Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 For present purposes there are in my judgment two streams of authority relating to moneys wrongly extracted by way of impost .
2 However , the information provided above is sufficient to show that , whereas there are guidelines for the bearing of healthful children and for the preservation of maternal health and life , guidelines easily followed by adherence to certain demographic facts , other , socio-environmental , conditions mediate the extent to which rational childbearing patterns ensure maternal and child health and well-being .
3 Whiskers sometimes grow by accident from the surface of metals and if the metal happens to be part of an electrical device then there is likely to be a short circuit which will be annoying , expensive or dangerous according to the circumstances ( Plate 9 ) .
4 One of the criticisms frequently made by industry concerning pollution control policy is that it causes severe economic dislocation and unemployment .
5 We have become aware of other contending histories previously rendered largely invisible , such as women 's history and the ‘ history from below ’ of groups socially disenfranchised by reason of class , colour , religion .
6 Is there an in-built element for wear and tear included in the pricing and are all participants fully covered by insurance during the time they are on the premises ?
7 Finally , Mr. Langley submitted that there was a strong presumption against the court having made an order which could have the effect of overriding or emasculating section 39 , and that it would be wrong to construe the injunction as being inconsistent with powers expressly given by Parliament to the Bank of England .
8 Contrast this with the woodwind who often seem to be fighting gamely against insubordinate instruments and recalcitrant reeds , their difficulties surely exacerbated by lack of contact with the West , where orchestral wind playing has gone from strength to strength .
9 Fish , such as the ornate Porcupine Fish and Lion Fish and the colourful Domino Damsels , Koran Angels , Tomato Clownfish , Red-tailed Blenny and Striped Sweetlips — colourful names to describe colourful creatures from fragile marine habitats gravely threatened by pollution in many parts of the world .
10 The high prices brilliantly engineered by Kirkman for Freud 's works at the height of the market have recently caused problems for the hard-pressed dealer .
11 The attackers then called by loudhailer on those in the house to surrender .
12 In December Bush had also authorised licenses for the export of three communications satellites and refused to impose sanctions recently approved by Congress on export-import bank funding .
13 When the rain was falling and the sky was overcast the number of men on watch at night had had to be doubled , men already exhausted by lack of food and the interminable restoration of the ramparts .
14 The Tour will begin in northern France before the 200 riders plus an entourage of 3,500 in 1,500 vehicles then cross by train to England via the Channel Tunnel .
15 The events leading up to this have been much studied in the development of the Dipteran puparium , in which the quinones apparently arise by oxidation of a phenolic substrate N-acetyldopamine , itself derived from tyrosine ( Karlson and Sekeris , 1966 ) .
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