Example sentences of "by [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olson suggests that these organizations are sometimes artificial creations required by governments to provide them with a representative body they can negotiate with . |
| 2 | He shrank against the wall , felt himself embraced by coats hung one atop the other in untidy layers . |
| 3 | During the early months of 1990 Avril 's response to the growing opposition had included attempts to suppress it through the imposition in January of a " state of siege " , followed by efforts to defuse it through the promise of free elections [ see p. 37182 ] . |
| 4 | Although the people of Stowey had by degrees reconciled themselves to the presence of Coleridge , who lived in their midst with his wife and child , Wordsworth 's arrival at remote Alfoxden , with a young woman said to be his sister , provided much greater scope for speculation . |
| 5 | Stir it softly over a slow fire , and when it begins to simmer , take it off , and by degrees stir it into the gooseberries . |
| 6 | For centuries , bars of magnetite were used by sailors to guide them across the unvarying expanse of the oceans , and it is only fairly recently that manufactured substances have replaced this naturally occurring ore in compasses . |
| 7 | The arsenic is now on its way elsewhere , nor is the shake-up ending there , as dumps all over Europe have by turns found themselves at the end of the latest ‘ lead ’ . |