Example sentences of "by [verb] [pron] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | WORLD rugby officials yesterday risked a damaging political backlash by reaffirming their support for a South African-held World Cup in 1995 . |
| 2 | Will the Foreign Secretary also help to provide a breathing space for the Russian Government , by supporting their call for a suspension of interest payments on the debt ? |
| 3 | For example , Milic , in his study of Swift 's prose style , confirms Swift 's predilection for clause connectives by comparing his results for a sample of Swift with those for equivalent samples of Addison , Johnson , and Macaulay : Swift 's habit of reinforcing connections between clauses sometimes reaches the extreme of sequences such as and therefore if notwithstanding … |
| 4 | The Movement took against him , not so much because he had neglected the bureaucratic niceties , but more because he was ‘ a weedy , conceited , unattractive young man ’ who did not respond to exhortations to join the war effort ( presumably by swapping his camera for a pick and shovel ) . |
| 5 | She would n't have upset him by taking his dog for a walk , that was for sure . |
| 6 | Calculation of the Fourier coefficients a n and b n from equations ( 11.4 ) — ( 11.6 ) will now be illustrated by finding their values for a half-wave rectified sinewave of pulsatance ο and amplitude a . |