Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slightly confusingly named Utsly-Gtsly , this model is one of many Nakamura creations made up from sketches given to him by flat-proud clients with 200,000 yen to spend |
| 2 | Biological factors assume importance in many stratification systems because of the meanings assigned to them by different cultures . |
| 3 | Most of the rainforests belong to developing countries which have to resort to milking their most precious resource to make ends meet , and to pay back money lent to them by Western countries . |
| 4 | Richard Baxter was deeply shocked by this tragedy and also by the general prejudice aroused against him by this incident . |
| 5 | Maybe the wee dram given to me by one of the Sergeant instructors kept out the cold . |
| 6 | The demands placed upon them by academic subjects could be put on one side , they could devote their minds with urgency to the mastery of new skills and knowledge . |
| 7 | Moreover , recent surveys have suggested that not so many members of these societies are ‘ literate ’ by the standards expected than had previously been assumed : in the UK it is now held that over one million people have an acquaintance with literacy that is insufficient for the demands made on them by this kind of society ( DES , 1980 ) . |
| 8 | The degree and nature of any interaction between the proposal and existing research programmes would depend totally on the needs of each individual submission made to us by visiting researchers , and can not be foreseen at this stage . |
| 9 | Part of his speed-of-reflex training as a kung-fu master had been to evade , or divert with forearm blocks , spears flung at him by other trainees in the martial arts school . |
| 10 | H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court . |
| 11 | FOOD TALK brought to you by best and Nestlé |
| 12 | He 'll have my recommendation , backed by the personnel file and the complaints of disruption filed against you by several staff members . ’ |
| 13 | On his fret were huge lead boots with metal straps and weights attached to them by rusty nuts and bolts . |
| 14 | Although there is no example in the cases , it seems possible for an employer to appropriate the goodwill which an employee brings with him by express provision . |
| 15 | One immediate difficulty is that the weight attached to it by different historians has varied enormously . |
| 16 | The design for Isvik was influenced to quite a marked degree by the Peterhead-type sailing vessels of the Mounties , also by a sketch made for him by that extraordinary Antarctic single-hander , David Lewis . |
| 17 | A log jam at Barashevo , as if this forgotten end of the world was a metropolis of movement and then he looked again at the huddle of prisoners separated from him by two lines of uniformed guards . |
| 18 | We can judge this by the massively negative emotions aroused within us by little pin-pricks that we should be easily able to take . |
| 19 | The most vivid memory I have of that Christmas Day is of Shanti , now almost two years old , walking round and round the long dining-room table , pulling a little toy engine given to her by one of the boys , round and round , smiling and smiling . |
| 20 | Their refusal to face the fact that many schools want to opt out of having their budgeting done for them by remote administrators . |
| 21 | Meanwhile Sue has recently accepted a series of temporary secretarial posts offered to her by other companies . |
| 22 | Any debris dislodged from them by hydraulic action sinks to the depths and can not be used by the waves to attack the cliffs . |
| 23 | They 're just duplicates deposited with us by this American chappie — ’ |
| 24 | It was as long ago as 1863 that Lister pointed out , ‘ the real cause of the coagulation of blood is the influence exerted on it by ordinary matter … the contact of which effects a disposition to coagulate ’ . |
| 25 | They can not concentrate wholly on matters put before them by civil servants because they have to deal with parliamentary duties , party business and constituency cases . |
| 26 | Go to Bethlehem today , and in spite of the unrest there , it has that undeniable atmosphere of prayer and sanctity poured into it by millions of pilgrims and visitors . |
| 27 | I 've had newspaper cutting sent to me by other people . |
| 28 | Indeed , arguments about the relationship constituted much of the core debate as is evidenced by the attention given to it by classical figures such as Weber and Durkheim . |
| 29 | And it is the healthy CV system that can cope easily with all the strains placed upon it by modern living . |
| 30 | " Certificate of completion " has the meaning assigned to it by 5.9 of the Building ( Scotland ) Act 1959 ( s.29 ( I ) of the Act ) . |