Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when galleries are retrenching or closing , it is nice to be able to report this exciting European link forged by the energetic Hue-Williams , and to note the arrival of Marianne Holtermann , private dealer in modern and contemporary art , who has opened an office above Bolger Carpets at 31 New Bond Street . |
| 2 | The underlying cause for this decision was the awful damage caused by the savage winter of 1709 . |
| 3 | To enable an explicit comparison of the different conceptions of economic change held by the three theories , the substance of each is summarized in section 3.6 . |
| 4 | A retention is often used as a means of resolving a specific difficulty identified by the due diligence exercise ( see also Chapter 2 , page 51 ) . |
| 5 | Therefore , his main studies were amongst the great wealth of practical and devotional literature written by the earlier Puritan authors . |
| 6 | Whereas Hitchcock 's last British film , the pre-war Jamaica Inn ( 1939 ) , could be said to be dealing with a similar area of subject matter to , say , Hatter 's Castle ( 1941 ) , the emotional level struck by the latter is a world away from the former . |
| 7 | This position was also felt to have been influenced by the controversial decision taken by the Arab League Council in September to speed up the transfer of the Arab League headquarters from Tunis to the Egyptian capital Cairo , a decision first taken in March [ see pp. 37334 ; 37726 ] , and by the lack of large-scale Western aid to support domestic economic reforms and to compensate for serious economic losses forecast as a result of the Gulf crisis . |
| 8 | In Slovakia , on the other hand , the chief victor was Vladimir Meciar 's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , whose nationalist platform drew heavily on economic discontent engendered by the harsh application of Klaus 's free-market principles , and favoured greater state intervention , if necessary supported by budget deficits . |
| 9 | It is instructive to compare this document with the statement on Automation and Technical Change adopted by the 1965 Trades Union Congress . |
| 10 | The pro-Europeans and sceptics — each camp backed by an ex-Prime Minister — went into battle . |
| 11 | Protests were made in the Commons over the exclusion of Argyll and Bute and western parts of Moray from the regional grant earmarked by the European Commission for the Highlands and Islands . |
| 12 | The rescript was a powerful exhortation to patriotism , loyalty , filial piety , obedience and duty within the political framework established by the Meiji Constitution . |
| 13 | In a typically British way , we have failed to take the credit that is due to us for that achievement , which had its origins in the Kangaroo group of Members of the European Parliament founded by the late Basil de Ferranti specifically to break down the trade barriers that existed in Europe at a time when none of the other major Community partners wanted to know anything about it . |
| 14 | The European Parliament voted by a large majority in January 1990 to freeze scientific co-operation between EC countries and Israel until universities on the West Bank , which had been closed since the beginning of the uprising , were reopened . |
| 15 | They are condemned as signs of unclear or lazy thinking — and , indeed , when they are overused or inappropriately used ( as in a wall of political hedging erected by a defensive politician ) — they are widely and justifiably attacked . |
| 16 | A recent application for an agricultural cottage made by a nearby resident was turned down . |
| 17 | ‘ There is no doubt , ’ Agrippa intervened silkily , ‘ that Ruthven died by the same hand and in the same way as Selkirk in the Tower . ’ |
| 18 | Culled largely from pieces that first appeared in Melody Maker over the last few years , it amounts to the precise , enthusiastic explication of ‘ bliss ’ ; a kind of untidy sensual and emotional confusion engendered by the disruptive , abnormal qualities of his favourite music ( which includes the Pixies , Sonic Youth and Public Enemy ) . |
| 19 | On July 26-28 government officials held talks with an Iranian delegation led by the Iranian deputy Foreign Minister Allahedin Borujerdi in an attempt to end the fighting . |
| 20 | Romero 's beliefs and bravery , however , cost him his life for on 27 March 1980 he , too , was assassinated by a professional hit-man hired by the extreme right . |
| 21 | The extension of the franchise in 1918 gave rise to a rapid expansion of the Labour vote accompanied by a rapid decline in Liberal support and organization . " |
| 22 | The expansionism of preventive medicine was severely checked by the political opposition provoked by the Contagious Diseases Acts , resulting in their suspension in 1883 and their final repeal three years later . |
| 23 | The secession move followed the failure of would-be mediators — notably the Egyptian , Italian and Djibouti governments — to secure the participation of the SNM and the Somali Patriotic Movement ( SPM ) in negotiations with the interim administration formed by the United Somali Congress ( USC ) in Mogadishu after the March overthrow of Siyad Barre [ see pp. 37946-47 ] . |
| 24 | The house looked quiet and the same , except for a strange car parked by the front door . |
| 25 | The balustrades were carved oak panels decorated with scrolls of acanthus foliage , each newel surmounted by a heavy oak pineapple . |
| 26 | The three groups ' stated support for the conference aroused high hopes , and on March 14 Amos Sawyer , interim president installed by the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) standing mediation committee , called in a broadcast for " magnanimity of spirit " and a national reconciliation . |
| 27 | In Madrid the NATO Secretary-General , Manfred Wörner told legislators attending a five-day annual NATO assembly on Oct. 21 that , while " an additional independent European force " would " not make practical sense " , a European force co-ordinated by the Western European Union ( WEU ) could prove valuable in areas outside NATO 's traditional field . |
| 28 | There is a single cabin door on the right-hand side followed by an upward-opening baggage door leading to a 25 cu.ft. baggage hold where up to 200 lbs of Y-Fronts and the like may be carried . |
| 29 | On Abbey Craig , overlooking Stirling 's fifteenth-century Old Bridge , now stands a tall monument designed by a local mason and completed in 1869 . |
| 30 | This challenge provoked the government to offer its resignation and to warn that aid offered by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) before the opening of the Congress [ see p. 38888 ] was being jeopardized . |