Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [det] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a final , violent crash of thunder , and in the bright light they saw that the tree had been torn in half by the lightning . |
| 2 | The following day we explored Bragança 's castle , which is superbly preserved and houses a military museum , showing Portugal 's colonial past and the role played in this by the menfolk of Bragança . |
| 3 | They are enabled in this by the lack of language controls to describe offerings . |
| 4 | The US Marine Corps was responsible for the United States inter-war plans for amphibious operations ; and although they did a number of landing exercises in the 1930s , not until 1940 were they joined in these by the US Army 's 1 Division . |
| 5 | As we saw earlier , societies were previously inhibited in this by the fact that they could not issue cheque guarantee cards . |
| 6 | Gaimar also says that Æthelred II had a brother named Edmund who desired to take his kingdom and was supported in this by the Welsh , as he was married to the daughter of one of their kings . |
| 7 | Isabelle is well supported in this by the staff and I would like to mention how much we appreciate the changes to the trading goods which have taken place in the last year . |
| 8 | Kali and Hades had been plucked from their midst as though by a giant hand and flung several feet away , almost cut in half by the point-blank blast of sawn-off twelve-bores . |
| 9 | Belorussian industrial capacity had been split in half by the World War and its consequences . |
| 10 | Built in 1934 for the infamous 1936 Hitler Olympics , when the black hero of America , Jesse Owens , smashed the formidable sprint opposition of Germany , the stadium had withstood the Allied bombings during the war and became a symbol of a new Germany when Berlin was split in half by the Wall . |
| 11 | It was the small firms who first spotted specialized market segments and exploited them , and they are encouraged in this by the ability to sub-contract most of the holiday provision to other operators . |
| 12 | They are encouraged in this by the manufacturing companies , which scarcely let a year go by without introducing a ‘ new improved ’ joint replacement which offers hitherto undreamt of ( and unproved ) advantages over the older designs . |
| 13 | I was encouraged in this by the good result of the experimental members ' evening in the 1990-1 programme , when half a dozen members gave excellent short talks . |
| 14 | Vitali Googol actively cultivated an air of sophistication , aided in this by the premature age lines wrought in his visage due to long immersion in deep space and in the warp . |
| 15 | They had a personal stake in improving their own incomes ( and they were aided in this by the growth of white-collar and public-sector trade unions ) , and they had a professional commitment to improve the lot of the clients of their services . |