Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details of EC support received by overseas farmers and information regarding the prices paid and received for their various commodities . |
| 2 | The British Isles became , in 1941–43 , a giant aircraft-carrier punished by German raids but giving more than was received as the air war was intensified by 1943 . |
| 3 | I have just done her a return kindness by getting invitations for her and her mother , to the Alumnus of the Year award given by Royal Bank as holder of Chair of European Governmental Studies . |
| 4 | This does not mean , however , that one should invest in that declining industry beyond the level justified by short-run returns . |
| 5 | Maggie stared at John 's bare back , his creamy white skin punctuated by large freckles both fascinated and repelled her . |
| 6 | Pensioner tricked by bogus gardeners |
| 7 | Unfortunately , ill luck , in his case compounded by ill judgement , dogs the unsuccessful , and the only way into the sport , for some who should never be in it , is around the less successful teams . |
| 8 | Opening a Trust account seems to be the route favoured by many hoteliers . |
| 9 | In the London case at least , this recovery can no doubt be attributed in part to the strength of its economy , the support given by central government to the Docklands redevelopment and other schemes , and the associated attraction of young professionals back to the more central parts of the city . |
| 10 | Particularly in a large organization , reclassification can be a major exercise , although it can be facilitated by the support given by computer-based catalogue records . |
| 11 | It would be a tragedy if the use of violence or any confusion introduced by irregular elements on the picket lines were to divide and deflect the support given by responsible trade unionists all over the country aimed at achieving an early and a peaceful solution to this problem . |
| 12 | ‘ Lukewarm toleration ’ is the description given by some New Zealand correspondents who believe that clergy sometimes feel that ‘ traditions are inhibiting parish development ’ . |
| 13 | The proposed new law curbing this type of blatantly dishonest description given by some estate agents is not before time . |
| 14 | Although , when the three friends reunite in 1959 after thirteen years , they have not achieved everything they hoped for as adolescents , we are left at the end of the play with a feeling of hope — not the kind of false hope prescribed by Soviet censors but the hope that comes from being young and strong and having lived through difficult times . |
| 15 | In no circumstances can you set your net on a field inhabited by any farm animals , for these can panic and run into the standing nets — not only destroying the evening 's sport but also destroying the nets . |
| 16 | Since , however , the types of response given by these enquirers did not differ significantly from applicants , we have grouped them with the applicants for the purpose of the analysis . |
| 17 | Next consider a unit step function delayed by some time as depicted in figure 11.5(a) and denote it by . |
| 18 | A payment made in respect of a claim arising under this Section where the only damage sustained by such motor car is breakage of glass in the windscreen or the windows ( or any scratching of bodywork resulting solely and directly from such breakage ) shall be deemed not to be a claim under the Policy for the purpose of the No Claim Bonus Section . |
| 19 | Where two vehicles collide and one then suffers further damage by striking an immobile object ( but not a parked car ) all damage sustained by that vehicle shall be taken into consideration when applying the Partial Indemnity Clause . |
| 20 | A Meissen Chinoiserie table-bell and stand painted by Christian Friedrich Herold and Bonaventur Gottlieb Häuer , circa 1730 sold to a private collector on the telephone against a trade telephone bidder for £70,000 ( $119,630 ) ; estimate £40–50,000 . |
| 21 | Although there are differences in the method of removal favoured by different surgeons ( Goodall , 1957 ) , it is usual to spare as much of the thalamus , basal ganglia and hippocampal cortex as possible and for this reason Austin and Grant ( 1955 ) , among others , have pointed out that the operation might be better described as hemi-decortication , reserving the term hemispherectomy for those cases in which subcortical structures are also destroyed . |
| 22 | Brawling has often been a pastime favoured by certain film stars ; normally those who happen to drink a lot as well . |
| 23 | Eclipse drake distinguished by yellow bill ; duck 's is greenish , juvenile 's reddish . |
| 24 | Towards the end of June 1989 the dismissal of the reformist CCP general secretary , Zhao Ziyang , signalled the victory of conservative elements in a two-month power struggle provoked by conflicting responses to pro-democracy demonstrations by students [ see pp. 36721-22 ] . |
| 25 | The prospects may therefore be good for a long-term strategy which aims at both restricting the scale of most operating units and granting them a reasonable degree of operational autonomy in order to make participative democracy a feasible proposition , while developing further the economies of administration , co-ordination , etc. which are at present realised by large-scale enterprises . |
| 26 | As far as we know , they all used two or three microphones spaced some yards apart along the front of the orchestra , a technique favoured by American engineers to this day . |
| 27 | The subsequent development of state contributory systems of income maintenance , although to some extent building on the systems of mutual support developed by some trade unions and friendly societies , which were informed by a collective ideology and em-bodied the concept of the right to support , has also been constrained by the desire to maintain male work incentives . |
| 28 | Patients with previous cholecystitis diagnosed by scintigraphic examination of the gall bladder were excluded . |
| 29 | A system based solely on attendance does not take account of the range of a councillor 's duties ; leaves some councillors better off than others ( depending on their employment situation ) ; and does not adequately reflect the added responsibility carried by senior councillors . |
| 30 | It is one of the few new entries to a chart dominated by old favourites . |