Example sentences of "and [adv] by an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scotland was still a divided and badly governed nation and David thought that progress to a well-ordered State could be achieved most quickly and effectively by an extension of Norman influence . |
| 2 | It is then stayed athwartships by wire and fixed for and aft by an aluminium alloy strut which clamps onto the backstay . |
| 3 | Domination , first by a foreign power and then by an elite , leads to poverty and alienation . |
| 4 | To his left , St Anthony lighthouse flashed at intervals , and far away to his right the sky was lit now and then by an arc of light from The Lizard . |
| 5 | Some Egyptian axes can be dated by association with datable material in excavation contexts and occasionally by an inscription . |
| 6 | Changes have included the introduction and repeal of selective employment tax ; VAT replacing purchase tax ; corporation tax replacing profits tax ; the amalgamation of surtax and income tax ; new taxes such as gambling and betting duties , and capital gains tax ; and the replacement of estate duty first by capital transfer tax and subsequently by an inheritance tax . |
| 7 | Baldwin lanced this boil fairly quickly and quietly by an announcement to a party meeting on 11 February : ‘ I do not feel justified in advising the party again to submit the proposal for a general tariff to the country except on the clear evidence that on this matter public opinion is disposed to reconsider its judgment of two months ago . ’ |