Example sentences of "[noun] by a [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The measurements made by the MSS can be likened to the measurement of light by a photographer 's light-meter . |
| 2 | At the age of twenty he led a pioneer expedition to New Guinea and was wounded in the thigh by a native 's spear . |
| 3 | Eleven minutes later Andrew McBride saw his set piece effort deflected past the post by a defender 's stick . |
| 4 | At 5′ 6″ and 9 ¼ stone , Hanif was the slightest of all postwar Test leaders , beating Hassett by a hair 's breadth . |
| 5 | For the longer term , the Secretary of State proposes to replace the Burnham Committees by a Teachers ' Negotiating Group , with central government rather than LEAs in a majority on the employers ' side . |
| 6 | Held , refusing the declarations , that a basic valuation prepared by an employee of a building society was an ‘ action taken by the society in relation to ’ the grant of a further advance within section 83(1) of the Act and since it constituted part of the society 's process of administration , such a valuation , if negligently prepared , could amount to maladministration within paragraph 1 ( d ) of Part III to Schedule 12 to the Act ; that , on the documentation used by the plaintiff societies , a house buyers ' valuation prepared by an employee created a contract between the society and the borrower , which if negligently prepared could amount to a breach of the society 's contractual obligation within paragraph 1 ( a ) of Part III to Schedule 12 ; that although the alleged want of due skill and care might relate to matters not affecting the society 's assessment of the adequacy of the security , the valuation was in reality a single process amounting to an action within section 83(1) ; and that , accordingly , the ombudsman had jurisdiction under the scheme set up under the Act to investigate and determine complaints arising out of basic valuations , house buyers ' valuations , and , since there was no relevant distinction in the nature of the contractual relationship , structural surveys by a society 's employee in the same circumstances ( post , pp. 145A–H , 150B — 151A , H — 152A ) . |
| 7 | New Zealand saved the follow-on after Nancy Williams defied doctor 's orders and resumed batting after being hit on the head by a fielder 's return . |
| 8 | Six weeks later , on 23rd October 1916 , he was killed , shot through the head by a sniper 's bullet in one of the endless and inglorious messes on the river Somme . |
| 9 | It was also claimed that files were being handed to the Soviet authorities thus countering efforts by a citizen 's committee to supervise the dismantling of the Stasi . |
| 10 | Both managers said they would assess managerial competence by a person 's ability to achieve the goals expected of them by the organisation . |
| 11 | The launch of the country 's first private newspaper was announced last week by a journalists ' cooperative called Media-Coop , based in Maputo . |
| 12 | Since Alladice , the Divisional Court has accepted that access by a solicitor 's clerk to a detained person may be refused if the police believe that the clerk is ‘ not capable of providing advice , whether because of his appearance , age , his mental capacity or because of the police knowledge of him ’ . |
| 13 | This has been considered in a number of recent winding-up cases , notably in Re Abbey Leisure Ltd [ 1990 ] BCC 60 , where the Court of Appeal said that two grounds for preferring a winding-up order to the transfer notice procedure and valuation by a company 's auditor were : ( 1 ) that there was nothing unreasonable in a petitioner with a minority holding refusing to accept a discount being applied to the valuation of his interest in the company , which an auditor was likely to decide on ; and ( 2 ) that there was machinery available in winding-up for the proper determination of claims , which was not available to an auditor . |
| 14 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 13 reported that the Chinese government had refused to discount participation by a People 's Liberation Army officer in the civil government of Hong Kong after the colony 's return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 . |
| 15 | When a Puseyite wrote to him , dating his letter by a Saint 's Day , Sydney replied by heading his page ‘ Washing Day ’ . |
| 16 | The classic case is that of the American bison , reduced from millions to a handful of individuals , and saved from extinction by a hair 's breadth . |
| 17 | Yet section 4 seems to place severe limitations in some circumstances on the exploration by a children 's hearing of a child 's entire social background . |
| 18 | ( b ) Doppler spreading of wavelength by a planet 's rotation . |
| 19 | Any decision by a Children 's Hearing must put your child 's needs first . |
| 20 | You escaped death by a hair 's breadth . ’ |
| 21 | The proof of a close connection with men of power was provided in burgh politics by a politician 's ability to determine the fate of minor resident officials , and the Cunningham party was clearly being outmanoeuvred by the Haldanes in this matter . |
| 22 | A visit by a sheriff 's officer with a writ of fi . |