Example sentences of "[adv prt] by modern " in BNC.
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| 1 | The well bubbled into a tributary of the Moy , but unfortunately it had been hemmed in by modern concrete and so had lost a great deal of its charm . |
| 2 | It is easy to assume that there was a gap in Darwin 's theory that would later be filled in by modern knowledge of heredity . |
| 3 | A survey has revealed nine out of ten properties in the area are unfit to live in by modern standards . |
| 4 | Nothing could be more provocative to Tolkien than a word without a referent ( emnet , wodwos , Gandálfr , ent ) , except perhaps an ancient poem written off by modern scholars as hopelessly irrational . |
| 5 | This information is sometimes used today in building wooden houses but , on the whole , mechanical connexions of all kinds have been driven out by modern glues which have made the efficient use of wood possible but have introduced problems of their own . |
| 6 | The tremendous increase in our powers of destruction brought about by modern science and technology , however , has made aggression a very dangerous quality , one that threatens the survival of the whole human race . |
| 7 | Beyond the town , the old county boundary is crossed , Caithness being left for Sutherland , both of these ancient counties having now sadly lost their identities in the new-fangled administrative area known as the Highland Region — one hopes that Caithness will for ever remain Caithness and Sutherland Sutherland in the minds of Scotsmen : historical associations should not be trampled on by modern bureaucracy . |