Example sentences of "[adj] by [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Demand that had been suppressed or masked by what the old Poor Law debates used to call ‘ ineligibility ’ emerges as effective demand in proportion as , for example , custodial and institutional care is replaced by community care .
2 ‘ Inevitably there are going to be offences where I feel disgusted by what the person has done and I would probably say that to them .
3 I am confused by what the king tells me in dreams , and I need your help .
4 I was born Julian Parry , only daughter to Rhodri Parry , a merchant of this town , dealing in wool and woollen piece goods , and married by him a year and a half ago to Master Nicholas Hussey , who held lands here north of the town .
5 We can not but be overwhelmingly impressed by what the Chinese have achieved in the country and elsewhere , but at the same time we can not help seeing the comic side of the rituals in which we find ourselves participating .
6 When I came to Harlow I was stuck by what a lovely neat town it was then erm but there were er absolutely no posters anywhere in Harlow .
7 According to the classic history of modern whaling by two Norwegian historians , Lillie ‘ had been so shocked by what the cruelty to whales involved that he tirelessly championed electric killing , which in his opinion would be more humane ’ .
8 He is distressed by what the Black Land has become , so soon after his departure for the Fields of Aarru .
9 THE principle of retrospectively punishing men for their past supposed disadvantaging of women is a feminist catch-all by which a counter system of justice arises .
10 She 'd been in the business long enough not to be surprised by anything the intelligence services got up to .
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