Example sentences of "by a [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tramway station is now effectively a traffic island , surrounded by a one-way system and linked by pedestrian crossings . |
| 2 | Visual difference on the same surface between a part that has been cleaned by a standard technique and the untouched area . |
| 3 | Freckenhorst Abbey Church ( 332 ) is typical , with flanking , circular western towers and a cliff-like central mass with a tiny doorway at the bottom , tiny windows above and surmounted by a tall roof and turret . |
| 4 | She is designed to be handled by a minimum crew and her huge Mediterranean-style cockpit is both comfortable and secure . |
| 5 | Her cries of ‘ Look , that 's my mum , ’ are greeted by a stunned silence and then as one the phlegmatic Londoners rise from their seats and … rush from the compartment ! |
| 6 | The economy was undergoing its worst recession since 1945 and had been hit in particular by a fall of over 50 per cent in trade with the Soviet Union in the first three months of 1991 , and by a low dollar and over-valued Finnish markka , which seriously affected the forest industry . |
| 7 | The façades are in three stages in black and white marble , surmounted by a low roof and lantern . |
| 8 | The board 's proposals for its future as a voluntary co-operative have been criticised not only by the Scottish dairy trade , but by a recent Monopolies and Mergers Commission report . |
| 9 | WACC 's folk media programme revealed that traditional forms of communication can be harnessed for effective social change when adapted and backed by a strong motivation and social consciousness . |
| 10 | Therefore by choosing a long-tailed male the female will have her eggs fathered by a strong male and such beneficial characteristics will be inherited by her sons . |
| 11 | One of the reasons Mr Houghton and his managers cite for staying in the pots-and-pans business sounds pretty lame : namely that the business was handicapped in the 1980s first by a recession at the start of the decade and then later by a strong dollar and so could now recover . |
| 12 | We all learned about him in school , how he was attacked by a savage hound and killed it by knocking a hurley ball slam into its mouth . ’ |
| 13 | He suffered brain damage caused by a fractured skull and died later in Middlesbrough General hospital . |
| 14 | They must have seen his lights for they were at the door , and a couple of minutes later he was in their brightly-lit living-room standing by a blazing fire and being asked what he would drink . |
| 15 | ‘ Ministers should not prejudice the outcome of proposals yet to be made , or be influenced by a half-baked Monopolies and Mergers Commission report about a tiny acquisition . ’ |
| 16 | The project was to be administered by a joint private- and public-sector company in which the government had a minority interest . |
| 17 | The argument is clearly inspired by a religious motivation and shows Ulster protestantism to be a vigorous form of political religion , approving whatever defensive measures are necessary to avoid submission to Rome rule . |
| 18 | ‘ I have been knocked off by bicycle by a negligent driver and although not seriously injured , I can not work for several weeks . |
| 19 | The airport will be linked to Hong Kong by a high-speed railway and a six-lane highway . |
| 20 | The Sari , however , is not primarily an initiation ceremony ; for it will be held by a great ruwang and his wife ( the ruwahu ) regardless of whether there are boys of appropriate age for initiation . |
| 21 | There was practically none of the systematic planning and oversight which so characterised Bath and many other spas : that could only come from the implementation of a single plan by a great landowner and architect , and Brighton had a few of these . |
| 22 | ‘ It will also increase available stock of subsidised housing by a similar amount and make a real contribution towards housing families in need , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Flour has already risen by 15 per cent since then whilst animal feed has already risen by a similar amount and is expected to increase further . |
| 24 | My instinct , both of mercy and goodwill , was to seek Barbara 's approval to a reference to the Prime Minister , but an even stronger instinct told me that it was likely to be met by a flat refusal and that the negotiating process would be stillborn . |
| 25 | He was spotted by a passing motorist and is now in a stable condition in hospital . |
| 26 | He was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital by a passing motorist and is being treated for leg and arm wounds . |
| 27 | River police and firemen were called to the scene after being alerted by a passing cyclist and found the unnamed man on the rocks . |
| 28 | We then have the composite view that an effect is necessitated by a causal circumstance and , furthermore , is related to a so-called sufficient condition in the way described , having to do with the usual background . |
| 29 | Growing up among the tough men of Cornwall , Harry had come to believe that popularity was all ; that it could be bought with success , and that success could be got by a closed fist and a big voice . |
| 30 | The illness is caused by a defective gene and can affect all parts of the body , but the lungs are most vulnerable . |