Example sentences of "[adj] or [verb] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be cordless or attached by a cable to the VCR . |
| 2 | In 1959 , the Supreme Court ruled that a state ban on ‘ the exhibition of a motion picture [ Lady Chatterley 's Lover ] because that picture advocates an idea — that adultery under certain circumstances may be proper behaviour — ’ was unconstitutional , since the First Amendment 's basic guarantee is of freedom to advocate ideas not necessarily ‘ conventional or shared by a majority ’ . |
| 3 | I do n't want your old man gunning for me when you get drowned or brained by a tree trunk doing ten knots . ’ |
| 4 | These include land designated for compulsory purchase , or allocated or defined by a development plan for any functions of a government department , local authority , statutory undertaker , or the National Coal Board , and land on which the secretary of state has given written notice of his intention to provide a trunk road or a ‘ special road ’ ( that is , a motorway ) . |
| 5 | Also , the law requires that a reviseur d'entreprises must be either self-employed or employed by a reviseur d'entreprises ( which includes auditing firms ) authorised to practise in Luxembourg . |