Example sentences of "[noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a lifetime of line-ups by the sound of things , I say in a rather low voice . |
| 2 | A video recording of a visit made to North Korea in mid-May by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , Hans Blix , and a team of inspectors , was made public on June 3 . |
| 3 | Although the monastic reformers of the twelfth century frowned on the practice of placing children in monasteries , and the Cistercians forbade it , we may be sure that throughout the Middle Ages many nuns were dedicated to religion by the same procedure as they would have been dedicated to husbands — by parental fiat . |
| 4 | Christianity became the official Imperial religion by the Edict of Milan in AD 314 , and thereafter several attempts were made to despoil and eventually destroy pagan monuments . |
| 5 | Or you could put a little gunnysack full of food on a big boom , and you could control their speed by the way you would swing it . ’ |
| 6 | Any reduction in orbital speed by the action of an additional force can be shown to lead to shrinkage of the orbit . |
| 7 | The great cultural danger for the English is , to my mind , their tendency to judge the arts by the values appropriate to the conduct of family life . |
| 8 | David Morton , Inspector for Drama in the City of Leeds and a deservedly respected figure among our Drama Advisers , writes in the latest publication on the Arts by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation ( 1982 ) of recent developments in Leeds . |
| 9 | He was advised in the arts by the century 's greatest antiquaries , Jacopo Strada and his son , Ottavio . |
| 10 | With a broad historical perspective , one can see the influence of the ‘ paradigm ’ of the natural sciences on the emerging social sciences , and also certain pressures exerted on the arts by the latter . |
| 11 | Another effect of the low priority assigned to the arts by the DES appears to be the exclusion of the arts from the ESG programme . |
| 12 | They were all young , fit and well trained in martial arts by the four Orientals who ran the sect as a front for their Triad drugs ring . |
| 13 | Courses in Hebrew language and literature are provided for the Faculty of Arts by the Department of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies in the Faculty of Divinity . |
| 14 | ( 1 ) ( i ) Damage being caused to any of the vehicles in connection with which indemnity is granted against Damage and/or Third Party Risks by the parties hereto : — |
| 15 | The fact is that nothing was done about the matter , and the goats were released from farm isolation by the ministry with subsequent disastrous results for me and for others . |
| 16 | Whole curricular thinking was inhibited by the need to preserve the first ; the breaking down of professional isolation by the need to conceal the latter . |
| 17 | I was with my grandad at a lake in Gloucestershire , night-fishing for tench by the light of a tilley lamp . |
| 18 | Barclays bought Martins , and was only prevented from merging with Lloyds by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 19 | Since 1945 this figure is put at 12 million and we have recently seen dramatic examples of the same desperate remedy by the boat people of Vietnam and those escaping from Cuba . |
| 20 | Pollution of our waterways by the leaching of fertiliser nitrates from the soil may be reduced as trees combined with animals are unlikely to need application of fertiliser , unlike conventional grassland or timber production . |
| 21 | And dumbfounded unionist members in Carrick have been sent a book explaining the controversial employment and investment guidelines by the INC 's president , Fr Sean McManus . |
| 22 | Yet , a positive impact was made by the publication of such guidelines by the English Law Society in 1989 . |
| 23 | Doctors and health visitors were yesterday sent new guidelines by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths on how to deal with cot death tragedies . |
| 24 | Yes , he could imagine it now , forty years from now , he and Tsu Ma , standing on the terrace by the lake , looking back … |
| 25 | ‘ Keep it ! ’ she blazed as he tossed it on to the terrace by the front door . |
| 26 | He was about to lead Sir John through the wicket gate to the priest 's house when a dark shape jumped from the shadows and grabbed Philomel by the bridle . |
| 27 | The Minister of Education , Mr Yitzhak Navon , said yesterday that he was suspending a ban on the songs by the state-run Broadcasting Authority pending a final decision by the attorney-general . |
| 28 | Lead singer , bassist and songwriter Edgar Summertyme is only twenty-one years old , but early exposure to an older brother 's record collection left him with a headful of songs by The Yardbirds , Love , The Byrds and Them . |
| 29 | Whether it 's simply the right songs by the right band at the right time , who knows . |
| 30 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |