Example sentences of "by [art] [adj] [noun] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | This arrangement denies natural light to the body of the spinal corridors which serve the ground- , first- and second-floor dwellings , giving them an institutional quality that is only slightly reduced by the relief from the cellular treatment of space offered by the lofty entrance lobby and main staircase space at the west end . |
2 | This is no mean achievement in a region which is dominated by the Islamic Sharia law and where nomadic men feel very threatened when their wives and daughters go to school . |
3 | No-one ever told Artemis Deverill that her mother had been killed out hunting that fine October morning , knocked from her horse by the young Stanhope-Murray boy as he tried to thrust his way past her , jumping a hedge and instantly breaking her neck . |
4 | President Havel of Czechoslovakia became the first head of state on July 19 to ratify the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ( CFE ) , signed by the six Warsaw Pact and 16 NATO member countries in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] , and which entailed sharp reductions in troops , tanks and weaponry . |
5 | Other communications or recording aspects are provided by the terminal emulator software and these are becoming increasingly important . |
6 | Space station Freedom includes modules made by the European Space Agency and by Japan to carry experiments , and a robotic arm developed by Canada . |
7 | In the United States union membership from the mid-1930s to 1947 was undoubtedly stimulated first by the 1935 Wagner Act and later by the actions of the War Labor Board in promoting collective bargaining and union recognition ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
8 | Knowledge on the issue was increased by the Iranian hostage crisis and subsequent events , but the fact remains that the ‘ U.S. economy is now absolutely dependent on imported oil [ and has ] sharply increased its dependence on Arab oil imports since 1973 ’ ( p.18 ) . |
9 | The train leaves London hauled by the preserved Nunney Castle and travels via Banbury , Birmingham and Shrewsbury . |
10 | It is a matter for speculation whether or not this would have been enough to cut the ground from underneath the feet of the DHAC , but in any case the situation had been radically transformed by the 5 October march and by the prorogation of Londonderry Corporation announced on 22 November 1968 by the O'Neill government . |
11 | Other exemplary chapters include an examination of the underlying physical and chemical factors controlling leaf selection ( herbivory ) by the attine genus Acromyrmex and a novel — perhaps unique — investigation into the foraging patterns of the Argentine ant ( Iridomyrmex humilis ) as a self-organising system . |
12 | We say that locally the surface is Euclidean and distances are given by the differential Pythagoras equation where dx , and dy are the coordinate separations of nearby points on the surface . |
13 | DAVID JAMES , the recently-appointed chairman of Eagle Trust which is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Squad and the West Midlands Police , has made attempts to freeze payments totalling £227,000 authorised by the previous chairman Malcolm Stockdale to John Carway , a Dublin-based financier with a record of drugs and fraud offences . |
14 | ANDREW Fitton , the chief executive of Braithwaite , has withdrawn the consortium bid he was preparing for Eagle Trust , the Midlands mini-conglomerate currently under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and the West Midlands fraud squad . |
15 | The content and policy of the Bill must be approved by the appropriate cabinet committee and then by the full Cabinet . |
16 | An example of positive segregation is the Specialist dementia unit , Williamwood , jointly funded by the Church of Scotland and Strathclyde Social Work Department , and other developments by the Church of Scotland in other Regions , usually jointly funded by the appropriate Health Board and Social Work Department . |
17 | Also firms with town centre premises have been hit by the uniform business rate and 1990 rating revaluation . |
18 | Re-opening of the Van Railway came in 1896 and it was then worked by the Cambrian Railways Company until absorbed by the GWR in 1923 . |
19 | As a basis for adjustments to treatment results of self monitoring have now been superseded by the glycated haemoglobin concentration or results of fructosamine assays . |
20 | Following a period of induction , he will take over the insurance function currently managed by the assistant company secretary and will also be responsible for developing and coordinating a risk management programme for the Group , to reduce losses in all parts of the business . |
21 | He shivered at the ‘ yip , yip ’ of a fox carried by the cool night wind and jumped at the screech of the huge bats which flickered up and down the castle walls . |
22 | He welcomed reforms proposed by the Financial Reporting Council and its satellites and supported moves to introduce a British version of the American-style management discussion and analysis in the annual report . |
23 | Property owned by the former Somoza dictatorship and its private army , the National Guard , would not be returned , although even here , any anomalies would be examined . |
24 | Is it not outrageous that coalfield areas such as Nottinghamshire which have been waiting nearly two years for this money are still denied it because of the party political games played by the former Cabinet Minister and now Labour Commissioner Millan ? |
25 | Mrs Jones is pictured ornamenting a Jasper sweet dish — watched by the former Lord Mayor and ornamenter Paul Harper . |
26 | The Government has been told by the former Lord-Justice General that its appointment of temporary judges in Scotland 's courts could lead to miscarriages of justice . |
27 | ‘ People coming and going ’ were to provide Bischof 's subject matter in the eight years of life that remained to him after his meeting with Rosellina ; people in camps , people displaced by the Second World War and then by the regional wars that succeeded it , from Eastern Europe to Indochina , and from Scandinavia to Japan . |
28 | In this case , the system-wide logical LIFESPANCONFIGURATION may be reassigned by the second startup procedure before the first main image has accessed it . |
29 | Funding of £20,000 has been provided by the Central London Training and Enterprise Council , and will be administered by Book House Training Centre . |
30 | The protocol was approved by the central Oxford research and ethics committee , and informed consent was obtained from all participants . |