Example sentences of "[coord] by [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Backed by summary jurisdiction applied by local justices in the provinces and by the excise commissioners in London , its ability to secure conviction against evaders was , by eighteenth-century standards , astonishing . |
| 2 | A campaign by environmental groups to shield the fragile Mojave and Sonoran deserts from the impact of mining , ranching , military and off-road use has long been opposed by the Reagan and Bush administrations and by the lobbying interests of the people who work and play in the desert . |
| 3 | Of the few central beliefs uniting the various post-structuralisms ( and connecting them with post/modernism ) this is one of the most important : human identity is to be seen as constituted as well as constitutive ; constituted ( not determined ) by , for example , the pre-existing structures of language and ideology , and by the material conditions of human existence . |
| 4 | Investment trusts are regulated by the rules of the Companies Acts , which lay down requirements with respect to number of shareholders , form of financial accounts , constitutional structure , etc. and by the listing requirements of the Stock Exchange ( see above ) . |
| 5 | But by the time Parasites Of Heaven was written an intensely negative aspect is unveiled : ‘ The nightmares do not suddenly develop happy endings , I merely step out of them . ’ |
| 6 | But by the time strands of sounds of the fair floated up from the park , people were beginning to get home , wash , relax and pick up again . |
| 7 | Some of the casualties had small circulations , but by the spring papers with an average circulation of about 50,000 copies were also going to the wall . |