Example sentences of "[be] greatly [vb pp] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Halliday had not been greatly inspired by the prospect of the women 's issue , and increasingly Rowbotham took over its organization . |
| 2 | Exploration of this area has been greatly hindered by the presence of lower Tertiary volcanics , for on seismic profiles these largely obscure the underlying geology of the basin . |
| 3 | Exploration of this basin has been greatly hindered by the presence of lower Tertiary volcanics that on seismic profiles largely obscure the underlying geology of the basin . |
| 4 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |
| 5 | However , even if the L.G.U. was left wondering if it should n't have kept the public better informed , it must have been greatly heartened by the number of spectators who not only came to this out-of-the-way championship but made it abundantly clear that they were greatly taken with the high standard of play . |
| 6 | The invitation underlines the museum 's commitment to Minimalism , where its collection has been greatly strengthened by the acquisition of a substantial body of work from Count Panza di Biumo in 1990 . |
| 7 | By 1917 Unionists had more cause to fear than to rejoice , for the Labour movement had been greatly strengthened by the war in both its aspects ; increasing membership and growing militancy in the trades unions , growing confidence in the Labour party , the arrival of organized revolutionary extremism in the shop-stewards " movement all pointed to a grim future . |
| 8 | The importance of trusts has been greatly increased by the property Acts , because , as we have seen , it is only by means of the trusts that future interests in land can now be created ( see p. 87 ) . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , much of this vast publicly available information resource is bibliographically ill-organised , is of very variable quality , and is frequently difficult to access or acquire The problems of accessing and acquiring such information have been greatly aggravated by the need for enterprises more and more to compete on a global basis ( compare , for example , the ‘ 1992 ’ initiative ; suddenly , we have to know all about Greece ! ) . |
| 10 | He dreaded most , he said , the physical and mental confinement which teaching seemed to threaten , but had also been greatly affected by the birth of his son . |
| 11 | In many places , such conferences had already come into existence , but their authority has been greatly enhanced by the Council . |
| 12 | Having in mind my own South Thames TEC in south London , does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the acceptance , success and street credibility of the TECs have been greatly enhanced by the emphasis that they put on the enterprise element of their make-up ? |
| 13 | Knowledge of these sedimentary sequences , which are now almost entirely located below sea level , has been greatly enhanced by the application of seismic stratigraphy ( see Section 4.3.1 ) . |
| 14 | We have in the Home Office a copy of the very helpful report by the chief constable of Northumbria and we have also been greatly assisted by the work of the members of the Police Federation , who have co-operated in the analysis of the serious problem of offending on bail . |
| 15 | In the case of the powerpack they have been greatly influenced by the work of Professor Thring and his colleagues , and have proposed a hybrid powerpack which would make the best use of an internal combustion engine and electric motor and would reduce fuel consumption by some 50% and toxic emissions by 80% . |
| 16 | The truth is that comic illustrator and award-winning architect have both been greatly influenced by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright . |
| 17 | Missionary interest had been greatly stirred by the work in training ordinands in what was then the Gold Coast , by Dom Bernard Clements OSB . |
| 18 | The need for expensive typesetting machinery or in-house printing departments has been greatly reduced by the advent of desktop publishing systems . |
| 19 | The meeting of both needs have been greatly helped by the appointment of Principal Subject Assessors in the larger cognate groups . |
| 20 | The first ended when Gascony fell to the French in 1453 , and the second began when the ambitions of Henry VIII for military glory drew the country into the conflicts of a Europe which had been greatly changed by the emergence of powerful new states in the last quarter of the fifteenth century . |
| 21 | 4 Entry The right for the Tenant and all persons expressly or by implication authorised by the Tenant to enter upon other parts of the Centre and ( if any ) the Adjoining Property to carry out works to the Premises where such works would otherwise not be possible , or may be possible but rendered more expensive than they would otherwise be if this right was available The problem of access over a neighbour 's land has been greatly alleviated by the passage of the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 which sets out a procedure whereby a person may obtain a court order permitting access to a neighbour 's property in order to carry out works to protect , repair or maintain their property in circumstances where the neighbour refuses consent to such access . |
| 22 | Ms Barclay said she had been greatly encouraged by the response of the off-licence owners , who would be distributing drinks measures leaflets and beer mats . |
| 23 | As the metal-ligand bonding is likely to involve the very orbitals that are the lower levels in such transitions , the transition energies are greatly affected by the metal center , generally shifting to higher energy compared with those in the free ligand . |
| 24 | The uncertainties caused by what constitutes a security interest are greatly reduced by the fact , as pointed out above , that it is a numerus clausus of charges that has to be registered so if the charge is not within the list it is not registrable . |
| 25 | Now we are greatly encouraged by the work of the Scottish Council for Spastics and we have great hopes for the future of our son . |
| 26 | I am greatly encouraged by the quality , dedication and skill of our people around the world and they are the main source of my confidence in the future . |
| 27 | As Hargreaves ( 1988 ) points out , arts education would be greatly assisted by the development of a ‘ balanced arts ’ programme , but the necessary ground work on which this could be based does not seem likely to be financed . |
| 28 | I suspect that we will live on the talents of the British people , which will be greatly assisted by the tax and spending regime |
| 29 | The national coordination of teaching resources for multicultural education and community languages could be greatly assisted by the use of databases such as LARRIE , AIMER and NERIS , as well as by annual events such as the Multicultural Swapshop organised by the Minority Group Support Service in Coventry . |
| 30 | The breakdown of compost can be greatly hastened by the introduction of brandlings at the right stage . |