Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [vb pp] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TONY FOSTER — NOW 42 — read chemistry at Oxford , decided he wanted a commercial career , joined ICI in the London sales office , then had two years as a Midlands sales rep selling chemicals for the Mond Division followed by three years as a product manager for sodium cyanide . |
| 2 | The effective budget constraint generated by different values of G is such that each extra unit of public spending costs where P is the size of the population . |
| 3 | We have been appointed to handle all safety management aspects of Crossrail , the high profile cross-London rail link planned by British Rail and London Underground . |
| 4 | Since there is little support for a temporary return to a Premier Division of 16 — this arrangement , of course , would deny the city clubs income generated by extra matches against Rangers and Celtic — a league set-up of 14-12-12 is on the cards for 1993-94 . |
| 5 | We should now be able to see that an inconsistency between the demand for bank lending and the demand for the money stock created by that bank lending is reconciled by two simultaneous mechanisms . |
| 6 | The ileal loop was perfused at a rate of 1.0 ml/minute by a peristaltic pump ( Watson-Marlow , Inc , Marblehead , MA ) ; experiments started with 30 minutes equilibration followed by three hours during which samples of ileal effluent were collected every 10 minutes . |
| 7 | The positions of the proteins were determined by autoradiography , the bands excised from the gel , and 32 P incorporation determined by liquid scintillation counting . |
| 8 | How would you feel if your anticipated profit-sharing bonus was wiped out as a result of some crazy investment decision made by those idiots on the board ? |
| 9 | The mean rectal labelling index reported by these investigators was , in fact , lower than that found in any of the groups of our study . |
| 10 | This immense destruction , not to mention the long term damage caused by nuclear fallout , would linger for years . |
| 11 | The manometry tracings of spontaneous ileal motility seen in this study closely resembled the in vivo patterns of small bowel motility described by other authors . |
| 12 | Sergei Kovalyov , biophysicist and co-founder with Sakharov of the Initiative Group for the Defence of Human Rights in the Soviet Union , was sentenced in 1974 to seven years in a labour camp followed by three years of internal exile . |
| 13 | We were immobile on the velvet cushions , my legs sticking out , jacket and skirt velvet enveloped by soft fabric . |
| 14 | The second set of problems concerned the high costs of absenteeism , poor timekeeping and labour turnover experienced by many companies in both manufacturing and office contexts . |
| 15 | The techniques of investment appraisal adopted by these bodies are summarized in table 5.5 This shows there is increased use of discounting techniques and attempts at CBA . |
| 16 | At times , such as during the long wars with France from 1793 to 1815 , they seem to have done so especially to fill the labour gap created by absent men . |
| 17 | A later section ( section 256 ) defines them as ‘ statements of standard accounting practice issued by such body or bodies as may be prescribed by regulations ’ and goes still further by empowering the Secretary of State to make grants , ‘ to or for the purposes of bodies concerned with ( a ) issuing accounting standards , ( b ) overseeing and directing the issuing of such standards or ( c ) investigating departures from such standards or from the accounting requirements of this Act and taking steps to secure compliance with them . ’ |
| 18 | A long fishing boat propelled by six oars . |
| 19 | Lesions are most common in the cranial mesenteric artery and its main branches , and consist of thrombus formation provoked by larval damage to the endothelium together with a marked inflammation and thickening of the arterial wall ( P1.III ) . |
| 20 | Durham County champion Craig Kilgour made the first steps towards his comeback last weekend when he was among a number of county players who took part in a coaching session held by English Golf Union coach Bill Ferguson . |
| 21 | International : Mandela marriage hit by fresh claims |
| 22 | Recent historical changes of soils are more numerous than the degree of research attention accorded by physical geographers might suggest but the effects of salinity , drainage , fertilizers , pollution and land use change all have considerable significance for soil pedons and soil processes . |
| 23 | One of the new technologies that will be evaluated is a catalytic extraction process developed by Molten Metal Technology , US . |
| 24 | About a mile away , at Sheridan Circle , our director , the former Chilean foreign minister Orlando Leteleir and Ronni Moffitt , an institute worker , were killed in October 1976 by a car bomb planted by right-wing Cubans in the pay of the Pinochet secret police : only in the past few months has the Chilean government paid compensation to their families . |
| 25 | Mr Silvio Santos 's late entry into the race , hoping to bank on his huge popularity among the poor , was solemnly considered by the toga-clad judges in a courtroom drama followed by most Brazilians . |
| 26 | The accounting period adopted by most companies in the construction industry is either the last working day of the calendar month or the last day of the calendar month . |
| 27 | Police car accident seen by nuclear protesters |
| 28 | This manual is prepared by the Treasury because standard setting by the accountancy profession is framed around the accruals accounting concept , rather than the cash accounting concept adopted by central government . |
| 29 | The trunk problem has similarities to floppy neck syndrome experienced by European swans which ingested anglers lead shot ( now banned in Britain ) . |
| 30 | In healthy subjects hyperglycaemia induced by intravenous infusion of glucose reduces gastric emptying of solid and liduid meals , gastric acid secretion , and pancreatic secretion . |