Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [noun pl] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As representatives of the ranks of the great unfashionable made their way to their seats weighed down by crates of lager , it was clear , at the band 's first British appearance for seven years , that paunches may come and full heads of hair may go , but times do n't change . |
| 2 | We could see the barbaric scenery about us , the tumbled mass of vegetation , with every tree weighted down by chains of epiphytes and climbers . |
| 3 | The boozy cook got the trots after a late night meal of undercooked seafood washed down by lashings of wine . |
| 4 | He was howled down by monarchists of right and left , and the house switched its attention to another speaker . |
| 5 | smacked down by figures of authority . |
| 6 | There is a comfortable sitting room , with beams and an inglenook fireplace with bricks worn down by centuries of knife sharpening . |
| 7 | Finnegan has been under investigation after detectives were called in by creditors of North of England Investments who lost money in the company which collapsed last year . |
| 8 | Suppose indeed that we were hedged in by limitations of comprehension we could not comprehend ? |
| 9 | It is primarily intended for carers , and draws together practical hints and ideas sent in by carers of people with Alzheimer 's Disease , on subjects including household tasks , exercise , using transport , music , games and gardening . |
| 10 | Where the fall hit the pool the water threshed as though boiling , but a few feet further on it was limpid , still , crystal-clear , hedged in by banks of ferns and tulip trees , and at the far end was the outlet where the water drained away to the sea . |
| 11 | Children are swept along by waves of enthusiasm and some teachers are so expert at whipping up energy and commitment that they can even persuade children that a tables test is a great reward for good behaviour . |
| 12 | In the first place , the entrepreneurial function was likely to become redundant , largely because innovation would be taken over by teams of specialists in large corporations . |
| 13 | Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co-op . |
| 14 | This was the very fringe of his parish , that part that would never become residentially ‘ desirable ’ because it was too near the railway , and many of the big gaunt houses had been taken over by families of West Indians . |
| 15 | You know , the freeholds were made over by deeds of gift by way of conveyance , and the — ’ |
| 16 | The actual payment or receipt of the option premium is effected when the position is closed , at the rate prevailing at that time , with the difference between that and the option price at the outset having been made up by payments of variation margin . |
| 17 | It seemed so awful to me there , shabby in a cold and desolate way and so dusty and all of the sofa taken up by stacks of cushions arranged like books on a bookshelf . |
| 18 | That spirit persists , particularly in Oxford ; witness John Bayley : ‘ Most of the theories Eagleton expounds may soon seem outlandish curiosities , cooked up by teachers of literature who need to feel professional , in the sense that philosophers or scientists do , or powerful , like politicians . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ They had been covered up by layers of varnish and paint over the years and no-one knew what lay underneath . ’ |
| 20 | Whilst belaying you can look across a sweeping valley covered by vineyards and broken up by lines of cyprus trees . |
| 21 | Housing associations are non-statutory organisations set up by groups of individuals . |
| 22 | Founded in 1972 , the National Schizophrenia Fellowship is a voluntary organisation set up by relatives of people with schizophrenia and allied disorders . |
| 23 | The projected budget deficit of Epounds 6,900 million ( approximately 8 per cent of gross domestic product-GDP ) would be partially made up by savings of Epounds 6,200 million , leaving a net deficit of Epounds 660 million . |
| 24 | A large white bed dominated the room , and within it lay a porcelain-pale figure , propped up by banks of pillows , its shadowy eyes wide open . |
| 25 | In this case the Orc general might choose Night Goblin units with fanatics , backed up by units of Orcs to provide some backbone and either doom divers or flying monsters to take out cannons from the air . |
| 26 | FOUR hours before the polls opened this week in Cambodia , the air was filled with the sound of dull explosions and the night sky was lit up by flashes of light . |
| 27 | Even the sunlight was blocked out by layers of muslin , and the air was thick with perfumed smoke . |
| 28 | It is through other black kids that some aspirations are fostered and others snuffed out by stories of racialism . |
| 29 | These are carefully worked out by teams of Examiners , who were once , or still are , teachers themselves . |
| 30 | On Oct. 25 the Hungarian Defence Minister Lajos Für and his Austrian counterpart Werner Fasslabend signed a 15-point agreement on bilateral military co-operation , the details of which were to be worked out by chiefs of staff . |