Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the process of hatching , the inner impermeable shell membrane is broken down by enzymes secreted by the larva and by its own movement . |
| 2 | The principles of training laid down by Stirling differed from those in the Commandos , where a group of volunteers , once recruited , were nursed up to the required standard . |
| 3 | Marsh grasses , like the tall , coarse Spartina genus , are broken down by bacteria to form detritus , food for shellfish . |
| 4 | But the general observational procedures laid down by Hubble have been followed by his successors to this day . |
| 5 | They scarcely noticed the occasional ravine and were careful to avoid the mires and blanket bogs laid down by Nature to trap the unwary . |
| 6 | In addition , complaints to electricity watchdog Offer in the first quarter of 1993 were down by 44pc compared with the same period of 1992 . |
| 7 | In a day , several acres of rainforest can be burned down by ranchers to make space for hungry cattle . |
| 8 | ah , it was alright , er , it was a bit , David did a good performance , erm , and there was this boy in the first year , and he was apparently been turned down by Lambda Do you know who Lambda are , I do n't even know who they are . |
| 9 | " The Meeting have taken it into Consideration the Complaints which every member of this Meeting have now stated , that their Dykes and Inclosures are very much Damaged and broke down by passengers assuming to themselves a right to take Cross and Short Cuts thro' Inclosures … |
| 10 | High technology industries are not tied down by transport costs : one tonne of microchips is worth anything up to 100 000 times a tonne of steel plate , so chips tend to travel by air . |
| 11 | Had the death-dust breathed in by Yeremi conveyed a molecular message into his brain ? |
| 12 | The bleached ends were growing out so new High Lift Natural Blonde highlights from the Koleston 2000 range were put in by Chris to soften the colour . |
| 13 | North lent a good deal of encouragement to Thomas Dowling , ‘ the priest for the contras ’ , who was called in by Calero to say Mass in the camps in Honduras ; but Dowling found the contras drifting , rather than committed . |
| 14 | To the fields brought in by IPC had been added others , discovered or developed by the national oil company INOC , under new-style arrangements , notably the Brazilian discovery Majnun , prominent in the fighting near Basrah in the 1980s . |
| 15 | Do not be taken in by oil-company promises that opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration will never harm the 170,000 caribou that go there to calve . |
| 16 | He then said he was an ‘ emergency doctor ’ called in by police to examine rape victims after attacks . |
| 17 | It was simple but very elegant through that carved stone gateway , the courtyard roofed in by vines twining over wires , so that the chairs and tables were shielded from the sun 's extreme heat by the delicate leaves . |
| 18 | There are also special plates printed by auctioneers when they are selling off the library of some eminent man , or put in by librarians to denote a special gift or legacy of books . |
| 19 | The shop was often at its busiest on a Saturday , when the farmers came in , or the men who had a half day themselves were marched in by wives to have themselves fitted out by Mr Hogan , or Mike the old assistant , the tailor who had been there since time immemorial . |
| 20 | Boyd 's cross from the left was flicked in by Nicholas.Saints broke immediately and Redford soared to head home Maskrey 's cross . |
| 21 | The parrot crawled , more an animal than a bird , out of her cage and , helped along by her powerful beak , climbed the various terraces of Aunt Tossie 's bed until she reached her pillow where she crept along by shoulder to neck . |
| 22 | Is it not also a fact that , because industries in the north and north-west and other such places have increasingly been taken over by industries based in the south , the north has always been last for investment and first for cuts ? |
| 23 | Finally , the late eighties saw the launch of satellite TV services , initially by Sky and then by the ill-fated BSB , which was taken over by Sky to form BSkyB when BSB succumbed to financial difficulties less than two years after going on air , in late 1990 . |
| 24 | They are the ideas favoured the world over by generalists holding advanced business degrees and they seem to work well in certain business situations . |
| 25 | They were approaching a point where the wharf walk was bridged over by scaffolding erected to repair the back wall of Benson 's furniture shop . |
| 26 | I got to be careful at the doorways , cos there 's people coming in and out and a couple of times I nearly get knocked over by people bumping into me . |
| 27 | Sometimes , the Hartleys have to rely on their 10 dogs to find sheep covered over by snow blown off sheltering walls and rocks . |
| 28 | Miles of city streets are taken over by stalls offering tiny banknotes and articles of all kinds for sale . |
| 29 | No , you go over by Georges do n't you ? |
| 30 | Rearrangement of ( 16 ) and multiplication through by w yields where the wage elasticity of labour demand . |