Example sentences of "and [vb pp] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were automatically members of a minority which was loathed and persecuted by a substantial section of society . |
| 2 | Such further offer shall be made in the same manner and limited by a like period as the original offer . |
| 3 | Such further offer shall be made in the same manner and limited by a like period as the original offer . |
| 4 | Antoine Bloye is not simply the story of the life of a father recounted and explained by a communist narrator for the edification of a son . |
| 5 | Make sure they know the most suitable clothes to wear , how to make the best of themselves while taking the opportunity to be seen and heard by a vast number of people . |
| 6 | Often these people believed that each of the components of nature — the forest , the rivers , the sky — was occupied and guarded by a jealous god , and they behaved as if that were the case . |
| 7 | These 70,000 " special votes " were taken to the capital and checked by a special fraud commission before being included in the result . |
| 8 | The solebars were then attached to this assembly ( the solebars already having the axleguards fitted and riveted by a hydraulic riveting machine adjacent to this position ) . |
| 9 | Dressed in a maid 's outfit and disguised by a black veil , he wiggled through reception , bidding the club 's manager goodnight in a high-pitched voice . |
| 10 | More precisely , their nominal faith in God was supported and accredited by a closed system of mutual human honouring which made the need for any honour from God superfluous . |
| 11 | Beyond that , and hidden by a wide area of trees and bushes , was the group of squat brick houses where the pigs were kept . |
| 12 | The thegns lived in increasing grandeur but in wooden halls rather than masonry villas ; although tapestried and heated by a central fire they must have been both dirty and draughty . |
| 13 | Sobsovich concluded with an idealized vision of Stalinist architecture : ‘ Most likely the typical habitation … will be an immense apartment building equipped with all amenities , electrified and heated by a central thermo-electric plant , fitted out with elevators , mechanical equipment for maintenance and cleaning , [ communal ] baths and showers , perhaps even exercise facilities and so on . ’ |
| 14 | Many homes , in Great Britain at least ( and perhaps this is more true of the private sector ) , still offer no privacy for the elderly who do not have their own rooms , who have no locks on the lavatories and who have to suffer the indignity of being bathed and examined by a non-qualified member of staff of the opposite sex . |
| 15 | Or should development be given over to a broad church of interest groups and realised by a catholic mix of architects working in a number of complementary styles ? |
| 16 | These points are plotted and joined by a smooth curve which is the cumulative density function ( CDF ) . |
| 17 | These points are plotted and joined by a smooth curve which is the cumulative density function ( CDF ) . |
| 18 | It was Grizel Huntley 's own view that her brother had not been fooled at all but had been charmed and diverted by a dashing girl thirty years his junior , and had seen no reason at all why she should not have a share of his considerable estate when that left a very decent down-setting for his niece as well . |
| 19 | NAKAJIMA 'S private venture study for a trans-Pacific bomber , Project Z , was refined and developed by a joint Imperial Army and Navy team to produce the G10N1 Fugaku ( Mount Fuji ) . |
| 20 | These themes were summarized and developed by a large group of contributors writing for the Black Papers between the late 1960s and mid 1970s , which had a considerable impact on educational debates , and indeed on public policy . |
| 21 | As in the ECSC , the two executives were to be supported and supplemented by a consultative committee representing the several national interest groups . |
| 22 | Across the River Plate in Uruguay , the great Central Station in Montevideo , built in 1897 and designed by a Uruguayan architect , Luis Andreoni , virtually marked the coming-of-age of the country . |
| 23 | The houses are built to a high specification by D.P. Patton Homes one of the Provinces most reputable building firms and winners of the Pride of the Job award ( 1989 & 1991 ) and designed by a leading firm of Northern Ireland Architects , The Boyd Partnership . |
| 24 | Reaction against him , in the predominantly Roman Catholic island , grew until , on 9 August 1846 , the quinta where he lived was surrounded and attacked by a large crowd of people . |
| 25 | ( Incidentally , I suspect the risks of abuse would be considerably less if the ‘ pay ’ were fought for and won by a united feminist campaign on the grounds that housewives work and deserve money for that reason , than if it were graciously granted by government in a mood of pronatalist , pro-family , antifeminist zeal to cut the costs of the social services . ) |
| 26 | Jesse Wood , 15 , was kicked and slashed by a drunken gang at Richmond , London , last Christmas . |
| 27 | They are also apt to be more authoritative , having been planned and organised by a professional organisation which also has a very important role in labour relations . |
| 28 | Between two of these villages , off the beaten track , lay an old farmhouse , part-ruined by fire , but with one wing still furnished and habitable , in a shallow valley and approached by a single track . |
| 29 | Under Charles IV , around 1360 , the town was enlarged and surrounded by a new wall , known as the Hunger Wall ( see p. 66 ) . |
| 30 | The other , farther up the hill past the waterfall and surrounded by a protective fence , is a beautiful timber church covered in shingles and with turned balustrading and three onion domes . |