Example sentences of "by a [noun] [coord] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a period of ten months in 1764 – 5 the Exeter Mercury reported the case of a man , wife , son and daughter-in-law jointly indicted for the murder of a girl apprentice by " beating and barbarously using her " ; the ill-treatment of a thirteen-year-old girl by a master and mistress who branded her on her buttocks , chained her for six hours to an apple tree and then beat her severely before making her work ; and a third case , which shows up the vulnerability to sexual abuse of children bound out by the parish , in which a man was sentenced for castrating two eight-year-old boys . |
| 2 | ‘ As far as the New Statesman is concerned this question will be determined at the end of the day by a judge and jury who will have heard all the evidence , and not by any other means , ’ it said . |
| 3 | ‘ As far as the New Statesman is concerned this question will be determined at the end of the day by a judge and jury who will have heard all the evidence and not by any other means . ’ |
| 4 | By this teachers are bound together in a whole school , managed by a head and others who can create moments to hear and see all aspects of the school . |
| 5 | Apart from the small elastic strains which recover when the load is taken off brittle solids do not distort before failure and fracture is usually by a crack or cracks which run cleanly through the material . |
| 6 | The abuse is repeated , as is the violation by a person or persons who have power over the life of a dependent . ’ |
| 7 | The dark , brooding look about him , so daunting at their first meeting , was missing these days , replaced by a zest and animation she knew must have been the norm for Penry Vaughan before his marriage — or before his divorce , she corrected herself . |
| 8 | Solicitors ' Practice Rule 14 requires solicitors who wish to provide structural surveys or formal property valuations to ensure that : ( 1 ) the work is carried out by a principal or employee who is a chartered surveyor or who holds another professional qualification approved by the Council of the Law Society ; and ( 2 ) an appropriate additional contribution is paid to the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund ( see Chapter 12 ) . |
| 9 | Among the visits received by those who did not have a carer living with them , there was similar variation , from a ten-minute visit by a neighbour to check that the sufferer was coping , to the all-day visit by a son or daughter who came to do cleaning , shopping , deal with finances , provide companionship , and so on . |
| 10 | During the 1970s several teams attempted to refute this claim , arguing that the connection is a figment of Arp 's imagination , that it is an optical illusion caused by the overlap of isophotes ( light contours ) from the two objects , or that it is an illusion caused by a star or galaxy which just happens to be located between the two objects . |
| 11 | Murder is committed in those situations where D caused death by an act or omission which he knew had death as the probable or highly probable result . |
| 12 | Where loss has been caused by an act or omission which is of a comparatively mechanical character , rather than involving an exercise of business discretion , the courts have , in contrast , shown themselves to be more willing to impose liability . |
| 13 | POLICE , forensic and bomb squad officers were continuing to search for clues last night at a gas depot hit by an explosion and fire which had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack . |
| 14 | Trusts arise not only by a direct expression of intention but also by an inference or implication which may or may not correspond to any actual intention . |