Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] by a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this assumption , all is not lost , as the expenses of a training course undertaken by a self-employed person are allowed as a business deduction under general principles when the training is undertaken for the purposes of the trade . |
| 2 | The degree of support given to Newton 's theory by Galle 's observation of Neptune is no different from the degree of support given by a modern observation of Neptune . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | My friend Jim 's wife is in America and my other pal 's had his heart broken by a hard-hearted woman with a background like yours , who passed him up in favour of an arranged marriage . ’ |
| 5 | CDs are literally a certificate given by a deposit-taking institution like a bank or building society to acknowledge the existence of a deposit made . |
| 6 | Via a back to nursing course organised by a nursing employment agency . |
| 7 | Note also the oval aperture surrounded by a narrow rim . |
| 8 | We have tea in the conservatory , an Edwardian addition dominated by a magnificent vine . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The school itself is described as ‘ on a healthy eminence surrounded by a small court and garden . |
| 11 | The zig-zag stripes of trench-systems lay on either side like the skin shed by a massive snake . |
| 12 | The Cellar is situated in the basement of a building owned by a local estate agent and on the fringe of the main shopping area . |
| 13 | It sounds sufficiently tedious in an English public school fashion , an effect compounded by a little book of mock verses , Noctes Binanianae , composed mainly in the summer and autumn of 1937 ; it was privately printed and announced as " Certain Voluntary and Satyrical Verses and Compliments as were lately Exchang 'd between some of the Choicest Wits of the Age " . |
| 14 | SURPRISINGLY conventional fare from the BBCSSO with a popular classical programme prefaced by a short piece by Henze . |
| 15 | The special , complex mood communicated to the reader through this kind of romantic adventure has as its literary results a particular intensity of emotion fostered by a constant shift of pace , tension and suspense . |
| 16 | AN elephant in Dublin Zoo had its trunk severed by a visiting elephant from Chester Zoo , the Dail has been told . |
| 17 | On Abbey Craig , overlooking Stirling 's fifteenth-century Old Bridge , now stands a tall monument designed by a local mason and completed in 1869 . |
| 18 | A study prepared by a working party set up by the Planning Ministry reported in 1983 that France would need to slow its nuclear growth , cut coal production and adjust foreign gas supply contracts . |
| 19 | The monochromatic beam ( selected by filter ) from a mercury vapour lamp is directed through a differential cell , consisting of a solution and solvent compartment separated by a diagonal glass wall . |
| 20 | ‘ The mere fact that more than a thousand police officers know that their conduct is under investigation can , it seems to us , in no sense diminish the prejudice suffered by a particular officer against whom there was a prima facie case of the commission of a criminal offence at a very early stage of that investigation . ’ |
| 21 | The test picks out a protein made by a defective gene , the presence of which indicates the patient has the fastest-moving type of cancer . |
| 22 | The balustrades were carved oak panels decorated with scrolls of acanthus foliage , each newel surmounted by a heavy oak pineapple . |
| 23 | There she was , hair swept up as usual , mannishness accentuated by a tailored suit , her presence haloed by the only perfume she ever wore , if she wore any at all . |
| 24 | Where there is more than one accepted practice , then following a practice approved by a responsible body of medical opinion will exonerate the doctor . |
| 25 | ( 5.13 ) gives the torque produced by a hybrid motor when operating at any supply frequency and load angle . |
| 26 | These include a booklet on the Dewey system for use in libraries by staff and students , a study skills booklet for teachers and a user-education video tape produced by a sixth-form college . |
| 27 | The quatercentenary of Rubens 's rival celebrated by a major exhibition |
| 28 | Conversely , the sodium depletion induced by a low dose of hydrochlorothiazide , shown by the rise in plasma uric acid , active renin , and aldosterone concentrations , did not reduce microalbuminuria after one year 's treatment . |
| 29 | In 1979 there were reports that a ministerial reshuffle had been accompanied by charges of a coup attempt fomented by a foreign power , culminating in a number of executions . |
| 30 | I am dying to make a sweater inspired by a new music centre in our house . |