Example sentences of "[adj] by [art] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Step one saw the arrival of a regulation urn of ashes , sent to us direct by the patient 's family , who would also notify the Condolence-Letter Department in Berlin , with whom we worked in parallel . |
| 2 | His pro-nuclear views are well known — he was a founder of the pressure group , A Power for Good — but he said he was ‘ unconvinced by the board 's choice of style of pressure vessel . ’ |
| 3 | I yearned for Laurie and raged at the injustice of Jo 's making do with the elderly Professor Behr , unconvinced by the book 's insistence that she was happy . |
| 4 | Previously the disposal had to be by an individual entitled to at least 25% of the voting rights , or at least 5% of the voting rights together with more than 50% of the voting rights being exercisable by the individual 's family collectively . |
| 5 | With his popularity falling in the opinion polls , and the prospect of much of his planned legislative programme becoming paralysed by the Diet 's preoccupation with the two scandals , Miyazawa even hinted that he was considering calling an early general election . |
| 6 | The reassurance implied by Kohl 's proposal of Feb. 28 , that the West and East German parliaments should give a joint commitment guaranteeing the border after March 18 [ see p. 37260 ] , was undermined by a statement made on March 2 by the Chancellor 's Office in Bonn , indicating that such a commitment " would have to make it clear that the Polish government 's declaration of Aug. 23 , 1953 , waiving any claims to reparations from Germany [ see p. 15271 ] , remains valid , and that the rights of the Germans as agreed by Chancellor Kohl and [ Polish ] Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki in the joint declaration of Nov. 14 , 1989 [ see pp. 37048-49 ] , will be regulated by a treaty " . |
| 7 | Casaroli was formally succeeded on Dec. 2 by the Curia 's Secretary for Relations with States , the Most Rev. Angelo Sodano , 63 . |
| 8 | Before long , though , Eliza 's melancholia was relieved by the couple 's introduction to Sir John and Lady Franklin . |
| 9 | Plaintiffs will also be required to give the court notice of disposal by settlement or otherwise before that date , subject to a fixed penalty for failing to give such notice , which will be payable by the plaintiff 's solicitor . |
| 10 | I remain firmly convinced , as does almost everyone in Scotland , that the Bill is a centralising measure which was brought about as much by the Government 's hostility to local authorities and by the difficulties of the poll tax as by anything else . |
| 11 | However , Mr Johnston was delighted by the Government 's decision on lawyers ' partnerships , a view not shared by the Law Society of Scotland . |
| 12 | The NME 's owners , IPC Magazines , rapidly became delighted by the paper 's status and profitability but occasionally embarrassed by the weekly outpourings of radical dementia , its enthusiasm for all ( ahem ) manifestations or rock culture and its ( ahem again ) colourful , demotic language . |
| 13 | She was delighted by the children 's generosity . |
| 14 | But I said too a man of sorts , for the acknowledgement now includes crippled masculinity , and with that Joyce is free to embody and enact a different fear hinted at before in , for example , The Dead , but masked by the victim 's status of the woman thrust on so cruelly by the culture . |
| 15 | He was dismayed by the American 's response . |
| 16 | Respondents are less than convinced by the Government 's assertion that unemployment is not linked to a breakdown of law and order — 75 per cent disagree with the statement ‘ unemployment has nothing to do with crime ’ . |
| 17 | The auction catalogue can also quote from other authorities , which will be inevitable in a case where a scholar has written a catalogue raisonné , and advantageous if the context of the work is made clearer by the artist 's correspondence or other publications . |
| 18 | Huy was put at his most suspicious by the policeman 's flattery . |
| 19 | The heroine is confused by the hero 's behaviour , since , though he is obviously interested in her , he is mocking , cynical , contemptuous , often hostile , and even somewhat brutal . |
| 20 | Eleven forty three by the microwave 's clock . |
| 21 | An internal document containing the European Commission 's official proposals for economic and monetary union ( EMU ) , prepared in anticipation of the intergovernmental conference scheduled for December in Rome , was made public on Aug. 21 by the Commission 's President , Jacques Delors . |
| 22 | The fact that bigamy charges were pending against the defendant in the forum Province was accepted as a valid reason in one case ; not surprisingly , a Saskatchewan judge was markedly unimpressed by a defendant 's assertion that he could not travel from Oregon because the trial would occur at ‘ a very busy period in the building industry ’ . |
| 23 | Young people in particular , unimpressed by the company 's reputation as a great British institution , saw tatty sets and tired performances . |
| 24 | Cornelius never failed to be unimpressed by the mother 's ingenuity . |
| 25 | Here it seems as if , contrary to the pre-emption thesis , the original reasons are not pre-empted by the arbitrator 's decision . |
| 26 | In the judgement ( Jerusalem Chamber I February 1954 ) the Chancellor mostly backed bishop and vicar ; but ordered out the statue and the sanctuary bells and the tabernacle on the altar , saying that what was illegal could not be made legal by the bishop 's permission . |
| 27 | The first was Starr v National Coal Board [ 1977 ] 1 WLR 63 which dealt with the plaintiff 's right to object to being examined at all by the defendant 's doctor . |
| 28 | Arguments against allowing access included that people would not write frankly if they knew their comments would be seen , it could be important to record facts which could not be proved and suspicions or impressions , the child or parent might be made unhappy by a teacher 's judgement and it might impair the relationship or discourage the child , and access would lead to constant arguments about fairness or relevance of information . |
| 29 | Petrocon 's advisers said they were astounded by the Panel 's decision . |
| 30 | On the roof , the installations of air-conditioning plants painted black by a city 's grime lived and breathed . |