Example sentences of "[adj] by [noun prp] [unc] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bright was put clear by Coleman 's flicked header and though his shot was saved by Southall , the referee ruled Keown had pushed the striker . |
| 2 | A similar banality in 2010 is unrelieved by Kubrick 's wicked irony , but is partly concealed by the excellent acting of Scheider , Mirren , Balaban , Lithgow , Baskin , and , of course , Douglas Rain again as the voice of HAL — he alone had escaped from Kubrick 's anti — acting regime in 2001 , to become the only character that anyone cares about or indeed remembers . |
| 3 | Her distress was evident to Nicandra , who felt nearly as embarrassed by Dada 's miserable driving as she had been by Aunt Tossie 's disgraceful exhibition . |
| 4 | Yet his passion , untempered by Clinton 's overscripted if articulate jargon from the policy think-tanks , is touching a chord . |
| 5 | This was another , remote area of the complex which had remained untouched by Roirbak 's artistic caprices , and was still furnished in a bare , functional style . |
| 6 | But the attacks proved continuing militant activity in a town which was untouched by Egypt 's year-long surge of political violence until gunmen shot dead a policeman outside a church 10 days ago . |
| 7 | According to Godoy , the government decided on peace in 1795 because it was alarmed by Picornell 's republican conspiracy in Madrid and rumours of republican , pro-French committees in the north . |
| 8 | Arabs were alarmed by Clinton 's pro-Israeli remarks and harsh attack on Syrian President Hafez al-Assad , he said . |
| 9 | Only later had it occurred to him to wonder whether he should feel alarmed by Charlotte 's anxious tone or flattered that she felt she could turn to him for advice . |
| 10 | Again the book is prevented from becoming over-ornate by Minton 's terse line and love of clear statement . |
| 11 | Many contemporaries were bewildered by Simpson 's volatile and passionate nature and thought him mad . |
| 12 | He was so horrified by Prittwitz 's proposed withdrawal that he immediately replaced him with Generals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff . |
| 13 | It was Christmas 1781 when news filtered through that they were celebrating at the Red Lion at Bishopsgate ( an inn later to be made famous by Dickens 's Old Curiosity Shop ) . |
| 14 | Oska was instantly impressed by Minton 's easy , welcoming manner . |
| 15 | She had not been favourably impressed by Trevor 's arrogant display of bad manners , but kept her thoughts to herself . |
| 16 | Here he was impressed by America 's industrial progress and in 1862 he visited London for its World Exhibition and to see the museums of South Kensington . |
| 17 | In any case Diana was not overly impressed by Sarah 's royal boyfriend . |
| 18 | He was definitely impressed by Karen 's lovely grey mare , Wilma , who is a born show jumper . |
| 19 | She was very impressed by Poland 's beautiful mountains , but found the rest of the country grey and the poverty , depressing . |
| 20 | Barth was deeply impressed by Anselm 's so-called ‘ Ontological Argument ’ for the existence of God — this argument will be looked at in more detail later — but he interpreted it in a particular way . |
| 21 | He was not impressed by BR 's public relations campaign . |
| 22 | Eubank was impressed by Benn 's new maturity in his 11th-round stoppage of Welshman Nicky Piper in the first defence of his WBC super-middleweight title at the Alexandra Palace . |
| 23 | But I was completely impressed by Charlie 's big con trick , by his having knocked on the door of opportunity and its opening up to him , its goods tumbling out . |
| 24 | Stravinsky had dinner with them there , and was concerned by Eliot 's ashen complexion and faltering walk . |
| 25 | The situation is complicated by BWB 's official policy of not approving the use of towpaths for cycling , though a number of particular schemes , such as part of the Forth-Clyde path , have received official approval . |
| 26 | She walked heavily upstairs again , relieved to have a chance to think through her options undistracted by David 's physical presence . |
| 27 | On several occasions visitors to Low Birk Hatt , in the middle of discussing their planned holiday or business trips abroad , were startled by Hannah 's detailed knowledge of the places they were due to visit . |
| 28 | It seems that they were side-tracked by Kammerer 's Lamarckian claims and forced into the position of assuming that , since the theory was wrong , the data had to be wrong too , and this left them with fraud as the only possible explanation . |
| 29 | Sidney was puzzled by Wycliffe 's new line of questioning , and Wycliffe himself had only a vague idea of what he was after . |
| 30 | Saying business around the world has never been better , Grove said he is puzzled by Intel 's steep stock market fall . |