Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [noun pl] [coord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after the Shah left Teheran , the Iranian embassy in Washington was taken over by militants and by members of Zahedis staff who had hitherto seemed loyal to him and the Shah . |
| 2 | Black and Asian guards began to appear in Britain and in many places menial station tasks , catering employment , and the like were taken over by immigrants or by guest workers . |
| 3 | You can get into the Baronnies very easily from the north , the east or the west , but not from the south , which is closed off by forests and by mountains . |
| 4 | This was particularly noticeable when hostels were set up by individuals or by groups of sympathisers , rather than by religious or other charitable organisations . |
| 5 | The best way to " lock up " the caesium , to prevent it being taken up by plants and into the food chain , is by spreading the affected areas with certain minerals , most successfully ammonium ferric hexacyanoferrate , or Prussian blue , which turns the hills blue . |
| 6 | Exercises can be carried out by individuals or as a class activity with the possibility of interaction between the students and teachers . |