Example sentences of "[adv prt] by an [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all had our share of fruitless journeys to find our dream home , set amid magnificent rolling countryside , only to find that it is 200 yards from the noisy A12 , hemmed in by an ugly industrial building , with a pungent smell of pigs wafting across the garden . |
| 2 | French PABX manufacturer Barphone SA , which holds 25% of the French market for PABXs of less than 25 ports , has said it is close to being taken over by an un-named foreign industrial group . |
| 3 | Before long , their confidence changed to an icy fear as they discerned through the enveloping fog the shape of a railway engine lit up by an eerie glowing aura . |
| 4 | As with all the best competitions the rules are entirely arbitrary and drawn up by an impartial judging commmittee consisting of the proprietor of this column and nobody else . |
| 5 | The chairman of the TEC , David Houghton , and his team are backed up by an able chief executive — Roy Knott . |
| 6 | After cleaning , it was displayed in the department and immediately snapped up by an excited young Australian . |
| 7 | This theory was backed up by an elaborate logical system which gave strict rules for the production of unambiguous definitions of species in terms of their genus and their difference from other related species , and for the validity and relevance of syllogisms . |
| 8 | The exceptionally beautiful garden which surrounds the Rectory was laid out by an enlightened early Victorian encumbent who lined the streams with tufa and planted rare snowdrops and ferns along the banks . |
| 9 | In reality it was an idea put about by an American late-night disc jockey named Jean Shepard . |
| 10 | Suppose there is a rise in aggregate demand brought about by an expansionary fiscal policy . |
| 11 | She began taking A-levels while working as a secretary for the Commission for Racial Equality , and , urged on by an old Somervillian , wrote to Somerville . |