Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government went down by 71 votes and after a short Cabinet on the next morning ( 22 January 1924 ) he drove to Buckingham Palace and resigned . |
| 2 | It happened twice at Bourn to my knowledge — once the fighter was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and the other time the rear gunner in the Lancaster was killed . |
| 3 | But , since shareholders have a prima facie right to transfer to whomsoever they please , this right is not to be cut down by uncertain language or doubtful implications . |
| 4 | The structure may be subsequently broken down by microbial activity and the complexed cation precipitated . |
| 5 | Having played little part in the August riots ( epitomised by the derisory slogan , ‘ IRA — I Ran Away ’ ) , old IRA men came out of retirement ( Rose , 1972 ) and ‘ there was a steady stream of recruits from young men who had seen houses and streets burnt down by Loyalist mobs and who 'd been unable to prevent them ’ ( Farrell , 1980:267 ) . |
| 6 | The Guam law had been struck down by lower courts and the Supreme Court had refused to review these rulings . |
| 7 | Outside the building there were skirmishes among several thousand protesters when a minority attempted to protect the East German flag , which was hauled down by other demonstrators and replaced with the hammer and compass emblem cut out . |
| 8 | If he was to prevent the outbreak of rebellion , or stem a flood of appeals outside his jurisdiction , he was bound to operate within the limits laid down by regional custom and privileges . |
| 9 | Once people have been diagnosed as suffering from food poisoning , or have been struck down by viral infactions and diseases caused by doubtful practices , it is necessary for somebody to step in and legislate for the industry . |
| 10 | Hence it is worth explaining , in a way that elsewhere might not be necessary and would be seen as an indulgence , that in our case , once permission was granted , no limits were laid down by senior officers and no censorship role has been retained by the RUC over the final manuscript . |
| 11 | what is the point of asking a middle ranking executive about his greatest achievement at work in the past 10 years when he has probably been locked into office procedures laid down by senior management and where his scope for initiative has been restricted . |
| 12 | Boxplots , showing median , interquartile range , and extreme values , are useful for quantitative outcome variables , especially when broken down by explanatory strata and displayed together . |
| 13 | They have to do with programming : French culture and communications ministers in the 1980S protested at US cultural imperialism -thus , over five years , during prime-time viewing , French-made programmes were allegedly down by 30 percent and American-made programmes up by 60 percent ; France is battling to win ‘ la guerre des images ’ — star wars waged via the TV set . |
| 14 | If the stepping stones laid down by previous legislation and publications are to be extended , it is important to review initiatives which are attempting to implement a policy for integration . |
| 15 | Windows can have their heat loss cut down by double glazing and , in the US by storm windows , but it is expensive . |
| 16 | ( Crying in justified woundedness ) Oh I can just see you lyin' there five year aul' in yer bed recess with your sixteen brothers and sisters eating snotters and planning to trap our Deirdre , tie her down by fair means or foul . |
| 17 | The well bubbled into a tributary of the Moy , but unfortunately it had been hemmed in by modern concrete and so had lost a great deal of its charm . |
| 18 | I think good skin care is really important so I get sucked in by anti-wrinkle creams and things like that . |
| 19 | We pass the desolate grounds of a school , fenced in by barbed wire and patches of trodden grass . |
| 20 | Anyone considering a purchase from this company should make sure they get cast-iron guarantees concerning specification and after sales support or , like me and many others to my knowledge , they will wish that they had not been taken in by misleading advertising and had paid a little more money to an established British company . |
| 21 | Most activity in the zones in 1986 was clearly either there pre-designation , or it represents movements in by existing branches or by firms within the region . |
| 22 | In by 21 May and 250 words max . |
| 23 | It was widely believed that inexperienced magistrates were taken in by false evidence and relied too heavily on interpreters and clerks . |
| 24 | Of the 82 ‘ index ’ children — those brought in by social workers or others with suspicion of abuse , or those where the paediatricians saw signs they believed consistent with abuse — 86 per cent , she says , fall into the Department of Health guidelines , issued since Cleveland , as having medical signs which should raise the question of sexual abuse . |
| 25 | The Head of Humanities in a large comprehensive school commented in my hearing , in a staff meeting about 3rd year general discussion groups on controversial issues , that " in about half of such groups the question of God is brought in by some kid or other " and that he felt " put on the spot " . |
| 26 | In rural districts the banks ' main purpose was the receiving of bills brought in by local traders and farmers . |
| 27 | He was cheered along by proud parents and his then girlfriend , Rosanne . |
| 28 | Naxos and Karpathos are thought to have had Minoan colonies too , and a very strong Minoan influence is seen at Agia Eirene on Kea : perhaps it was an existing town that was taken over by Minoan traders and administrators . |
| 29 | This left the throne to be fought over by thirteen competitors and the kingdom vulnerable to the ambitions of Edward I. Wars resulting from territorial ambitions were in no way unusual . |
| 30 | The Atlantic crossing was over by 12 July and the Orynthia had arrived in Demerara , a one-time Dutch settlement which had been absorbed into British Guiana in 1831 . |