Example sentences of "[be] replaced by a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also in the Corinthian Order , it has an almost intact peristyle of 20 columns but the entablature has been replaced by a modern roof . |
| 2 | The rest of the ground floor , occupying the Victorian extension of the main block , converted satisfactorily into a garage , boiler room and tankroom for oil storage once the existing timber floor of this section had been replaced by a concrete slab . |
| 3 | The bandage round her head had been replaced by a small dressing above one eyebrow . |
| 4 | On June 23 Air Marshal Anant Kalinta had been replaced by a civil servant as chairman of the state-owned Communications Authority of Thailand . |
| 5 | system , there was a circular hole with red glass in the right hand one , the large oil lantern used at Gravesend , having been replaced by a hinged opening vent . |
| 6 | His other arm had been replaced by a damascened prosthetic of plasteel and servomotors . |
| 7 | They have been replaced by a Labour leadership keen to blame many of their problems at the Government 's door . |
| 8 | I have observed that this species can breed at sizes of little more than 1″ , but I have only seen this happen where a larger adult in my colony has died and been replaced by a young fish . |
| 9 | The lip-to-lip contact had been replaced by a polite peck on the cheek and the royal couple behaved more like acquaintances than lovers . |
| 10 | Set up B shows an alternative lighting arrangement in which the floodlamp has been replaced by a simple reflector . |
| 11 | Those applications have now disappeared but have been replaced by a wide range of others which utilize the material 's excellent weatherability , clarity and surface hardness — for example , automotive rear lights , lighting fittings and drawing instruments , produced by injection moulding ; and sheet and profiles , mainly for the sign , lighting and building industries , produced by extrusion . |
| 12 | They suggest that social classes have been replaced by a continuous hierarchy of unequal positions . |
| 13 | It has now been replaced by a new colonnade . |
| 14 | - You notice that the section of your local supermarket which has stocked picnic and barbecue material since the birth of time has suddenly disappeared and been replaced by a new section stocking wrapping paper , crackers and tinsel decorations . |
| 15 | Although the credits had finished , and the picture had been replaced by a robotic continuity announcer , Cheryl 's expression had not changed . |
| 16 | In the DCS200 , the film has been replaced by a single CCD ( Charged Coupled Device ) chip . |
| 17 | Class consciousness means that false class consciousness has been replaced by a full awareness of the true situation , by a realization of the nature of exploitation . |
| 18 | Every staff member who leaves , retires or ceases their employment of the Bank , should be replaced by a full-time official . |
| 19 | The Society has for over a year objected strongly to the plan under which the current arrangements for remunerating solicitors on the basis of work actually done are to be replaced by a standard fee scheme from April . |
| 20 | A shiver of fear ran through her , to be replaced by a strange tingling of masochistic pleasure . |
| 21 | Mr Dienstbier said the new Prime Minister , Mr Marian Calfa , did not yet appear to be a ‘ strong and flexible politician ’ , and indicated he would be acceptable in the post only on condition that President Gustav Husak step down , to be replaced by a non-Communist head of state . |
| 22 | ‘ The borders might be going down but only to be replaced by a vast amount of new paperwork . |
| 23 | The traditional red stripe , common to all ambulance fleets , is to be replaced by a striking green and yellow design . |
| 24 | If , for example , the poll tax were to be replaced by a proportional income tax , this would in general change the tax burden on the median person , and hence — assuming that he remains decisive change the voting outcome . |
| 25 | A district officer said : ‘ The existing unattractive shopfront would be replaced by a traditional timber shopfront . |
| 26 | " Petticoat government " and paternalism must be replaced by a supportive approach wherein each staff member is valued and trusted as a responsible adult . |
| 27 | It has been suggested that this linear design process should be replaced by a cyclical process , whereby at each stage of development of the system there would be opportunity for feedback and influence from the users and their representatives . |
| 28 | Tropical timber producers have been pressing for the ITTA , which expires next year , to be replaced by a comprehensive agreement that also covers wood from temperate forests . |
| 29 | This focusing singularity is normally a curvature singularity , but this may be replaced by a Cauchy horizon . |
| 30 | In the name of these principles the Cortes produced on paper ( for neither the constitution nor its legislative consequences were ever effective ) a Spain that would have delighted the monarchical bureaucrats : a clumsy taxational system , with endless provincial divergencies , was to be replaced by a uniform income tax ; the machinery of the ancien régime with its characteristic confusion of administrative and judicial function was dismantled . |