Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it does , it tends to be a reaction to perceived injustice , such as internment without trial , or the conviction of a son by a sole judge in a trial held in total secrecy and on the evidence of unseen witnesses , or a simple case of one 's house being badly mauled by careless soldiers searching for arms . |
| 2 | The last has for a long time been the argument most favoured by political theorists . |
| 3 | A bathroom was perhaps the item most prized by working class housewives after World War I , and there is ample evidence of wives planning moves up the housing hierarchy until one was acquired . |
| 4 | But James 's great houses are rarely inhabited by ancestral families : Lord Mark is an exception , and Lord Warburton offers to move from Lockleigh if Isabel ( however mistakenly ) argues damp from its moat ; in any event , his family 's hold on the house is so frail that his sisters seem no more than faded chintz figures among the faded chintz of their drawing-room . |
| 5 | Even psychoanalysis , the field most criticized by other areas of psychology for its methodological irregularities , claims scientific credibility from its set rules of data collection and interpretation , and its large body of clinical material . |
| 6 | The use of inappropriate forms of assessment to grade and rank-order pupils ' work for the purpose of making comparisons or to achieve so-called ‘ unified standards ’ is illustrated by the worst abuses of norm-referencing , which has been roundly and justifiably criticized by many writers , even in those areas of the curriculum where one might expect this system to be welcomed . |
| 7 | The industrial relations literature has long noted that high levels of membership are ‘ predominantly sustained by informal group pressures from workmates ’ ( Brown and Wadhwani , 1990 , p. 14 ) . |
| 8 | However , government austerity policies and plans to reform the previously restricted economy by privatizing state monopolies and encouraging the private sector and international investment were bitterly criticized by organized labour , disaffected FLN traditionalists and opposition parties [ ibid . ] . |
| 9 | This attitude was bitterly criticized by republican politicians who felt that he had given an enormous fillip to a rebellion that would otherwise have run out of steam . |
| 10 | First , the settlement house policy of ‘ neighbourliness ’ was trenchantly criticized by young radicals such as George Lansbury and C. F. G. Masterman who saw such movements either as laboratories for ambitious young men or as having lost their initial enthusiasm . |
| 11 | Tau-Taus , together with textiles and carved panels , are amongst the Toraja 's artistic products most coveted by ethnographic collectors . |
| 12 | Snow may also lie later in block screes ( which also tend to be located below north-facing slopes because they were mostly formed by freeze-thaw action ) . |
| 13 | The ‘ danger ’ is that natural processes are being fundamentally altered by human activities and , once begun , these changes can not be switched off . |
| 14 | It was subsequently badly damaged but the clumsy repair is skilfully disguised by deceptive restoration . |
| 15 | The need to work for a living is widely recognized , but the necessity to do so may have often been bitterly resented by many people over the years . |
| 16 | There is another problem when it comes to applying market prices to environmental capital : the pieces of green environment that are most treasured by most people are their gardens . |
| 17 | I was badly shaken by that pact . |
| 18 | It is also clear that traditional syntheses between science and faith were badly shaken by new conceptions of nature . |
| 19 | All remaining seven patients with leakage or strictures , or both were successfully treated by endoscopic sphincterotomy only ( n=1 ) or sphincterotomy and subsequent stent placement ( n=6 ) . |
| 20 | A recent study describes 11 patients who had retroperitoneal perforation during ERCP and who were all successfully treated by conservative means . |
| 21 | Tucked away in a quiet part of the town , mostly inhabited by better-class salesmen and small businessmen , it was a second storey apartment . |
| 22 | When this cloud settles on the skin it causes a red rash , but it is no more than an irritation and certainly nothing to justify the terrible image of this animal that has been so relentlessly fostered by cheap novels and films . |
| 23 | As all Iraqis know , Saddam himself is Sunni , despite his claim to descent from Ali ; and the putative victory over Iran was presumably won by all Iraqis , Shia and Sunni alike . |
| 24 | The cheap care provided by childminders is mostly patronized by poorer mothers , especially African and West Indian mothers . |
| 25 | The proposed ban was eventually carried by 7 votes to 5 , but hunt supporters believe they 'll win the full vote next month . |
| 26 | Equally important in this respect was Common Wealth 's approach to foreign policy , acutely summarized by one historian : ‘ The Aeon and the Popular Front might have failed , but the People 's War fostered a vision of a progressive Utopia arising phoenix-like from the ashes of Europe . ’ |
| 27 | In our view , this philosophy of partnership with clients , in which the primary caring role of the family is reasserted but effectively supplemented by public services , must be reintroduced into national policy and practice . |
| 28 | Under present UK law , a company has a separate legal personality ; and its members , even if it is wholly owned by another company , are not — at any rate in theory — liable for its debts and other obligations . |
| 29 | There were a few clubs at the lower end of the street , but it was mostly owned by monolithic movie companies . |
| 30 | Ron Amann , Professor of Soviet Politics , explains why , like other members of CREES , he is a little overwhelmed by recent events , but not entirely surprised … |