Example sentences of "by [noun pl] [verb] with [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There is a world of difference between research findings based on safe academic principles and methodology , and those produced with graphic literary phrases , but based upon anecdotal heresay , recorded by listeners blessed with total recall .
2 It emerges from the guidance note that the DSS does not consider itself to be bound by settlements negotiated with Inland Revenue PAYE officers .
3 Installed in a town house off the Rue St Honoré and accompanied everywhere in his armoured Mercedes by bodyguards armed with automatic weapons , he endeared himself to French society by throwing the kind of party that went out of style with Caligula while continuing to act as front man for the Syrian heroin cartel that underwrote his brother 's fanatical Alawist regime in Damascus .
4 Thromboxane production by platelets stimulated with arachidonic acid showed a significant positive correlation with the fasting plasma glucose concentration obtained at the same time in a group of 15 diabetics studied by Halushka et al ( 1981 b ) .
5 It was suggested that tolerance for ambiguity would be most needed by individuals faced with low predictability work and that the ability to cope with pressure would be most critical when the urgency was high .
6 Outside on the veranda , where the eaves are supported by pillars crowned with carved wooden rams ' heads and the real skulls and horns of sacrificed rams and he-goats , two men are kneading the dough for puris , pummelling the flour of every household in the village .
7 At a desk in the centre , surrounded by files tied with pink ribbons , sat the Registrar , on whom all hope depended .
8 Alternately referred to as Wait and See Parsers ( WASPs ) ( Marcus , 1980 ) these parsers reject the backtracking control strategy used by ATNs to cope with local ambiguity .
9 Yet others say that the poor countries of Africa put out their corpses to be devoured — by creatures regarded with superstitious awe — as the least burdensome method of disposal .
10 DURHAM County Council is reviewing the range of skills offered by teachers working with special needs youngsters .
11 Four out of five graffiti in male lavatories had a sexual theme , while on the other side of the wall only one in four of those created by women dealt with overt sexual subjects ; love and romance seemed to be their principal occupation .
12 Inside , the surgeons , surrounded by dustbins filled with lopped-off limbs , did the best they could to patch up the ghastly wounds caused by the huge shell splinters .
13 Next came a dish cooked to a recipe from the Royal House of Sailana , vegetables simmered in an almond and pistachio sauce , followed by aubergines stuffed with mint and coconut chutney and baked in a banana leaf .
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