Example sentences of "[verb] by the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1880 and 1890 international relations were dominated by the system which Bismarck built on the Berlin settlement of 1878 . |
| 2 | Beth never took her eyes off the little group ; Cissie , who was now a young lady of exceptional prettiness and who was hugging her brother for the umpteenth time ; and Beth 's own son Richard … now six years old and growing more like Tyler every day ; and David , a quiet man , a man who was too gentle , a man still dominated by the monster who had raised him . |
| 3 | 11 Do n't allow yourself to be dominated by the student who always knows , or thinks he knows , the answer or who is always asking you questions or giving his opinion on the state of the world . |
| 4 | They claimed that when they were surrounded by the gang they acted in self defence . |
| 5 | She felt both shocked and outrageously delighted by the way their two bodies moulded so perfectly together . |
| 6 | Derbies , wherever they are played , have a habit of being won by the team which best combines finesse with physical power in what is always a hostile environment . |
| 7 | Tactics play a secondary role to board speed ; many a race is won by the sailor who is fast off the line and avoids dirty wind enough to use his speed advantage . |
| 8 | The result is that the battle of the forms is won by the party who fires the " last shot " . |
| 9 | was I gave my mum a lift because I , and d' ya know by the time he gets better |
| 10 | ‘ I watched the Kempton race on SIS , and was shattered by the way Her Honour ran . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end . |
| 12 | She felt completely shattered by the woman who watched her . |
| 13 | His spirit was epitomised by the way he came charging in late on the final day , giving it everything he had , despite an unresponsive surface and the near-certainty that the match would finish in a draw . |
| 14 | This revitalised industry which is now centred in the USA has resulted in a new type of cruise ship which has evolved from the special requirements of the newer cruise companies and their clientele and is epitomised by the Ectasy which entered service in June 1991 . |
| 15 | Depending on the amount , you could put it towards paying off a mortgage , extending your home , taking a special holiday , even moving house — things you may have promised yourself for years , comforts you will certainly have earned by the time you retire . |
| 16 | As the cast list expanded through royal marriages and the creation of a brood of ‘ nearly royals ’ — frivolous young men and women staking a claim to attention in the gossip columns simply because another member of the family had a genuine connection with the Windsors — the roles could be constantly juggled to satisfy an appetite which had been primed by the Palace itself . |
| 17 | Pragmatists too were attracted by the potential they saw in non-custodial penalties as a method of easing the ominous pressures being caused by the rising prison population . |
| 18 | Seb stepped back quickly , embarrassed by the expression he thought he saw on Tom 's face . |
| 19 | But helped by the wind it cleared the hump in the middle of the fairway , bounced high off the forward slope and ran through the narrow gap between the bunkers . |
| 20 | Certainly what we talk about and our ability to make ourselves understood is hampered or helped by the language we have at our disposal . |
| 21 | ‘ No-one should be fooled by the small fluctuation in this month 's unemployment figures as they are being claimed by the Government themselves as possibly erratic . |
| 22 | It is pensioners in particular who paid for British Telecom when it was owned by the State their taxes ensured that the telephone system in the U K , it became amongst the best in the world . |
| 23 | This is particularly important if the target was part of a group because some assets may not be owned by the company which uses them . |
| 24 | The move to Bernard Ecclestone 's Brabham was to a team which had a lot going for it — it was owned by the man who was consolidating his hold on FI and had an outstanding engineer in Gordon Murray — and one serious defect . |
| 25 | The George Square building was owned by the university which terminated the lease in order to use the property for a student hostel . |
| 26 | In evidence to the Environment Committee two illustrations were given : ‘ attempts by authorities to dispose of surplus school playing fields with the benefit of permission for development ; and competing applications for superstore development when one of the sites is owned by the authority themselves ’ . |
| 27 | This was owned by the skipper who had stocked up well for some unofficial business on his return to Finland . |
| 28 | Some tax can be saved by using a service company owned by the partnership which then charges a fee to the partnership for the rendering of non-legal services , for example administrative and computer services . |
| 29 | I take the point Chairman , and , and suggest by the criticism we will try and get more explicit detail in the future . |
| 30 | ‘ in situations like the present the defendants ‘ are ’ the company in the sense that any offences committed by them in relation to the affairs of the company would be capable of being treated as offences committed by the company itself . |