Example sentences of "[adj] by the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have to admit to being rather staggered by the number of jail-birds the club accommodates . |
| 2 | Yet the confusion in Dohuk , a Kurdish city left empty by the flight of refugees , shows how all decisions hung on an autonomy agreement . |
| 3 | We ate in the London Zoo and our meals were made interesting by the chatter of monkeys and the roar of lions in the background . |
| 4 | The application of a force to a simple liquid of low molar mass is relieved by the flow of molecules past one another into new positions in the system . |
| 5 | The formality is often relieved by the presence of dogs , by far the favourite breed being white Pomeranians . |
| 6 | He nodded towards the far corner , an island of space miraculously untouched by the tide of bodies crammed into the main room of the inn . |
| 7 | Few people are untouched by the predicament of homeowners and Julia Somerville with Julian Manyon succeeded in making a complex subject perfectly understandable and utterly depressing . |
| 8 | In talking to women at grassroots level in this country , I have been alarmed by the number of women who have undergone caesarean sections . |
| 9 | Thus , for Behaviouralists , the task of explaining international relations is not made impossible by the existence of ideologies and religions , each with its own internal meanings . |
| 10 | SCOTVEC is delighted by the response of centres to Phase 2 of the Advanced Courses Development Programme . |
| 11 | They were dismayed by the crop of books and articles which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Wales 's marriage and Diana 's 30th birthday . |
| 12 | Deciding which to use and where is obviously important , a theme that has been explored before on these pages , but many users seem bewildered by the range of typefaces that are available . |
| 13 | Bewildered by the holocaust of events , by death that had suddenly changed a world , he began apologising , first to the policemen : ‘ I do n't know what to say , his best man to die like that … ’ and then to his son : ‘ I 'd give my right hand to have things different , Jack . |
| 14 | She was confused , upset and bewildered by the train of events . |
| 15 | Some readers may be confused by the discussion of events ( sometimes called transactions ) , which function-oriented concepts , when data analysis is supposed to be function-independent . |
| 16 | Many parents become very confused by the range of professionals that they see and will call everyone doctor . |
| 17 | The survey , which covered 225 branch managers and 857 account holding customers , also found that two thirds of the managers believed their customers were confused by the range of products and services on offer . |
| 18 | In Shetland the situation is a bit confused by the migration of birds from other , usually more northerly areas . |
| 19 | Labour was horrified by the prospect of cuts . |
| 20 | If the laws of science are unchanged by the combination of operations C and P , and also by the combination C , P , and T , they must also be unchanged under the operation T alone . |
| 21 | Setting the objectives , then , is at least moderately straightforward , though it can be made more complex by the addition of sub-objectives relating to secondary groups of consumers , and there is always room for argument as to how much it is realistic to expect to achieve . |
| 22 | The fact that he also made a little money for himself in the process was considered only reasonable by the majority of fans . |
| 23 | Above us the decapitated heads of traitors , crowned with laurels or ivy , gazed down at us , their eyes and mouths turned black by the pecking of ravens . |
| 24 | Speaker 12 used Creole syntax and phonology and was judged to be black by the majority of respondents , just as they had judged Speaker 2 ( = 11 ) to be black in her " Creole " guise . |
| 25 | The third is that they may say things that seem absolutely correct at the time , but which are made ludicrous by the unfolding of events . |
| 26 | But ask him about his particular interests and proudest possessions , and his reply will be underpinned by a reverence and fondness undisturbed by the passage of years . |
| 27 | He said he was impressed by the range of stands but wished he was ten years younger because he thought the help on offer was best for younger people . |
| 28 | I have so enjoyed the magazine , and am very impressed by the diversity of topics covered and the high quality of the reproductions . |
| 29 | You seem to be impressed by the percentage of youngsters in higher education in America . |
| 30 | The Russians are obviously impressed by the standard of schools in Cheltenham . |