Example sentences of "by [adv] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another and very fashionable biotic argument is that of ‘ predation ’ ; that there are more predators and greater predation in the tropics than in temperate regions , and that these are matched by more defensive or avoidance mechanisms . |
| 2 | Initial pre-occupations with the ‘ Autogerechte Stadt ’ ( car adapted city ) — manifest in demolition of historic buildings , street widening and extensive central area parking provisions- have gradually been replaced by more qualitative and environment oriented policies . |
| 3 | Data presented here indicate that ( a ) resting gall bladder pressure and contractions induced by both CCK-8 and bethanechol are enhanced by inhibition of the NO synthase ( shown by our in vivo and in vitro experiments ) ; ( b ) these effects are specifically reversed by the NO synthase substrate L-arginine ; ( c ) sodium nitroprusside , an exogenous donor of NO , counteracts the effect of CCK-8 on gall bladder pressure ; and ( d ) a constitutive calcium dependent NO synthase can be detected in normal gall bladder tissue . |
| 4 | In the majority of cases , where intercourse has taken place in the ‘ missionary position ’ ( woman lying on her back , man on top ) the natural eversion of the anal mucous membrane during intercourse has brought this sensitive skin into contact with the moisture ( in which the gonococcus can be found in quantity ) produced by both male and female as a result of their sexual exertions . |
| 5 | Attitude questionnaires were also filled in by both experimental and control groups . |
| 6 | The products of mycotoxins have been found in tissues of alleged victims by both American and Canadian with an analysis of several ‘ yellow spots ’ gathered from leaves eight kilometres from the Kampuchean/Thai border . |
| 7 | The campaign waged by both public and hospital staff was one of the biggest in east London 's political history : over seven hundred people at the York Hall , the old boxing venue , twenty thousand signed petitions , a two-hour protest strike and the first-ever hospital work-in , which kept the hospital running for a month and treated eleven hundred emergencies after its official date of closure . |
| 8 | When a specialist physiotherapist organizes a treatment session , every movement done by both patient and therapist has a purpose . |
| 9 | Each time house prices rose rapidly , by substantially more than inflation . |
| 10 | For too few directors does pay fall by as much when performance sags as it rises in good times . |
| 11 | You will probably find you are very surprised by how little that cost may be . |
| 12 | Additional versions are created when text is modified by either automatic or manual ( editorial ) processes . |
| 13 | Breeds by either fresh or salt water on tundra and Arctic coasts , also inland in Scandinavia on mountains ; in winter on coastal waters , scarce inland . |