Example sentences of "by [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lunar maria , nearly all of which are located on the near side , also seem to be of impact origin , with subsequent infill by rather dark material . |
| 2 | Emerson revealed that both those who continued working and those who retired ‘ appeared to be to some extent affected by rather garbled information concerning retirement impact ’ ( Emerson 1959 ) . |
| 3 | In fact , the synthesised parts of the album are , to my ears , the least successful , with the sheer , staggering brilliance of the Labèques fingerwork replaced by rather unatmospheric electronics . |
| 4 | The NCSC says the agreement may contravene the takeover code by effectively changing control of Bell without shareholder approval . |
| 5 | PHNOM PENH — The Cambodian Defence Minister , Tea Banh , said yesterday that government troops repulsed an offensive by mostly non-communist resistance forces last week near Sisophon , AFP reports . |
| 6 | Autonomy declaration by predominantly Polish district |
| 7 | Recruited by intensely competitive examination , many graduated in pure and applied science , in engineering or mathematics — notably the ‘ polytechniciens ’ and ‘ centraliens ’ , graduates of ( the MoD-funded ( Ecole Polytechnique , and of l'Ecole Centrale . |
| 8 | limited ( third party ) ( 1991 ) policy did not provide indemnity of survey carried out by nominated person not holding professional qualifications or with 5 years experience and supervised by professionally qualified person . |
| 9 | Third , that for rights and responsibilities to be exercised fully and fairly , government in Britain , as in other industrialised democracies , must work to build prosperity by properly supporting research , innovation , the improvement of skills , the infrastructure and long-term industrial development . |
| 10 | The small-scale attack on a Moroccan observation post in the Dahlou region resulted in the death of four Moroccan soldiers , according to a Polisario statement issued on Sept. 30 , and was followed by much heavier fighting in the first half of October ( see p. 36988 ) . |
| 11 | The figures have also been given a boost by much lower interest charges as a result of strong cash flow . |
| 12 | The beef is tender and full of flavour and , although the breed grows more slowly than the big continental animals , the deficit is adequately compensated for by much cheaper production costs in terms of food and housing ( it stays out all year round ) . |
| 13 | Female differs from female Spotted by much yellower throat and less distinctly spotted appearance , from female Lichtenstein 's by yellow instead of speckled throat . |
| 14 | Trade union development was one of slow growth in membership until the mid 1960s followed by much faster recruitment until , by the early 1970s , over half the workforce was unionised [ Clegg , 1972 ] . |
| 15 | When the children have had enough of their play , then prints are sometimes made of the finished effect , by gently pressing paper on the paint pattern . |
| 16 | The second problem is the means by which booming gas consumption is to be supplied — whether by hugely increased imports from the Norwegian sector of the North Sea or by greatly accelerated development of the UK 's North Sea gas resources , or by both . |
| 17 | The failure of winter rains was followed by abnormally small rainfall in spring and by the end of 1982 the severe conditions extended over most of eastern and southern Australia . |
| 18 | Sequence specific binding to a single DNA strand of the PPT promoter element with homology to the Na channel element ( A ) Binding to the PPT element was assayed in cerebellum extract and the DNA binding specificity determined by competition with 50 and 100ng of competitor DNA as specified ; WT , MYC and NS are double stranded competitor DNA whereas WTSSA , WTSSB and NSSS are single stranded competitor DNA The major complex binding to the DNA element is competed by only homologous double ( WT ) and single stranded competitors ( SSA and SSB ) which are individual strands of the WT oligonucleotide . |
| 19 | The ALP , however , appeared to have increased its vote by only 1 percentage point , to 39.5 per cent . |
| 20 | Derek Roberts , chief executive of the Yorkshire , said he believed societies which raised their rates by only 1 point would be forced to increase them again to attract savers . |
| 21 | Even though the decline will be succeeded by a modest rise , Britain 's dependency ratio over the next 40 years should rise by only eight percentage points , to 31% . |
| 22 | The cake is based on shallow dome sponges , cleverly achieved by only part-filling pudding basins and a mixing bowl with cake mixture . |
| 23 | The number out of work fell from a seasonally-adjusted peak of 3.1m ( 11.2% of the workforce ) in July 1986 to a low of 1.6m ( 5.6% ) in March 1990 , while the rise in earnings jumped by only two percentage points over the same period , to 9.5% . |
| 24 | The first year 's trapping suggested that Platycheirus albimanus was the commonest garden hoverfly , forming almost a fifth of the total catch ; a fifth of the species trapped in 1972 were represented by only one individual , and the average number of individuals per species was 29 . |
| 25 | In the case of the evidence produced by informal interviews we , the readers , are rather in the position of hearing a case put by only one counsel and not the other . |
| 26 | Some later work focused on modelling variations in speech patterns , but the computers still could be used by only one person who ‘ trained ’ by saying each word five or 10 times . |
| 27 | Microcomputers are often described as personal computers In fact it can be quite helpful to think of them in this way when considering the differences between them and mainframe or minicomputers Usually microcomputers are used by only one person at a time ; for example , a personnel manager might have one on his desk top which he uses to examine trends in recruitment . |
| 28 | Instead the system connects computers made by only one firm — Apple — so letting them share expensive disc files , printers and so on . |
| 29 | Often , the child is brought up from birth by only one parent , usually the mother , or is taken into care at a very early age , as in the cases of Young , Thompson and Justin Fashanu . |
| 30 | But one MODULE is given by only one LECTURER and one MODULE is offered to only one COURSE ( if these are the restrictions ) . |