Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of sports fans are claiming they were overcharged and let down by a tour operator who sold them tickets to the Olympic Games . |
| 2 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 3 | In the context of the present case , however , it was not necessary to determine whether there were any conceivable circumstances in which Community law might affect rules in that sphere laid down by a member state . |
| 4 | Apart from an uncharacteristic first fence fall at Ascot on his third start , the only other time he was beaten was when going down by a half length to Minnehoma in the Sun Alliance Chasethe novices Gold Cup . |
| 5 | DAVID Bell , 30 , of Arncliffe Hall , Ingleby Cross , near Stokesley , is fighting for his life with serious head injuries after being knocked down by a pick-up truck . |
| 6 | A SECOND appeal against East Hampshire District Council 's refusal to allow permission for a house on land at Old School House , Crabtree Lane , Headley has been turned down by a government inspector . |
| 7 | The police reacted swiftly and a man who broke through their cordon was brought down by a rugby tackle and arrested . |
| 8 | In what must be the most liberal judgement ever handed down by a football authority , the FA disciplinary committee decided it was unintentional . |
| 9 | With an elaborate sigh he unravelled his legs and stood up , crossing the room and squatting down by a pine dresser . |
| 10 | LIVERPOOL whizz-kid Rob Jones could miss the early weeks of the new season after being struck down by a mystery virus . |
| 11 | A low table carried some tidily arranged journals and newspapers ; letters on the desk top were pinned down by a silver paper knife . |
| 12 | Aviemore Cottage , built around 1886 , was demolished five years ago to make way for a block of flats — some of which have never been sold — while Aviemore House , a posting station on the old stagecoach route from Inverness , was pulled down by a property consortium in the 1960s . |
| 13 | Ciaran Fitzgerald 's dishevelled and disheartened foot soldiers ( l-r ) Halpin , Smith , Popplewell , Rigney , Galwey and Fitzgibbon , reel from the French onslaught as they go down by a record margin in Paris . |
| 14 | He died in Florence 26 December 1924 , after being knocked down by a motor vehicle in London . |
| 15 | ‘ I had some time off while I was working in Los Angeles and I was down by the hotel pool . |
| 16 | While the figures given presumably refer to the state of play in 953/1546–7 , the note in the summary that the original salary for teaching was 15 akce and the reference to teaching in the section concerned with the stipulation(s) laid down by the founder sart-i vakif ) suggest that the medrese figured in the original . |
| 17 | The company strategy and plans for the Autumn Trading period were laid down by the Field Sales Director , Steve Higgins , Jack Millar , National Accounts & Administration Director presented the future strategy for major customers and outlined the plans for national promotional activity . |
| 18 | When calculating the time limits laid down by the RHA conditions , certain days have to be excluded . |
| 19 | Your minimum notice rights are laid down by the Consolidation Act , which in this respect covers almost all UK-based executives , although some classes of employee , including some part-timers , are excluded . |
| 20 | Their world is being turned upside down by the cable revolution and the string of multimedia technologies coming down the pike , but US telephone companies — both local and long-distance — will maintain strong credit quality throughout the 1990s despite major competitive , regulatory and technological challenges , Moody 's Investors Service Inc concludes in its annual report on the industry . |
| 21 | Uncle Albert was squatting down by the flower bed doing a spot of weeding . |
| 22 | They put his body in Holy Trinity Church , down by the river Avon . |
| 23 | There was a big one , down , down by the river Cole , right down the |
| 24 | The sky was soon dark and the sound of heavy bombs exploding died away , to be replaced by shells passing over the orchard from the British guns down by the river Orne . |
| 25 | Down by the river Thames was a district called Rotherhithe , one of the dirtiest and roughest places in London . |
| 26 | He did have red hair and he had certainly been interested in the whole area down by the river walk . |
| 27 | And was he mown down by the fork-lift truck as a result ? |
| 28 | The national policing objectives which will be laid down by the Home Secretary of the day . |
| 29 | Wolverton had the opportunity of giving concrete expression to a gift from the Canadian Government to the Home Office ( Fire Office Division ) by way of the manufacture of 18 mobile kitchens constructed to standards laid down by the Home Office . |
| 30 | A similar move for this year was turned down by the Home Office . |