Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tots were struck down by a superbug in the intensive care unit at the London hospital . |
| 2 | As a result of the decision , which was handed down by a judge in Newcastle , the holders of all Ministry Licences could successfully contest the termination date of existing agreements . |
| 3 | It is the propeller salvaged from a Royal Navy Coastal Airship which is believed to have been shot down by a U-Boat in July 1918 whilst operating from Longside Airship Station . |
| 4 | Kevin Tearney , 36 , of Ellenmere Court , Billingham , Cleveland is critically ill in Middlesbrough General Hospital , after being knocked down by a car in Marsh House Avenue , Billingham . |
| 5 | A six-year-old girl was in hospital last night after being knocked down by a car in Raby Road , Hartlepool . |
| 6 | Schoolboy Andrew Bostick , of Leaholm Grove , Stockton , received cuts to his face and left leg when he was knocked down by a car in Fairfield Road , Stockton . |
| 7 | A PEDESTRIAN who died after being knocked down by a car in Aberdeen 's Market Street early yesterday morning was named as John Duncan , 45 , a fisherman , of Glenburn Road , Burra , Shetland . |
| 8 | ‘ Imagine gettin' knocked down by a tram in the middle of Lime Street wearin' them things . |
| 9 | Manchester Polytechnic 's part-time BEd , for example , was turned down by the Committee in January 1973 with a recommendation that it should be resubmitted . |
| 10 | The party was held at his flat which was a loft in a warehouse down by the river in Shad Thames on a wharf right next to Tower Bridge I 'd never seen anywhere like it . |
| 11 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 12 | Article 67 , which is concerned with the free movement of capital , differs from the other ‘ freedoms ’ laid down by the treaty in that it is not drafted in absolute terms . |
| 13 | Jim sat down by the fire in Albert 's old chair and then reversed direction and got up again in one amazing movement . |
| 14 | It is just that politicians in power do show a tendency to become rather bogged down by the business in hand , and battered women , ill-educated toddlers and the tax status of child-minders have , for perfectly understandable reasons , so far not succeeded in exercising their imaginations . |
| 15 | The situation was brought to a head last year when a woman was knocked over by a bus in Prebend Row . |
| 16 | 2 ( — ) BOOMERANG : Love 'em and leave 'em adman Eddie Murphy gets his come-uppance when his firm is taken over by a woman in this frivolous star vehicle . |
| 17 | The former Maxwell company was taken over by the management in a £32.5 million deal , agreed with the administrators , Arthur Andersen . |
| 18 | There 's a crush over by the door in one of the rooms , with flashbulbs going off every few seconds , but it 's impossible to get near enough to see . |
| 19 | When the Remounts were taken over by the army in 1916 , he was discharged . |
| 20 | The first instalment of wages was generally paid over by the Exchequer in advance of the campaign , but subsequent instalments were often delayed until after the campaign was over , sometimes long after . |
| 21 | The horse buses were banned from the Promenade in the same year to avoid competition with the trams , which had been taken over by the Corporation in 1892 . |
| 22 | The amendment also provided for the election to public office of independents and candidates put forward by " organizations with recognized representation " , and allowed for the recreation of the post of Prime Minister ( the functions of this post having been taken over by the President in 1979 ) . |
| 23 | Stage 4 is the familiar multiplier , only this time triggered off by a change in imports and exports . |
| 24 | For instance , there is the strict requirement of English that postnominal adjectives should be marked off by a pause in speech and by commas in writing , if and only if they are non-restrictive ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ These bacteria are normally harmless but are triggered off by a rise in temperature . |
| 26 | The smell , coming from the rear of a building , might easily have been the unpleasant odour given off by a dustbin in need of emptying . |
| 27 | Most economic crashes are kicked off by a collapse in investment , especially in inventories , and this one was no exception . |
| 28 | Almost as hard to credit , the figure for the number of nuclear explosions set off by the French in the Pacific since 1975 was said to be 52 . |
| 29 | Cold sores are triggered off by an increase in body temperature such as when sunbathing or skiing . |
| 30 | According to Peter Cook and John Shergold , of the Bureau of Mineral Resources in Canberra , this event probably occurred through a sudden release of phosphates from the deep ocean brought up by a change in ocean currents or crustal movements . |