Example sentences of "[adv prt] by the [noun prp] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the world-wide Hilton chain was taken over by the Ladbroke Group in a £645 million deal completed in September 1987 ( Ladbroke also owns the Texas Homecare d-i-y store chain ) . |
| 2 | It was taken over by the Pittard Group in 1987 but made serious losses in the last three years . |
| 3 | The Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , chaired by Lord Diamond and originally set up by the Wilson government in 1974 to appease the unions over a wealth tax , made a series of oracular judgements which confirmed the progress which was generally assumed . |
| 4 | Earlier figures given out by the US Army in January said that 23 US soldiers had been killed ( later amended to 26 ) and 323 wounded . |
| 5 | These days the king goes out of his way to remind listeners that he is the senior representative of the Hashemites , ‘ the noblest family in Islam ’ and the traditional guardians of Mecca and Medina until they were thrown out by the al-Saud family in 1925 . |