Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] by [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the concept of the fiduciary duty said to be owed by the GLC to its rate payers was most widely emphasized by their Lordships . |
| 2 | The schedules determine which subjects can be effectively represented by the scheme , and which relationships are most effectively reflected by it . |
| 3 | Where government introduces measures that exclude people from resources long since used by them , the people come to view the project as a zero-sum game ( Thomson in Glantz , ed. 1977 ) , where their loss is exactly others ' gain , and conservation will not in the long run lead to an increase in their incomes . |
| 4 | Few travel or motoring correspondents would wish to be overly critical of the holiday or car so lavishly provided by their respective sponsors . |
| 5 | A picture emerges of a courageous , determined , resilient little individual , not so badly damaged by her early experiences , after all . |
| 6 | These features ensured that the BDDA was henceforth democratically controlled by its deaf members , who constituted the overwhelming majority of the membership . |
| 7 | You were so much loved by us all , |
| 8 | The king then decided to move his court to Perth , so long favoured by his father . |
| 9 | The importance of deictic information for the interpretation of utterances is perhaps best illustrated by what happens when such information is lacking ( Fillmore , 1975 : 38-9 ) . |
| 10 | The idea of a selfish herd is W. D. Hamilton 's , and is perhaps best explained by his own imaginary example . |
| 11 | His ears are only just covered by his hair above , as the barber , out of respect for the empire , keeps the hair in his head and cheeks short by continual trimming . |
| 12 | Those activities were so evidently a waste of spirit that Louisa had never understood how men were so easily lured by them . |
| 13 | Thus , the Bill is of vital interest to those railways , and they are probably much more affected by it than the two earlier speeches have suggested . |
| 14 | A child is also much more stimulated by everything it perceives because the world is new and exciting . |
| 15 | Now Hungarian poetry may begin to change towards a poetry which is more autonomous , more self-subsistent with its own themes and materials , not necessarily so directly structured by our political situation . |
| 16 | Though he was apparently deeply affected by his visits to hospitals , Pétain refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty . |
| 17 | Since the literary works to which Ken devoted himself in the long years which followed his brief episcopate were largely unremarkable and unread , the waste of his inspired and inspiring vocation as a bishop has appeared both to contemporary and subsequent critics exasperating ; for his scruples about swearing the oath of allegiance to William and Mary were so nearly overcome by his friends that he asked them not to continue their arguments lest he succumb . |
| 18 | Surprised to find herself so ridiculously pleased by his approbation , she was quickly distracted as Sophie — or was it Emma ? — asked , ‘ You and Uncle Ross are n't going to leave us , are you ? |
| 19 | If this is the right Elizabeth , can we come much closer to him than through the loved child christened at Stratford ‘ Elizabeth , daughter of John Hall , gentleman ’ and her Bible , so tenderly inscribed by her husband ? |
| 20 | But , are they now being blamed for pollution only partly caused by their activities ? |
| 21 | Causation , it can be supposed , is less clearly conceived by us than other basic facts . |
| 22 | He has also been a fine advocate of the Piano Concerto , not so far recorded by him . |
| 23 | He blamed himself for crediting her with a maturity she did not possess , and regretted that his attempts to assist her studies had been so tragically misinterpreted by her . |
| 24 | It is not at all clear why a person 's life-style , behaviour ( both linguistic and non-linguistic ) and opportunities should be so radically affected by his or her father 's occupation . |
| 25 | Wonderful as many of them are , it should still be more widely stressed by doctors that the health of human beings is so often determined by their behaviour , their food and the nature of their environment . |
| 26 | Ironically this transformation was in no small degree the consequence of the increasing technicality of the law to which the clerical judges themselves had so fertilely contributed by their advice , judgements and writings ; it had now become necessary to recruit judges from those who had served their apprenticeship pleading in the courts and had perhaps sought instruction from the law lectures and books which were then being provided . |
| 27 | Miss Picon and her husband were so profoundly affected by their experiences that for a long time after their return to New York they were unable to work . |
| 28 | It is hardly surprising that the Indonesians have been so profoundly affected by their kinetic environment , for theirs is the most tectonic nation on earth , boasting some 34 per cent of all the world 's active volcanoes , and registering an average of three earthquakes a day measuring over 5 on the Richter scale . |
| 29 | The major decisions and judgements he makes in regard to his life are so strongly influenced by his foreign language background , interests and values , that he is known as a linguist , a language teacher , or a diplomat . |
| 30 | Patricia enjoyed the kind of Anglo-Irish childhood so well described by her lifelong friend Molly Keane . |