Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb pp] by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it was difficult , in practice , to stop war from breaking out , serious attempts were made to control it by emphasising that only a war duly and properly declared by a soverign authority could be regarded as just . |
| 2 | This line of argument was often and successfully used by the dictatorship ; its absorption by many Spaniards contributed in no small measure to the duration of the regime . |
| 3 | It is Tom Courtenay , the programme says so , but beneath a straggly white wig , black beret and tattered frock coat with trousers surely cast off by Cyril Smith and insecurely fastened by an army of safety pins , it is difficult to recognise him . |
| 4 | In 1957 there were still some 300,000 Bretons but the breed was heavily crossed with the similarly coloured but unrelated Friesian , in much the same way as the red-and-white Bretons had been crossed with Shorthorns and eventually replaced by the Meuse-Rhine-Yssel . |
| 5 | The UN was a relatively small body in 1947 and effectively dominated by the United States . |
| 6 | About 1720 Furber had published an engraving of a tulip tree , a magnolia ( then considered another species of tulip tree ) , and a silk cotton tree , all from the garden of Thomas Herbert , eighth Earl of Pembroke [ q.v. ] , and presumably supplied by the nurseryman , who prefaced his tree catalogue with a pleased account of his success in propagating the tulip tree , ‘ notwithstanding some Writers have thought it difficult ’ . |
| 7 | They are intrigued by the process , interested in the machinery and most impressed by the skills of the people . |
| 8 | The issues are extremely complex and little understood by the public , so no great attention is fastened on these debates and concessions can be made without apparent loss of face . |
| 9 | So , in January 1980 , the psychological evidence was presented in court , and duly challenged by the prosecution and by counsel for one of the other defendants . |
| 10 | The Johannesburg Sunday Times had meanwhile disclosed on Feb. 10 that one of the co-accused who had been missing the day the trial opened , Katiza Cebekhulu , had actually been seen , and duly photographed by the newspaper , among the crowd on the Supreme Court steps , apparently unconcerned by the heavy police presence . |
| 11 | Pro-democracy groups claimed that hundreds of demonstrators had been killed and secretly buried by the army . |
| 12 | The catalogue consists of the artist 's writings together with transcriptions of his unpublished remarks and poems which have on occasion inspired him — all compiled and deftly arranged by the di Suvero authority , Monroe Denton . |
| 13 | The one major attempt to apply the Third period model in Latin America , in El Salvador in 1932 ( where the Comintern operated through International Red Aid ) , was quickly and brutally suppressed by a massacre of over 30,000 people . |
| 14 | A Bill will go to the latter two types of committee only if it is so moved by a Member immediately after second reading and so decided by the House . |
| 15 | In the way by which he was brought up by hand and also how his hands are burnt and so scarred by the fire in which he tries to save Miss Havisham , perhaps showing physically the mental scars he has taken on through his treatment of others , especially Joe . |
| 16 | Mr Richter was so smitten by Mr Cliburn 's talent , and so bored by the competition ( 1958 was the last time he ever served as judge for anything ) , that he decided to give the talented American pianist the top score of 25 for everything and all the other contestants a zero for everything . |
| 17 | But do n't let anyone get away with telling you that IBM 's problems are all the fault of the world economy : if Hewlett-Packard Co can grow at 20% in the current climate , if ICL Plc can remain in the black , if that former corporate basket case Unisys Corp , which compared with IBM started out under its present management with no advantages at all , can return to profit , IBM 's woes have to be acknowledged to be primarily the fault of the company itself , and only exacerbated by the economy . |
| 18 | Being less preoccupied with self-consciousness and anxiety , and less driven by the needs of self-protection and control , you can see , hear , and love others more easily . |
| 19 | Although controversial , and greatly disliked by the judiciary , this is clearly intended to divert petty persistent offenders away from custody by ruling out custodial penalties for such offenders altogether rather than allowing them to ‘ progress up the tariff ’ . |
| 20 | We ca n't deliberately do not maintain those voluntary groups which we feel are appropriately and better funded by the health authority . |
| 21 | The window of the florist was still lit and entirely occupied by a funeral tribute , a football goal , carried out in white chrysanthemums . |
| 22 | She had been badly shaken up and obviously distressed by the experience . |
| 23 | I am deeply appreciative of the input to BNC which came from your partnership 's head office , and much impressed by the quality of the documentation submitted . |
| 24 | But director Claire McColgan makes the most of it , getting some fine performances from her cast and much helped by the set of Lotte Buchan and Derek Henenhopher . |
| 25 | An indication of the direction and degree of interest can be given by listing the series of reports produced at the time ( and generally known by the name of the person who chaired the relevant committee ) : |
| 26 | Ray Wright owns Clearwell caves , which are open to the public and not affected by the pollution . |
| 27 | You will find that a large proportion of them need a good ten inches between shelves , not forgetting that there must be ample room for them to be gently eased out and not hooked by the headband . |
| 28 | Berg also argued that the fact that G was fully informed and not misled by the report was irrelevant , since it was alleged that he was not acting in Berg 's interest so that his knowledge should not be attributed to the company . |
| 29 | However , Yeltsin proposed that the heads of executive power at local level would in future be elected by the localities and not appointed by the President [ for threats to dissolve the Congress of People 's Deputies see p. 38875 ] . |
| 30 | The constructional devices are laid bare and not motivated by the events or situations in the story . |