Example sentences of "[noun] by [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Bosnia is a landlocked area , shut off from the Adriatic by the parallel ranges of the Dinaric Alps . |
| 3 | But before that stage was reached , the far-reaching social and economic changes brought about by the post-emancipation process of modernization , industrialization and the growth of capitalist relationships in Russia also found their idiosyncratic expression in Siberia , newly enlarged by the territory of the Amur and Ussuri regions which were incorporated into the empire at China 's expense by the visionary efforts of the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia , N.N. Muravev-Amurskii ( treaties of Aigun , 1858 , and Pekin , 1860 ) . |
| 4 | Barnes missed Saturday 's Test defeat by the All Blacks with a gashed head . |
| 5 | The showdown followed three earlier occasions when Government whips took the issue to the brink before backing down in the face of certain defeat by the combined ranks of the Opposition and Conservative rebels . |
| 6 | So despite the widespread acceptance of social science in the United States by the early years of the twentieth century , it is possible to produce a sizeable list of American sociologists , all eminent figures in the history of the discipline , who seldom undertook on their own account , systematic data collection of any kind . |
| 7 | Organisations can only achieve their goals by the coordinated efforts of their members . |
| 8 | The Moghul Empire , which at that time covered the northern two-thirds of the Indian subcontinent , was at its most impressive ; these were the decades of the Taj Mahal , the Red Fort at Delhi , and also of an attempt by the Muslim rulers of India to conciliate the Hindu majority . |
| 9 | Hannah Clement and Kerry Harman were fourth and sixth in the 1981 butterfly , completing a fine set of performances by the 1981 girls in these championships . |
| 10 | WEMBLEY Stadium has staged performances by the biggest heroes in rock , boxing and soccer . |
| 11 | The response to that entry by the dominant firms via the advertising variable is being modelled using statistical ie econometric methods . |
| 12 | Juliana Hatfield , in an ideal world , would be one of the candidates for courtship by the major labels in America who think nothing of offering the noise-for-noise sake Helmet half a million dollars to ditch an indie label for the big-time . |
| 13 | A single customs tariff ( set as a pre-condition by the European Communities for reaching a commercial accord with the GCC ) would come into effect by 1993 and there would eventually be monetary unification . |
| 14 | In the event , this proved to be a partial misnomer as the assault was accompanied by vigorous air support and preceded by the bombardment of missile sites in Kuwait by the 16-inch guns of USS Missouri . |
| 15 | There also appeared to be less dissension on state aid and subsidies , a subject given added poignancy by the recent revelations about the UK Government 's ‘ sweeteners ’ to British Aerospace at the time of the takeover of Rover . |
| 16 | Cast as the gaoler 's daughter , she had a pleasing soprano voice and was an adequate actress by the undemanding standards of grand opera . |
| 17 | One man who had got himself clear in that way drove in his own carriage by the very commissioners to whom he had but lately surrendered , and splashed both them and his creditors with the dirt of his chariot wheels . |
| 18 | They can be easily distinguished from closed back rugs by the white threads of inserted wefting running across the back . |
| 19 | In response to demands by the new governments of Czechoslovakia and Hungary [ see p. 37195 ] and in line with the Soviet undertaking given in December 1989 to bring home all its foreign-based troops by the year 2000 [ see p. 37225 ] , the Soviet Union agreed during late February and early March to withdraw its troops from Czechoslovakia and Hungary by mid-1991 . |
| 20 | I suggest that , that is er brought maybe before the motions immediately before the motions are put , erm after the motions , after the debate as one debate I am proposing not later than twelve forty five to call for the winding up erm speeches by the three movers of the motions and to take the votes erm prior to lunch . |
| 21 | The differences are there for an experienced ear to find , as many reviewers of recordings by the institutional choirs of cathedrals and Oxbridge chapels will surely admit with particular alacrity . |
| 22 | If an appeal to France was subsequently made , a system of agreed delays in hearing at Paris , until further action by the ducal courts in Aquitaine had been taken , was instituted . |
| 23 | Meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 9-10 , Commonwealth Finance Ministers issued a strong call for rapid action by the richer countries on relief to poor debtor countries , urging early agreement on the " Trinidad Terms " advocated by Major in 1990 when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 24 | It was unwillingly propelled into action by the competing forces within civil society . |
| 25 | This committee and other activists opposed prospecting by planning objections , public meetings and demonstrations , political lobbying and direct action by the local landowners in the areas being prospected . |
| 26 | A system , of greater barbarity can hardly be imagined ; the country being generally so wet , the means to air and dry it here used are , to exclude the sun and wind by the tall screens of underwood and forest around every field , and these being so small , a great number are so wood-locked , that it is a little surprising how the corn can ever be ripened . |
| 27 | Think about that for a moment , cost it 's more than just a word , it 's potentially the mass genocide of innocent young people on both sides of the divide by the combined efforts of those who consider themselves fit to make such decisions for us , and about us . |
| 28 | Think about that for a moment , cost it 's more than just a word , it 's potentially the mass genocide of innocent young people on both sides of the divide by the combined efforts of those who consider themselves fit to make such decisions for us , and about us . |
| 29 | One method which has previously been tried , albeit unsuccessfully , seeks to invoke principles of international law that would allegedly relieve taxpayers from their liability to pay tax on the ground that their assessments are rendered invalid by the unlawful purposes to which the taxes levied are to be applied . |
| 30 | The prerequisite to certain reductions of tensions in Europe has been de jure recognition by the Western powers of the territorial realities in the East . |