Example sentences of "by a [det] [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foreword is written jointly by a former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former Under secretary of the Navy . |
| 2 | The position is neatly summarized by a former chairman of the British Railways Board , Lord Beeching : |
| 3 | The phenomenon is vividly described by a former chairman of the British Prices and Incomes Board : |
| 4 | This rationality is well described by a former head of the British civil service , Sir Douglas Allen : ‘ The desire for uniformity of treatment , coupled with accountability for decisions , require elaborate codes and rules so that a multiplicity of decision-makers can produce acceptably similar results in similar cases ’ ( cited in Thomson 1983 : 141 ) . |
| 5 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks Following the TV exposé of the horrors/miracle of being at the school founded by A S Neill , could we have a Speech Day address by the principal of Summerhill ; an explanation by a parent of why they have chosen it ; or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages gained by a Summerhill education . |
| 6 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks We asked you , following the TV exposé of Summerhill , for a Speech Day address by the principal , an explanation by a parent of why they sent their child there , or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages of a Summerhill education . |
| 7 | The paper on Special Needs however , written by a former director of the local ILEA division , raised the integration principle as one which was again open for discussion and decision . |
| 8 | It was first of all made by the Council 's planning consultants and then by the Planning Department set up under Local Government reorganisation , a department intended in part to oversee the Council 's housing policy and headed by a former employee of the Council 's erstwhile planning consultants . |
| 9 | He raised £800 for a charity that helps children with leukemia , a donation inspired by a former employee of the company on whose behalf Robert was running . |
| 10 | It incorporated a common interface component allowing the use of different operating systems and this part had been added by a former employee of the plaintiff who had a similar program and interface . |
| 11 | The UN General Assembly annually reiterates its recognition of the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea ( CGDK ) , which was formed in June 1982 and which comprises three organizations opposed to the Phnom Penh regime , namely ( i ) the Party of Democratic Kampuchea ( the Khmers Rouges ) , the leading members of which had headed , under Pol Pot , the universally reviled government of Democratic Kampuchea between 1975-79 ; ( ii ) the Armée nationale sihanoukiste ( ANS ) , headed by a former ruler of the Kingdom of Cambodia , Prince Norodom Sihanouk ; and ( iii ) the Khmer People 's National Liberation Front ( KPNLF ) led by Son Sann , a former Prime Minister under Sihanouk . |
| 12 | Mr. Gilpin said ‘ picturesque ideas are all cloathed in bodily forms and may often be explained better by a few strokes of the pencil than by a volume of the most laboured description . ’ |
| 13 | ( There is another argument , nowadays timidly advanced only by a few academics of the old hair-shirt tendency , that the white man has fixed the game , making it almost impossible for the others to get in . ) |