Example sentences of "by [pron] [adj] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in those days , then , prompted by my natural admiration for the lady , that I had first taken to perusing her volumes in the library whenever I had an odd moment . |
| 2 | In its latter role , ‘ theory is to be judged by its predictive power for the class of phenomena which it is intended to ‘ explain ’ ' . |
| 3 | The text of the Convention suggests that in all other cases the Central Authority may choose to serve the document either by the method prescribed by its internal law for the service of documents in actions brought against defendants within the jurisdiction or by ‘ delivery to an addressee who accepts it voluntarily ’ , i.e. remise simple . |
| 4 | I was most impressed by their apparent concern for the individual and his or her rights . |
| 5 | Since leaving the hospital Laura had felt much more in accord with Ross , united as they both were by their deep concern for the twins and their parents . |
| 6 | The most regular workers on this project were Ray and Beth themselves , Tim and Steven Wallace , Paul and Keith Lucas , but we are certainly not forgetting Mrs Jeffrey , who was prevented from attending more often by her tireless work for the Stone House campaign . |
| 7 | ‘ Almost as decadent as the new Mrs Guy Sterne , ’ Guy drawled teasingly , ‘ whose boundless enthusiasm for creative design in her new role as director of Chester 's Mother and Child subsidiary is exceeded only by her boundless enthusiasm for the more physical aspects of her new role as the new Mrs Guy Sterne … ouch ! ’ |
| 8 | In one situation , a younger daughter was being constantly criticized by her older sister for the way she cared for their mother . |
| 9 | Although alienating some support by her excessive regard for the physiologically and morally uplifting properties of semen , she emphasized the erotic , mystical , and fulfilling aspects of sexual relations and for these reasons rejected the use of coitus interruptus and the condom , recommending instead the use of the vaginal rubber cap and the quinine ( spermicidal ) pessary which she naïvely believed to be generally available in chemist 's shops and which have never , in the event , proved to be very popular . |
| 10 | The constant dangers and perplexities that beset John Kemp arise from the ferocious enmity of O'Brien , whose hatred of anything English is increased by his hopeless love for the Don 's daughter Seraphina , for whose sake he moderates from time to time his evil power over the old aristocrat . |
| 11 | Anne was there , representing his family , and his Dad , his spirits lifted by his recent turn for the better , sent a cable of congratulations to the groom and a mash note to the bride . |
| 12 | An incipient federation was the outcome , accompanied by his personal initiative for the accelerated Africanization of the public service . |
| 13 | Deliberately , he refrained from remarking that she had called him by his Christian name for the first time . |
| 14 | Ursula is angered by his characteristic preference for the past , and , though he does not deny the preference , he does reject the chair , along with the ‘ hateful ’ thought of a home : ‘ a horrible tyranny of a fixed milieu , where each piece of furniture is a commandment stone ’ . |