Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] [adv] [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the streets of County Durham , not to mention the beaches at Redcar , mushy peas once reputedly mistaken by a top politician from the south who did n't know better as avocado mousse are still top nosh . |
| 2 | This was the actuality of the pretty designs so liberally provided by the cottage enthusiasts of the time . |
| 3 | Others , such as Morris ( 1972 ) , Panitch ( 1980 ) and Diamant ( 1981 ) , think that corporatism must be bureaucratic , but meaning that the state will be dependent on expert officials operating according to technocratic norms only loosely controlled by a political elite . |
| 4 | The " mosaic units phenomenon , observed by Moore , and proposed as a " spontaneous occurrence of order from randomly selected particles " offers further corroboration : certain sizes of tesserae and motifs are shown to provide maximum adaptability of design , because they are proportional to the abstract units most frequently produced by " processes of spontaneous ordering " . |
| 5 | These are Houseparties that move by motor from one idyllic anchorage to another , often visiting places only ever seen by yachtsmen . |
| 6 | Between them they expressed the opposing feelings so often displayed by young children in the peak age of attachment : on the one hand , the protest and fury about being left — cries of rage — and then a sullen refusal to acknowledge and come to the mother ; on the other hand , the desperate yearning for the loved one and a need to cling and not let go . |
| 7 | A large number of overseas and international qualifications , such as the International Baccalauréate or the Irish Leaving Certificate , are also accepted : a list of the overseas qualifications more commonly offered by applicants is to be found in the overseas section of this prospectus . |
| 8 | A family characterised by the disk covered with small plates usually completely concealed by a dense coating of granules in adult specimens ; the radial shields usually visible ; the oral papillae forming a continuous series with the apical papillae ; the second oral tentacle scale opens within the mouth slit ; the arm spines short may be numerous , and appressed to the side of the arm . |
| 9 | The colonial form of government can perhaps be described as a ruling bureaucracy in the sense of government by appointed officials only slightly modified by the gradual emergence of consultative , advisory and legislative councils . |
| 10 | The filthy colonial military compounds so recently evacuated by the British and French provided convenient quarters for those who were now destined to spend most of their lives in exile , even though neither they nor their unwilling Lebanese hosts yet knew that they would have to do so . |
| 11 | The Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne is giving the denizens of the south coast an opportunity to experience the start bleakness of the northern territories so empathically visualised by the unique and eccentric rent-collector with his visionary eye and ability to create beauty out of mean streets and the world of factories and warehouses . |
| 12 | * These are reprinted , along with other of Sickert 's writings in the invaluable booklet Walter Sickert ; Advice to young Artists so expertly edited by Lynda Morris , and published to coincide with the Norwich School of Art Gallery exhibition of works by Sickert in May 1986 , to which I am greatly indebted . |
| 13 | A particular feature of methylene decarbonisers is that they can be used safely on aluminium , copper , brass and other metals normally badly corroded by alkalis . |