Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] by this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Football Association are sure to be unswayed by this set-back , as they were by the failure to score in the opening European championship games against Denmark and France and then by the defeat by Sweden . |
| 2 | It was attended by several right-on Thatcherites , in and out of the government , expecting to be impressed by this darling of the American right ( although Bloom hotly denied being the Oliver North of the academy ) . |
| 3 | The boat is expected to be operational by this afternoon . |
| 4 | You would expect the governments of most democratic countries to be horrified by this prospect ; but no . |
| 5 | You might expect the governments of democratic countries to be horrified by this prospect ; but no . |