Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [det] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is to be succeeded by another ex-ambassador to Mexico , Sir Michael Simpson-Orlebar . |
| 2 | In the brain of this animal , there is not only a small fixed number of cells , but there is also constancy of many other features : the connections made by each cell to others , whether each connection is excitatory or inhibitory , the neurotransmitter substances released , and whether a cell is spontaneously active or not . |
| 3 | The governor , Sir Samuel Luke [ q.v. ] , in his turn objected to their conduct and appeals were made by both sides to Sir Thomas Fairfax ( later third Baron Fairfax of Cameron , q.v . ) . |
| 4 | Britain in 1918 was deeply impressed with the strategic and military contribution made by those nations to victory in Europe and assumed it to be proof of the success of the Canadian model , to which the second Labour Government in 1931 gave statutory form , rather like catching moonbeams , by declaring in the Statute of Westminster preamble that the common identity of the sovereign was of the essence . |
| 5 | Youth might have given way reluctantly to late middle-age , but his victims had grown old more gracefully with him , dalliance being preferred by many Tories to oratory . |
| 6 | Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli 's ‘ Madonna and Child ’ , is now attributed by several scholars to Parmigianino after a photograph taken through the old mount revealed an architectural sketch and handwriting thought to be Parmigianino 's ( £52,000 , est. £20–25,000 ) . |
| 7 | Nervous convulsions have been attributed by some clinicians to toxocariasis , but there is still some disagreement on whether the parasite can be implicated as a cause of these signs . |
| 8 | The Secretary of State must say today that he is in charge of security in Northern Ireland and that he will not allow his hands to be tied by any reference to matters coming from the South . |
| 9 | Second , they lend the money provided by those savers to borrowers , who may issue a paper asset in return . |
| 10 | Steps already taken by some manufacturers to phase out animal testing were welcome , as was the EC 's encouragement for the development of alternative tests . |
| 11 | The idea that John was trying out his ideas in private first , getting them carefully developed before he actually faced his cast , is confirmed by another letter to Hanns in which he wrote , ‘ I have written the first record , and am starting rehearsals for S. T . |
| 12 | All mail received in respect of the children to whom you refer was sent by this office to workers involved directly with the children . |
| 13 | Her life was changed by that visit to Moscow , as was Dona 's life changed by going to Navron . |