Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Methodists the talk of collectivism remained largely a political debate because , despite their numerous schisms , all five Methodist connexions had strong central authorities much envied by some Baptists and Congregationalists . |
| 2 | Human populations were perpetually on the move , constantly prodded by environmental changes … ’ |
| 3 | Europe has a destiny to fulfil , and in years to come it will become apparent that the best Europe is one which rejects interventionist mediocrity in favour of a European Community which will deliver the promise of a higher standard of living and political pre-eminence so justly deserved by all Europeans . |
| 4 | A good cook , evidently , though somewhat vulgarized by recent service with an American family who liked bits of pineapple all over things . |
| 5 | Rather than stick to these ‘ origination ’ strengths , however , BZW has tried to build the kind of corporate-finance department long boasted by old-established merchant banks that advise on mergers and acquisitions . |
| 6 | The secret policemen made themselves so hated by ordinary Iraqis that they now depend on the president 's protection almost as much as he depends on theirs . |
| 7 | ‘ In the circumstances , although I could have wished he 'd delayed his visit another hour or so , the edge of my temper had become somewhat dulled by recent events . |
| 8 | Though generally appropriated by humanist criticism as a recognizable origin of itself , nosce teipsum may nevertheless have something crucial in common with the formulations of post-structuralism . |
| 9 | Warning — product package already referenced by another product |
| 10 | Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here ? |
| 11 | There were many food kitchens and supplementary feeding centres run by Unicef and the Red Cross ; several were based on projects already started by local women . |
| 12 | There are growing fears that the cash-starved klondykers , no longer policed by political commissars from their own nations , could be used by international drug dealers to smuggle large consignments of illegal substances into the UK . |
| 13 | Holding Seawitch on course with one hand , he pushed the other through hair already rumpled by previous displays of frustration . |
| 14 | If Veblen 's book continues to be read this is partly for its unconscious humour but partly for the comfort , however misplaced , which it offers to those still mesmerized by egalitarian ideas . |
| 15 | On her return to London , she was welcomed by Vera Brittain , who was now married , into a household soon further enlivened by two children , to whom Holtby became a beloved ‘ aunt ’ . |
| 16 | As with the hobbit-songs , behind all these there lies some story of a Sentence and a Great Escape , but an escape forever hindered by loving involvement with Middle-earth itself ; that is the root of the disagreement between Fangorn , Celeborn and Galadriel when the Ent half-voices his lament for the stocks and the stones . |
| 17 | Within a mile of the sea the bracken-covered hills of Exmoor , deeply intersected by wooded combes , reach heights of over 1,000 feet , and only on the lower slopes do farmers derive a living from the inhospitable soil . |
| 18 | If Ivanov was a spy , then I am sure he obtained far more strategic information by legitimate methods than he ever did by covert means . |
| 19 | Other commentators , much more discomfited by these details than their colleagues , have suggested that the storyteller means the birds were flying three feet above the ground when they were caught ! |
| 20 | Crowd-control measures have focused on the limitation or prohibition of alcohol , and the installation of special family enclosures , usually patrolled by extra security personnel ( ibid . ) . |
| 21 | The result of this discordance is the map of continuing unemployment , only gradually moderated by net migration from industrial areas ( Chapter 4 ) . |
| 22 | ALTHOUGH they eventually succumbed by five wickets , Scotland can take heart from yesterday 's performance in Stellenbosch against a team which included two Warwickshire players , and one of Kenya 's top pace bowlers . |
| 23 | First , each mare is encircled , or nearly encircled by tall mountain ranges that could be the remnants of the rim of a large impact basin or the most prominent rim of a multi-ringed basin . |
| 24 | They also showed by lifetable analysis that the risk of pouchitis at 5 years was 44% if preoperative extraintestinal manifestations had been present v 33% if they had been absent . |
| 25 | Thus diminution of prostacyclin production and stimulation of platelet aggregation both mediated by lipid peroxides could contribute to thrombosis on atheromatous plaques . |
| 26 | It also resolved by 49 votes to 46 to set stringent limits on the amount of outside income senators could receive , including the proceeds from individual investment portfolios . |
| 27 | Hannah is obviously a natural musician , although the aforementioned modesty forbids her to agree with that assessment But as a child she quickly learned to play both piano and organ with none of the pain and stress often endured by most youngsters , even those with natural skills . |
| 28 | While not solely triggered by political concerns , they all eventually focused on the need for reform and the lack of democratisation . |
| 29 | So we started by asking our friends , who in turn asked others , until we were eventually inundated with testimonies from witnesses around the world who provided popular proof that there is something about the cinema that encourages , right there in the picture house , thoughts , feelings and behaviour in its patrons by turns enigmatic , terrifying , erotic , sad , hilarious and poetic , often triggered by uncanny interplay between screen image and real-time events in the auditorium and in the world beyond the muffled doors . |
| 30 | Are these dreams really triggered by outside stimuli , or are these reports only the outcome of rather memorable coincidence ? |