Example sentences of "[vb pp] on the [noun sg] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sand blown from the very wide sand flats at low tide may be trapped on the bank by pebbles or by such debris as barbed wire or any of the usual drift commonly found on beaches . |
| 2 | By lowering the nitrogen content , the company said it could cut the amount of nitrogen deposited on the land by pigs by 23 per cent . |
| 3 | Yet , surprisingly little attention has been focused on the institution by historians . |
| 4 | The swans had been found on the canal by neighbours the morning after they 'd been killed . |
| 5 | What banking services there were , had been developed on the continent by Italians , and were not widely available outside the capital cities like London , so provincial merchants must have employed other forms of credit . |
| 6 | And it was criticised on the Right by neo-liberals who favoured a more liberal form of capitalism . |
| 7 | When confronted on the issue by reporters Bush angrily refused " to take any sleazy questions like that " and stated that he would not respond to it " other than to say it is a lie " . |