Example sentences of "was [adj] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accountants Touche Ross asked for an extension of time for the filing of a ‘ monitoring return ’ giving details of Barlow Clowes ' finances which was due by the end of that month . |
| 2 | The court said that he was dishonest by the standards of ordinary decent people : " His conduct , judged objectively by what he has done , is dishonest . " |
| 3 | ‘ But your dad was rich by the time you came along , ’ said Constance , ‘ and mine was dead . |
| 4 | I was elated by the two peaks , but forgetful of how long the walk out would be . |
| 5 | He was tall by the time he reached the counter , with that thin , stringy look of a rider and the ching … ching sound of spurs . |
| 6 | Malaria was hyper-endemic by the beach , so the village had been built on the cliffs above it , near the fresh springs . |
| 7 | As always , she was depressed by the sight of her grandmother : Elinor lay inert , neatly tucked into her bed , white , frail , and exhausted . |
| 8 | SONIA SUTCLIFFE was upset by the fact that Private Eye called her Rowenta Ripper , or simply Mrs Ripper , the Court of Appeal was told yesterday . |
| 9 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 10 | He could tell she was upset by the words she used : bad words he had often heard from the men who worked with the pigs or came to the house to drink with Buddie in the music-room . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps the King was upset by the business of the Council ? ’ |
| 12 | Although I was upset by the old lady 's words , I followed her advice , and in the weeks before the wedding I went on teaching Adèle as usual . |
| 13 | Seeing that Alina was upset by the memory , she said , ‘ You do n't have to go on , ’ but now Alina was determined to be heard . |
| 14 | Researchers believe that the ecological balance was upset by the decision to introduce the Nile perch into the lake in 1960 . |
| 15 | Yeah , we need to talk about this , because I mean when I saw he was upset by the treatment he got from I presume it was before , the way she dealt with him erm and he believed you know , he was big enough to be dealt with by the national accounts department . |
| 16 | Some of these minorities formed their own state institutions , including the Dnestr republic in Moldavia , which was unrecognised by the Moldavian authorities but enjoyed the firm support of the local Russian population . |
| 17 | It involved the co-ordination of a number of government departments which was extensive by the standards of nineteenth-century administration . |
| 18 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 19 | The art history books mention , but under-estimate , the role of the person who was daily by the side of the artist while he was in France : the doctor Paul Alexandre . |
| 20 | ‘ I was staggered by the way they had misjudged their real world standing , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ Which makes it more difficult for us , ’ said Pooley , ‘ since they did n't hang around for as long as usual , and therefore every single one of them was unobserved by the others for a minimum of half an hour . ’ |
| 22 | Her remarks were recorded before events in Tianamen Square and it was clear by the end of the programme that the proper function of current affairs television was less of a live debate inside the country than it had been . |
| 23 | It was clear by the late 1950s that TV , like radio before it , would provide the ‘ main facts ’ and the latest news , and that people wanted to follow up the details in a newspaper . |
| 24 | That the two were incompatible was clear by the late 1140s but this of itself would not have brought about the annulment . |
| 25 | So there was no entrance there and all they could do was clear by the main lodge . |
| 26 | It was clear by the end of 1989 that the Commission 's plans to introduce a uniform 15 per cent withholding tax on capital savings had been dropped in the face of vigorous opposition from many member states ( see also p. 36494 ) . |
| 27 | The tax was paid by the occupier ( or if a house was empty by the owner ) at the rate of two shillings per hearth in equal instalments at Ladyday and Michaelmas . |
| 28 | Skelton is well within the general area of the approved York greenbelt , and is a small free-standing settlement that was washed-over by the greenbelt in the draft Southern Ryedale District Plan of nineteen eighty one . |
| 29 | The secret decision to continue production was teken by the President after several options had been presented to him by the Pentagon and the State Department . |
| 30 | ‘ I knew something was wrong by the silence , not to mention the cold draught under the door of Whitton 's chamber . ’ |