Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] by [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A one-piece red culottes suit given by former Eastenders star Anita Dobson has still to be sold . |
| 2 | ‘ If in some sort the brothers all stand accused by this present word , ’ said Earl Robert helpfully , ‘ it is they , the humbler children of the household , who have the best right to ask for a name . |
| 3 | I get upset by this rather petty response sometimes . |
| 4 | But if you get captured by any of the class you get you have to back away , man . |
| 5 | Many grown-up people feel obliged by such considerations to continue to acknowledge the authority of their parents over them . |
| 6 | The second place is that probably one of the reasons that physicians feel threatened by these kind of laws is that , without the law , I can cruise along and maintain my patients ' comfort and my sanity to the best of my ability . |
| 7 | Fourthly , the CME 's independent traders ( locals ) who make up nearly three quarters of the membership feel threatened by this new technology . |
| 8 | Few of these feel bound by any enduring loyalties : they judge City Hall by the funds it can deliver . |
| 9 | The Cardinal himself never pretended otherwise , but people whose doubts are depressingly real can easily forget this and become discouraged by such a standard . |
| 10 | Furthermore , even samples that have undergone ancient enrichment in incompatible trace elements retain the low Re/Os signature , so that enriched portions of the SCLM become characterized by both low γ Os and low Nd . |
| 11 | 9.6 Rights easements etc The [ operation of the Law of Property Act 1925 Section 62 shall be excluded from this Lease and the only rights granted to the Tenant are those expressly set out in this Lease [ and such further ancillary rights that arise under the general law or by necessary implication ] and the Tenant shall not by virtue of this Lease be deemed to have acquired or be entitled to and the ] Tenant shall not during the Term acquire or become entitled by any means whatever to any easement from or over or affecting any other land or Premises now or at any time after the date of this Lease belonging to the Landlord and not comprised in this Lease Section 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 provides that a lease is deemed to include , in the absence of any contrary intention , all easements , rights and advantages appertaining or reputed to appertain to the premises at the time of the lease . |
| 12 | ‘ That probably sounds simple-minded to you , considering that you live surrounded by such things , but — ’ |
| 13 | Such is the entertainment value of working out your own routes that I remain baffled by those who think the West Highland Way is a good idea . |
| 14 | Well do you think you could pop upstairs and look and see if I 've got by any chance have |
| 15 | Have you got any photographs that you 've taken by this means ? |
| 16 | Thousands of fish and other wildlife have died in the immediate vicinity of the project , water levels downstream have fallen by several metres , and water shortages have been reported Budapest and other cities along the Danube ( which receive most of their drinking water from wells bordering the river ) . |
| 17 | The numbers waiting two years have fallen by some 31 per cent . |
| 18 | Electricity prices have fallen by some 2 per cent . |
| 19 | The real net incomes of beef and sheep farmers have fallen by more than half since 1984 , as have land prices in real terms . |
| 20 | Since last summer , revenues from , eg , M&A , property , issues of securities , and much corporate work have fallen by more than that . |
| 21 | Sales in Britain have fallen by half since 1989 ; America , Converse 's main market , has been hard going too . |
| 22 | Surveys along the north-east coast have shown that its numbers have fallen by half over the last decade , to today 's figure of around 100 . |
| 23 | Their numbers have dropped by half over the past fifty years . |
| 24 | As we have seen by all that was covered in Chapter 3 , the technology of multimedia suggests a multimedia environment geared by definition to handling such images and a lot more besides . |
| 25 | Vacancies for chief executives and managing directors have risen by more than one-third in the last year , while senior managerial vacancies have increased by 17.4 p.c . |
| 26 | The low-income groups and pensioners spend a higher proportion of their money on food and fuel , whose prices have risen by more than other items , and so the inflation index for these groups has risen faster than inflation for the average person . |
| 27 | Further research has failed to turn up a single firm IBM Corp mainframe deal for this quarter anywhere across Europe , and the disk business is not going to save any IBM bacon either : word in leasing circles is that users are so averse to buying new disks that prices of used 3380Ks have risen by some 25% . |
| 28 | Their numbers have grown by more than a third since 1979 , while the number of self-employed people has grown to over 12 per cent of the workforce . |
| 29 | In general , studies of women prose writers have outstripped by some distance studies of poets apart from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Countess of Winchilsea . |
| 30 | Some fares have increased by much more . |