit-and-run driver . |
| 8 | As it was , such girls as fancied themselves would leave their cubicle doors open , in the hope that tantalizing glimpses of leg and breast and buttock might be seen through the high and smoky glass , and once Clara , taking advantage of the convention that they were unobserved , walked the whole length of the changing room draped only from the waist down by a small towel , on the pretext of borrowing a safety pin . |
| 9 | As stated in the AEA Times bulletin our clear preference is for our commercial business to be retained essentially in a single company that is transferred to the private sector either by a public flotation or private placement . |
| 10 | This special status of a visitor springs from the common law recognising the right of the founder to lay down such a special law subject to adjudication only by a special judge , the visitor . |
| 11 | Alternatively , the purchaser may decide that he can operate the business more efficiently than the vendor either by a general reorganisation of job responsibilities or by his existing staff taking on a greater workload . |
| 12 | He saw the surprise on Clarac 's face , followed an instant later by a broad smile of unfeigned delight . |
| 13 | The position is that when we admit anyone to nursing home care , they can only be admitted if there is a joint assessment partly by a social worker from this department , partly by either the nurse or G P , or consultant , and the , the key element needless to say in that , in terms of need , is very much the health authority input . |
| 14 | Sharon Griffiths , who was fifteen , died instantly when this Datsun Cherry driven by her sister Sandra was hit head on by a stolen car . |
| 15 | Mark Skinner and Paul Higham , both 23 , were airlifted to Lismore Hospital with multiple injuries after their vehicle was hit head on by a runaway car in northern New South Wales . |
| 16 | Tonight they 'll be toasting 50 active and important years , raising their glasses to a nostalgic fly- past by a lone Spitfire . |
| 17 | The six senior classes went at 5 minute intervals ( each followed a minute later by a corresponding domestic class ) , the men 's K2s going first . |
| 18 | In that case it is legitimate to require some special process of constitutional amendment say that the legislature may amend the Constitution only by a two-thirds majority or after a general election or perhaps upon three months ' notice . |
| 19 | Ordinary mortals , however , can visit the area overland by a two-mile circular walk from Bullpot Farm that will give them a hint — but not more than a hint — of the marvels beneath their feet and an appreciation of the bravery of the adventurers who dare to descend from the safety and assurance of daylight into a nether world of total and perpetual blackness . |
| 20 | It was followed a week later by a longer piece which discussed the rivalry which exists between the offices of the Prince and the Princess of Wales . |
| 21 | Therefore one is warranted in making the inference from the behaviour to the beliefs and intentions of the speaker only by a general assumption of sincerity , or cooperativeness ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 22 | Separated from the lake only by a large terrace and garden , a tree-lined stepway leads to a small stony beach . |
| 23 | King Hassan of Morocco on Sept. 5 issued the strongest public warning yet by a pro-Western Arab leader about the hazards of Western policy towards Iraq . |
| 24 | A 72-year-old man who was knocked down in the north of the city yesterday by a stolen car was today stable in the Royal Victoria Hospital . |
| 25 | What visitors to Foxton now see , either from above or below , is a staircase series of two lock flights , separated half way down by a large passing pond , with intermediate side ponds stepping up the east side of the flight . |
| 26 | You can sometimes get a little darkness back by a well-balanced skin diet , which I am sure your vet would have recommended . |
| 27 | Any spell cast by the bearer of the Staff will automatically work — it can not be dispelled or nullified in any way either by a magic card or by a magic item . |
| 28 | John took his party in by a back door , using the yard between the Foreign Office and the new building . |
| 29 | This disposition of rooms made it possible to treat the residual high-level space as a single living/dining/cooking area , with the kitchen located at its northern end , divided from the generous living-dining-room only by a head-height folding screen . |
| 30 | In the 1980s , the tendency for political power to be concentrated at the centre has been carried a stage further by a prime minister sufficiently determined and resourceful to achieve a high level of dominance over her cabinet colleagues . |