Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surrounded on every side by the followers of Mohammed — who also laid claim to Jerusalem and its lands — it was only a matter of time before war broke out in earnest . |
| 2 | A final experiment by the police at labour organization backfired disastrously . |
| 3 | Second , Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia , which is one of the opportunistic infections listed in the clinical definition of AIDS by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , and the most frequently reported , developed within two weeks of the onset of symptoms of primary HIV-1 infection . |
| 4 | The change comes as part of a bid by the Bishops of Durham and Jarrow to reduce the number of paid ministers by 36 . |
| 5 | He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kinross-shire in 1964 , and was awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the universities of Edinburgh ( 1954 ) , St Andrews ( 1955 ) , and Aberdeen ( 1960 ) . |
| 6 | Make sure you see some of Tenerife 's fascinating scenery during your holiday — join in some of our most popular trips , including a cruise on the Nostramo , an authentic Spanish galleon or our ‘ Skool Dinners ’ BBQ ; the ‘ Last Resort ’ , a special cabaret by the reps in Tenerife 's top nightclub and the very popular Medieval Night — a delicious banquet in an old castle with jousting displays followed by a live , top named band . |
| 7 | Her prodigious roarings and weepings would be licensed in her mind by the examples of St Mary of Oignies ( whose book she had heard in an English translation ) , St Bonaventure , St Elizabeth of Hungary and an unnamed priest she had heard of who wept ‘ so wonderfully that he wetted his vestment ’ . |
| 8 | In Ryan [ 19921 Crim.L.R. 187 , where the identifying witness was brought to and conducted around the police station where the parade took place by officers involved in the investigation , the Court of Appeal regarded what had occurred as a ‘ substantial breach ’ of the Code , and the subsequent identification of the suspect was admitted in evidence only because there was proof that nothing untoward had in fact been said to the witness by the officers in question . |
| 9 | Each new teacher is put through a period of what we can call social apprenticeship by the pupils in order to ascertain what sort of person and disciplinarian ( s ) he is going to be . |
| 10 | It is a penalty if it was not a genuine attempt by the parties to pre-estimate the likely damages but was intended to hang in terror over one party to ensure that he carried out the contract . |
| 11 | Though these letters , in common with other hortatory epistles of Alcuin , mirror an ideal standard of kingship and moralize within the framework of conventional Carolingian political thinking on kingship and its obligations and responsibilities , the image conveyed by Alcuin is of a somewhat vainglorious , quarrelsome and vindictive , even ill-advised aristocracy rent by the consequences of faction and vendetta . |
| 12 | Some European legislation , e.g. directives , requires further legislative or administrative action by the authorities of member states for it to become effective . |
| 13 | Though many other features certainly were recognised by Banfield as relevant , the characteristic of these societies that he adopted as the key to explanation was the absence of concerted collective action by the peasants for improvement of their own position . |
| 14 | Originally the yarn for the cloth was hand-spun from wool by the crofters of Lewis and was wholly produced in the Isle . |
| 15 | Blumer and Hauser maintained that ‘ the influence of motion pictures seems to be proportionate to the weakness of the family , school , church and neighbourhood ’ and that ‘ persons living in high-rate delinquency areas are most subject to influence by the themes of life treated by motion pictures ’ . |
| 16 | This is that for your Lordships ' House to recognise such a principle would overstep the boundary which we traditionally set for ourselves , separating the legitimate development of the law by the judges from legislation . |
| 17 | Common law constitutes the law and customs of ancient lineage that have been upheld as law by the courts in cases decided before them . |
| 18 | After Moulin 's capture by the Germans in June 1943 , the CNR was never again to be headed by the CFLN 's representative . |
| 19 | Becky Wallam and Andrea Carpenter achieved dramatic results with a £95 make-over by the stylists at Cover Girl International . |
| 20 | By a letter dated 23 October 1991 they stated that they did not intend to intervene or be heard and that , since the paragraph applied only to disclosure by the defendants in compliance with the order it would not prevent them from using any material which they had already obtained or which they might obtain independently . |
| 21 | The Turkomans , who were primarily nomadic and semi-nomadic herdsmen , occupied a vast territory stretching from the Caspian Sea in the west to Tibet in the east , and bounded north and south by the borderlands of Russia and Persia . |
| 22 | It is flanked to the north , west and south by the villages of Ulrome , Beeford and Atwick , which nestle under the wide open skies and clean air of this piece of East Yorkshire . |
| 23 | On the one hand the ‘ official ’ crime that correctionalists were bent on correcting was either authentic working-class rebellion or an irrelevance blown up out of all proportion by the agents of capitalism for their own malevolent purposes . |
| 24 | They are likely to include the following : ( a ) the execution and exchange of the acquisition agreement ( by which Newco will buy the business from the vendor ) ; ( b ) the managers having subscribed in cash for ordinary shares in Newco ; ( c ) the passing of any necessary shareholders ' resolutions ; ( d ) receipt by the investors of a satisfactory accountants ' report , audited accounts and management accounts ; ( e ) the managers having entered into service agreements ; ( f ) receipt by the investors of certificates of title ; ( g ) the investors being satisfied with the loan and banking facilities being provided to Newco ; ( h ) keyman insurance having been taken out for the benefit of the company over the lives of each of the managers . |
| 25 | Esau was designated a man of war by the terms of Isaac 's blessing : ‘ By your sword you shall live ’ ( 27.40 ) . |
| 26 | It was a northern servant of the duke , John Nesfield , whom More credits with stage-managing Richard 's acclamation by the citizens of London . |
| 27 | It was a northern servant of the duke , John Nesfield , whom More credits with stage-managing Richard 's acclamation by the citizens of London . |
| 28 | Indignation at John 's treatment spread the more easily because his brothers-in-law were Roger Bigod , Earl of Norfolk , and Hugh Bigod [ q.v. ] , later appointed justiciar by the Provisions of Oxford . |
| 29 | Instead , a highly romanticised view of Ancient Greek society became a powerful ideal : a society united in harmony by the bonds of religion and culture . |
| 30 | The ring is broken only at its southernmost point by the Straits of Lothern . |