Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [art] [noun pl] [unc] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year , Scotland 's 16 health boards were reconstituted so that no trade unions or local authorities had the right of membership , and they are now dominated by the Tories ' natural allies — business people — under the cloak of rhetoric about bringing in commercial nous ( see box ) . |
| 2 | However the voting might go in these circumstances there could be no PR of wet , damp and dry votes , because there would be no means of knowing how far these had been attracted by the candidates ' presumed wetness , dampness or dryness . |
| 3 | It was based on information from RAMM ( the Road Assessment and Management database ) , and the bridge inventory held by Transit NZ , supplemented by the valuers ' local knowledge and expertise , particularly in respect of depreciation . |
| 4 | This irony was only accentuated by the refugees ' initial belief that their exile was to be brief , a few days perhaps , at most a month , after which — in the manner of other civilians who had abandoned their homes in the midst of battle — they would return to their houses and fields to resume the life which had been interrupted by war . |
| 5 | For Newcastle , having built up a two-goal lead could have been caught by the Bees ' stirring comeback . |
| 6 | And in fact the coffee rooms not only were not profitable but I think at one time were even subsidized by the directors ' own pocket which just how balmy some people can be . |
| 7 | Labour is outstripped by the Tories ' 61 women councillors out of 257 ( 24 per cent ) and the Liberal Democrats ' 39 out of 137 ( 28 per cent ) . |
| 8 | Is this just the state having been convinced by the academics ' own rhetoric about themselves , or hoping that the academics will actually be prepared to keep their own house in order ( for instance , by closing down a course of their own volition ) ? |
| 9 | Signals are thought to have evolved by the gradual modification of the activities which they resemble , as they were performed by the animals ' successive ancestors . |
| 10 | Environmental claims made for disposable nappies by their manufacturer , Proctor and Gamble , have been challenged by in independent survey commissioned by the Women 's Environmental Network ( WEN ) . |
| 11 | Without taking away from the association 's present main activities in forming international teams and organising international events — mirrored by the clubs ' heavy orientation towards racing — it was agreed that the whole base of the sport needed widening . |
| 12 | It must however be emphasized that these powers can not be used by a solicitors ' incorporated practice to do anything in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to incorporated practices — in this regard attention is drawn to the proviso set out in Clause 3(a) . |
| 13 | It must however be emphasised that these powers can not be used by a solicitors ' incorporated practice to do anything in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to incorporated practices — in this regard attention is drawn to the proviso set out in Clause 3(a) . |
| 14 | He will usually adhere to an agenda approved by the parties ' legal advisers to ensure that the proper procedures are followed . |
| 15 | At a time when FISA , the sport 's organizing body , helped by the drivers ' own association , had belatedly begun to pay some attention to safety in a notably risky sport , Chapman 's remarks showed a callousness towards his drivers — and by implication , towards other human beings — that I found it hard to admire . |
| 16 | In hotel and catering accounts , the sales day book is replaced by the visitors ' tabular ledger , which is simply a form of analysed or columnar book-keeping . |
| 17 | The opening of relations had largely been dictated by the powers ' own interests in the East Asian region , but now the issues became far more complex ; account had to be taken of factors as diverse as Japan 's economic imperatives , the growth of Japanese military power and the emergence of national sentiment in response to foreign contact . |
| 18 | The king 's needs , however , were challenged by the popes ' own obligations to reward their growing army of servants . |
| 19 | After the war , his career was interrupted by the Allies ' investigative tribunals and partly blocked in Berlin , Vienna , and Salzburg by the machinations of Furtwängler . |
| 20 | This was the first independent radio station in the republic and was to be run by the students ' official youth organization . |
| 21 | At the Home Farm Trust , run by the Workers ' Educational Association , Medau classes for residents now go into their tenth year . |
| 22 | Beneath my feet and beside me to my right , were the sheer pale grey rocks that were the andesitic relics of all the ancient turbulence and torture which had been and was still being caused by the plates ' gentle , turgid but quite inevitable meeting . |
| 23 | The overseas office of an MNP is in a slightly different position ; the solicitors practising from that office ( including all the solicitor partners , whether resident overseas or not ) are governed by the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules 1990 , and solicitor partners will be responsible for ensuring the office 's compliance . |
| 24 | And the already intolerable misery of the attackers was now exacerbated by the Germans ' increased use of mustard gas . |
| 25 | The special cases of literacy usage represented by the analysts ' own academic experience , by the literary forms of their own culture and other specific social conventions are still taken by many , often implicitly , as the appropriate models for describing the ‘ universal ’ qualities of literacy and for testing other groups ' or societies ' conventions of literacy usage . |
| 26 | Walesa 's call was supported by the Citizens ' Parliamentary Club , a pro-Walesa parliamentary caucus , and by the Centre Alliance and the Green Party , but was opposed by the Democratic Party and the Democratic Left parliamentary groups which argued that the dissolution issue should be broached only after the electoral law and constitutional amendments had been adopted . |
| 27 | When Chola was kneading the dough for ro is , tired after a day 's work in the fields , exasperated by the twins ' hungry grizzling , the chickens flapping around the bowl and the dogs ' beady eyes , she 'd lash out , screaming , and the red bitch would yelp exaggeratedly and skulk off to a corner . |
| 28 | Without going as far as The Unfortunates , the forms of all the novels mentioned introduce a comparable questioning of conventional patterns and expectations , often heightened by the novelists ' explicit commentary on their own activity . |
| 29 | Although the MacDonald defection did much to justify this claim it did not lessen the resentment created by the Communists ' verbal and physical attacks on the rest of the Left . |
| 30 | External assessment , in the form of SATs , should : generally be conducted by the pupils ' own teachers ; observe the principle of fitness for purpose ; be intrinsically rewarding and enjoyable for pupils and accord with good classroom practice . |