Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] by the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 2 | Thank you for your letter of 8th July about suitable projects for funding by the Rural Development Programme 1993/94 . |
| 3 | The NEA comes up for re-authorisation next spring , while the current chairman has recently rejected grant applications recommended for funding by the advisory Council on the Arts . |
| 4 | Gaddafi again held out the possibility of handing over the two men for trial by the Arab League in an Arab country , saying such a solution would be ‘ fine ’ . |
| 5 | She had ample power to stem the tide that ebbed enthusiastically out past the Needles , and would not be blown off course by the north-easterly wind . |
| 6 | Node is the name given to the swollen area of the stem at the base of each leaf created by the special cells which store carbohydrate energy elaborated during daylight by the green leaf . |
| 7 | The Head of Department said that he was concerned that the recommendations for action by the Senior Management Team would be overlooked as a result of their going on to review the Maths department , ‘ which has 15 teachers ’ . |
| 8 | Leaders of the Serbian province of Kosovo pressed for independent membership of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) and for recognition by the international community . |
| 9 | The Democratic Party for Progress ( PDP ) was formed on Dec. 10 amidst reports that the United Social Democratic Party ( PUSD ) led by a former Prime Minister , Victor Saude Maria , had filed for recognition by the Supreme Court . |
| 10 | On the assumption of a two-firm market and that a rival would not enter the market if it faced zero NPV , NPVs were calculated for investment by the price-setting firm based on the limit prices needed to prevent the rival from entering the market and the cost levels that could be achieved by moving down the experience curve . |
| 11 | The litter was registered with a German breed club , which often happened , even after recognition by the American Kennel Club ( AKC ) . |
| 12 | After approval by the upper house the PKO bill was returned to the lower chamber where , on June 15 , it received its final endorsement . |
| 13 | A compromise was reported on Sept. 26 , which meant that decisions of the Committee would become valid only after approval by the Russian Council of Ministers . |
| 14 | Christou now appeals by leave of the full court after refusal by the single judge and we have granted leave to Wright . |
| 15 | The agreement ( in a final version whose legal drafting had yet to be completed ) would become operational only after ratification by the federal parliament and all of the provincial legislatures . |
| 16 | Protocols of accession to GATT were signed by Bolivia on Aug. 4 , 1989 , and by Costa Rica on Nov. 27 , 1989 ; accession ( as the 97th and 98th contracting parties ) was in each case to take place 30 days after ratification by the respective country 's legislature , which had not , however , been completed by the time of the 45th session of the GATT contracting parties held in Geneva , Switzerland , on Dec. 4-5 , 1989 . |
| 17 | His relief comes after , his release comes after persuasion by the former singer , Cat Stevens , now Britain 's Muslim leader , Yusef Islam . |
| 18 | The rebel Sudan People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA ) , led by Colonel John Garang , has been caught off guard by the military build-up . |
| 19 | I think that a case might arise in which the reputation of a local authority might be damaged , so as to impair its function for the public good , in which no private individual was defamed ; and in which the public interest would be served by the taking of proceedings for libel by the local authority in order to determine the falsity of the charge . |
| 20 | Balbinder was the subject of a Statement and Elizabeth Grugeon charts the process from an initial expression of concern about Balbinder 's lack of progress by the primary school to his transfer to a special school for pupils categorised as having ‘ moderate learning difficulties ’ . |
| 21 | What would happen if the Institute were not accepted on a new Register ? was glad of the opportunity to speak on the matter and as the Institute representative on the Committee he was disturbed by the lack of progress by the appointed agent . |
| 22 | What was needed however was a concrete demonstration of support by the British government , and this was most unlikely to be forthcoming , no matter how much the Queen might personally have hoped for it . |
| 23 | Every other paper one picked up had something either about his ancestors or his own latest piece of rabble-rousing — It was a stroke of genius by the Prime Minister to make him Minister of Fine Arts , where he could shout his head off and do little real harm . |
| 24 | Mediated by the Algerian government , the agreement was signed in the southern Algerian town of Tamanrasset by the Malian ambassador in Algeria , Sinally Coulibali , and Iyad Ag Ghali , the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Azawad , the main group representing Tuareg interests . |
| 25 | While this does not rule out the risk of a change of regime there , it does cut down the danger of a simple change of heart by the existing government . |
| 26 | For the safety of transport from China the request of protection by the British navy was not thought inappropriate . |
| 27 | Mr McDaid was at the centre of another controversy in November 1991 when he was appointed Minister of Defence by the then Taoiseach , Charles Haughey . |
| 28 | Soviet officials.have denied that these treaties have prejudiced the pursuit of non-alignment by the Third World states involved . |
| 29 | All these treatments have variable and unpredictable success because of the ‘ cropping ’ nature of the warts , and the ever-present possibility of reinfection by the sexual partner . |
| 30 | In contrast the ISAs function predominantly by ideology and derive a unity through the dominance of ideology by the ruling class : |