Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] to [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This leads naturally to another key point : whatever social or political meanings are attached to sport by different groups , participation remains intensely sociable and largely organized around the institution of the individual ‘ club ’ — a neglected social creation of the Victorians . |
| 2 | His views are taken to task by Lancelot , the hero of Kingsley 's Yeast ( 1848 ) : ‘ It may suit the Mr Lyles of this age … to make the people constantly and visibly comprehend that property is their protector and their friend , but I question whether it will suit the people themselves , unless they can make property understand that it owes them something more definite than protection . ’ |
| 3 | Boxer Brian Johnson , for example , suggested that : ‘ Blacks are conditioned to sport by their slave ancestry … toughness is part of our make-up , it 's been drummed into us . ’ |
| 4 | Despite presiding over large-scale unemployment the Conservatives were returned to office by huge majorities . |
| 5 | The withdrawal of derogations was disclosed to Parliament by Junior Minister Colin Moynihan on 20 January the following year . |
| 6 | Three Israeli factory workers were stabbed to death by members of the Islamic fundamentalist Hamas movement in the Tel Aviv suburb of Jaffa on Dec. 14 . |
| 7 | Thus when biological ideas were applied to society by Spencer and by social Darwinists , they were allied to the powerful notion of human progress , which was not a part of Darwin 's evolutionary theory . |
| 8 | Eight Islamic activists were sentenced to death by a special military court in Alexandria on Dec. 3 , seven in absentia . |
| 9 | On the one hand , while two-thirds of the females were introduced to heroin by their male partner , that is , husband or boyfriend , none of the males were introduced to it by their female partner . |
| 10 | With seconds to spare the two girls were plucked to safety by firemen wearing breathing apparatus . |
| 11 | The resulting patterns were transferred to paper by carefully floating it on top . |
| 12 | Roads were turned to mud by days of rain and Fiorio had the additional hardship of a bubbling radiator to contend with . |
| 13 | In this society of ours , many children are led to confusion by the complexity of the life in which they 're placed . |
| 14 | TWO anglers were winched to safety by RAF helicopter yesterday after getting cut off by the tide at Severn Beach , Avon . |
| 15 | It was Pontypridd 's first appearance in the final but although Jenkins boosted his tournament score to 60 points with a try and two conversions , the Police were led to victory by much-travelled ex-Wales flanker , Richie Collins . |
| 16 | The helicopter and a standby vessel spotted a flare set off by the crew and stayed in the vicinity until the men were winched to safety by an RAF helicopter . |
| 17 | The School for Nightingales was danced to music by Couperin and set ( in the period when he lived ) in a singing academy where ‘ the arrival of a visitor suggests that singing is not the only lesson to be learned ’ . |
| 18 | WHEN law-abiding citizens are driven to desperation by criminals who apparently flout the law with impunity , it is hard to blame them when they take things into their own hands . |
| 19 | The classic French dishes were cooked to perfection by the Arab cook and served gracefully by Arab boys in white uniforms , the eldest of whom seemed about fifteen years old . |
| 20 | Approximately 65 per cent of the interviewees were introduced to heroin by a close friend or workmate ; 20 per cent , mostly women , by their partner ; 10 per cent by their regular dealer of other drugs ; and 5 per cent by a member of the family . |
| 21 | The Sheffield Pullman services were entrusted to haulage by several prototype diesels during the 1960's . |
| 22 | The government 's formal reply to these reports is presented to Parliament by the Treasury in the form of a Treasury minute , and the reports and minutes are debated annually in the House . |
| 23 | Although the monastic reformers of the twelfth century frowned on the practice of placing children in monasteries , and the Cistercians forbade it , we may be sure that throughout the Middle Ages many nuns were dedicated to religion by the same procedure as they would have been dedicated to husbands — by parental fiat . |