Example sentences of "[noun sg] by a [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The measurements made by the MSS can be likened to the measurement of light by a photographer 's light-meter . |
| 2 | At the age of twenty he led a pioneer expedition to New Guinea and was wounded in the thigh by a native 's spear . |
| 3 | Eleven minutes later Andrew McBride saw his set piece effort deflected past the post by a defender 's stick . |
| 4 | New Zealand saved the follow-on after Nancy Williams defied doctor 's orders and resumed batting after being hit on the head by a fielder 's return . |
| 5 | Six weeks later , on 23rd October 1916 , he was killed , shot through the head by a sniper 's bullet in one of the endless and inglorious messes on the river Somme . |
| 6 | Both managers said they would assess managerial competence by a person 's ability to achieve the goals expected of them by the organisation . |
| 7 | The launch of the country 's first private newspaper was announced last week by a journalists ' cooperative called Media-Coop , based in Maputo . |
| 8 | Since Alladice , the Divisional Court has accepted that access by a solicitor 's clerk to a detained person may be refused if the police believe that the clerk is ‘ not capable of providing advice , whether because of his appearance , age , his mental capacity or because of the police knowledge of him ’ . |
| 9 | This has been considered in a number of recent winding-up cases , notably in Re Abbey Leisure Ltd [ 1990 ] BCC 60 , where the Court of Appeal said that two grounds for preferring a winding-up order to the transfer notice procedure and valuation by a company 's auditor were : ( 1 ) that there was nothing unreasonable in a petitioner with a minority holding refusing to accept a discount being applied to the valuation of his interest in the company , which an auditor was likely to decide on ; and ( 2 ) that there was machinery available in winding-up for the proper determination of claims , which was not available to an auditor . |
| 10 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 13 reported that the Chinese government had refused to discount participation by a People 's Liberation Army officer in the civil government of Hong Kong after the colony 's return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 . |
| 11 | When a Puseyite wrote to him , dating his letter by a Saint 's Day , Sydney replied by heading his page ‘ Washing Day ’ . |
| 12 | The classic case is that of the American bison , reduced from millions to a handful of individuals , and saved from extinction by a hair 's breadth . |
| 13 | Yet section 4 seems to place severe limitations in some circumstances on the exploration by a children 's hearing of a child 's entire social background . |
| 14 | ( b ) Doppler spreading of wavelength by a planet 's rotation . |
| 15 | Any decision by a Children 's Hearing must put your child 's needs first . |
| 16 | You escaped death by a hair 's breadth . ’ |
| 17 | The proof of a close connection with men of power was provided in burgh politics by a politician 's ability to determine the fate of minor resident officials , and the Cunningham party was clearly being outmanoeuvred by the Haldanes in this matter . |
| 18 | A visit by a sheriff 's officer with a writ of fi . |