Example sentences of "replace by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possibility of any of us having some kind of real experience is seen as having all but vanished , to be replaced by endless opportunity for witnessing things . |
| 2 | Our model predicts that if the basic residues that form part of the ‘ secondary ’ binding site are replaced by neutral residues , GH5 should no longer bind two duplexes of DNA . |
| 3 | In the merchant service wooden hulls were to a considerable extent replaced by composite and iron and steel construction after the middle of the century . |
| 4 | I have finished my letter and sit staring down through the orchard thinking about those who have occupied the slit trenches since 6th June : Taff , the mortar team , the others who have gone and have been replaced by new faces . |
| 5 | Old myths are , however , replaced by new as the combination of modern technology and advanced marketing techniques produce ever more elaborate and sophisticated examples of political image-building around minor personality cults , even in western democracies , aimed at obfuscating reality among the ignorant and gullible . |
| 6 | With Cranage 's resignation in 1928 , the links with the tradition of university extension on a national scale at Cambridge were gradually replaced by new opportunities for regional development which became available under the 1924 and , later , the 1932 Adult Education Regulations . |
| 7 | In 1848 the bridge was damaged by the artillery of Prince Windischgrätz and many of the original statues were put into the Lapidarium ( see p. 193 ) and were replaced by new statues by the Max brothers . |
| 8 | South of the Sahara , it was only in South Africa that stations were built on a European scale , and only there that stations were replaced by new and larger versions . |
| 9 | Scientific and technical monographs tend to stay in print for a similar length of time , though textbooks may last longer , or be regularly replaced by new editions . |
| 10 | Unfortunately the Company failed to get Corporation sanction for this , and so the trailers remained disused in the depot until replaced by new cars 9 and 10 , built by Milnes in 1891 . |
| 11 | During the three winter months , almost the entire squadron changed — well-known faces gradually disappearing and being replaced by new ones . |
| 12 | As the oldest trunks fall over , they are replaced by new shoots which appear continually around the base of the tree . |
| 13 | Audio dubbing is a simple set-up ( right ) by which original video sound can be dubbed out and replaced by new sound such as background effects or music . |
| 14 | However , if the old debt is left in place rather than replaced by new money , ss 238 , 239 and 245 of the Insolvency Act 1986 need to be considered . |
| 15 | Everything which recalled the past of tsarist Russia should be destroyed and replaced by new Soviet forms . |
| 16 | Crumbling and porous material is best dug out and replaced by new . |
| 17 | Safer ground had to be found and in any case with the coming of war the Progressive demands were being replaced by new constraints . |
| 18 | It was only some years later , when the over-expansion he had forecast had materialised , and some of the more obscurantist leaders of the industry had been replaced by new men , that the industry came to terms with the problem ( see pp. 212–17 , below ) . |
| 19 | Customers turn elsewhere or go out of business , old product numbers are replaced by new , and so on . |
| 20 | Old friendships are broken and replaced by new friends who find significant alcohol or drug use more tolerable and a perpetual round of drink and drug related activities more acceptable . |
| 21 | During September 1991 free concessionary travel was replaced by new concessionary fare structures introduced by individual bus companies and this may have reduced the number of elderly people using buses . |
| 22 | Large numbers of Saxon landowners were replaced by new Norman lords , and their holdings were often , although as the above example shows not entirely , redistributed without reference to their previous arrangements . |
| 23 | These courses are being phased out and replaced by new courses . |
| 24 | Hundreds of thousands of pounds were spent on computers and software , only for them to be replaced by new software for the council tax . |
| 25 | That at this time all material clearly below par will be ‘ weeded out ’ and replaced by new material when available . |
| 26 | In addition , declaration forms were missing in some cases in the departmental libraries , or older forms had been torn off and replaced by new forms when full rather than being retained , thus losing the evidential value of the forms . |
| 27 | They are standing in front of the old Boilerhouse which is being replaced by new and smaller gas fired units within the existing factory buildings . |
| 28 | But where we find the law is deliberately being ignored or flouted , inspectors will be prepared to take firm enforcement action , particularly if serious risks to health and safety are evident or where what needs to be done is not new , i.e. where existing duties have simply been replaced by new legislation . ’ |
| 29 | Recovery occurs when the affected intestinal epithelial cells on the villi are replaced by new enterocytes moving up from the crypts . |
| 30 | They 'll be replaced by new homes costing more than a million pounds . |