Example sentences of "[noun] by [art] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finsbury Park or the Euston Road , but more serious damage could be done if a fatty was seen wearing a bad pair of trainers by the opposing teams ' fashion spotters . |
| 2 | A recent study by the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland concluded : ‘ Major problems in the hill farming business could consign the valleys to excessive tree planting with the danger that uneconomic holdings would be left . |
| 3 | The impeachment process was formally initiated as a civilian action by the Brazilian Attorneys ' Association ( OAB ) and the Brazilian Press Association ( ABI ) . |
| 4 | On close examination by the American Consumers ' Union , some of these switches were found to be connected to no vital function of the machine whatever . |
| 5 | The Government also rejected another move by the Labour peers ' former leader , Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos , a former Secretary for Wales , declaring Welsh an official language . |
| 6 | The kidnappings , which took place near the village of Elmali in Bingol province , were interpreted as a move by the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) to heighten its international profile . |
| 7 | The scheme should therefore be drafted on terms that it can be implemented with any modifications required by the court without the need for approval by a further shareholders ' resolution . |
| 8 | Joseph Saidu Momoh ) elected by popular vote for a seven-year term , after endorsement as leader of the APC and presidential candidate by the national delegates ' conference of the party . |
| 9 | Executive power is vested in the President , elected by popular vote for a seven-year term , after endorsement as leader of the APC and presidential candidate by the National Delegates ' Conference of the party . |
| 10 | The Jockey Club believes that in the long term Sunday racing without cash betting is impractical and it is resigned to trying to bring about a change in the legislation by a private members ' bill . |
| 11 | THE controversial Liverpool manager , Graeme Souness , was yesterday advised to keep calm by a top referees ' representative . |
| 12 | Another time when I was walking with Tony we paused for an hour at Malham to break a long day 's walk from Langcliffe to Arncliffe by Malham and Yew Cogar Scar by the old monks ' road . |
| 13 | Further doubts have been raised about the future of the THORP reprocessing plant at Sellafield by the Japanese authorities ' decision to abandon plutonium transports by sea [ see above ] and to scale down their nuclear-energy programme . |
| 14 | Tritsis 's career as a stormy petrel continued when he was given the education portfolio in 1987 — he was unshipped the next year by a protracted teachers ' strike . |
| 15 | Acid rain was found in 85 per cent of samples taken from 23,000 locations in Japan in a three-month survey conducted earlier this year by the Japanese Consumers ' Co-operative Union ( JCCU ) . |
| 16 | THOUSANDS of students could have their studies disrupted following the decision by the largest lecturers ' union last night to reject the latest pay offers for staff in further and higher education colleges and polytechnics . |
| 17 | It is regarded as " tax revenue allocated once and for all to the Community to finance its budget and accruing to it automatically without the need for any subsequent decision by the national authorities ' ( European Commission 1989b ) . |
| 18 | However , in Brimelow v. Casson , persuasion of theatre proprietors by a theatrical performers ' protection society to break their contracts with a theatrical manager was justified on the grounds that the wage paid by the manager to chorus girls was so low that they were obliged to supplement it by resort to prostitution . |
| 19 | This meeting followed the ratification on Dec. 10 and 12 of the CIS declaration by the original signatories ' Supreme Soviets . |
| 20 | In a recent letter to the 1,200 member schemes of the National Association of Pension Funds , the NAPF 's director-general , Michael Elton , warned that despite the issue in July of a guidance note by the independent advisers ' watchdog Fimbra to its members ‘ there still remains much evidence of scheme members being badly advised on transfers ’ . |