Example sentences of "[noun] by the [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Eden was contaminated with ammonia in 1987 by Express Dairies who were recently forced to pay £113,000 in compensation following action by the Anglers ' Cooperative Association . |
| 2 | A year earlier he witnessed the Sex Pistols debacle at the Lesser Free Trade Hall , Manchester , a legendary bombastic event bludgeoned into rock history books by the Pistols ' typical blind arrogance and contrived but destructive chaos . |
| 3 | Used for 30 years on British potatoes , tecnazene is now under investigation by the Governments ' Advisory Committee on Medicines for its possible impact on aquatic and human life . |
| 4 | There was no longer anywhere for me to hide , and I knew I would be cut to pieces by the giants ' sharp knives . |
| 5 | A BAN on classes with more than 30 children was demanded last night by the Tories ' favourite teachers ' union . |
| 6 | Soviet and US experts , whose presence was thought to give momentum to the talks , were on hand to offer " technical " advice on the practicalities of a ceasefire [ for March agreement by the protagonists ' principal backers to work for a settlement to the civil war see p. 37365 ] . |
| 7 | There are a considerable number of references to solicitors in existing legislation and , when S.9 was brought into force , these references were applied to incorporated practices by the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practices Order . |