Example sentences of "by the [noun pl] is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the acoustic captured by the engineers is reasonably spacious . |
| 2 | The apprehension of being ‘ seized ’ by the police is always present , but some of the arrests are pro forma so that local authorities can claim to be showing the necessary zeal . |
| 3 | One resort seizing the bull by the horns is little old Adelboden , which for 1991 is building a big new gondola to link two of its smaller ski areas to its major one . |
| 4 | The ‘ front ’ warned for our area by the weathermen is still some kilometres away so , although high clouds have spread in from the west already , only a few little ‘ cats ’ paws ' of wind ruffle the sea surface . |
| 5 | The reasons for the difference in treatment of gilding and silvering by the Romans is not clear . |