Example sentences of "by [art] [adj] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further doubts have been raised about the future of the THORP reprocessing plant at Sellafield by the Japanese authorities ' decision to abandon plutonium transports by sea [ see above ] and to scale down their nuclear-energy programme . |
| 2 | Canon depended on foreign markets for 70 percent of its sales during the year , and said profits were hurt by the Japanese yen 's strength . |
| 3 | Organised for children aged nine and over by the Young Ornithologists ' Club . |
| 4 | Struck by the young man 's suntan , he asked where he had acquired it , and when . |
| 5 | He ca n't help being rather touched by the young man 's enthusiasm about it all . |
| 6 | On studying the young gentleman closely , one could , as it were , appreciate the difficulty experienced by his lordship — and indeed , by the young gentleman 's father . |
| 7 | Undeterred by the Young King 's defection , Richard pressed on . |
| 8 | The structure of Angevin rule in Aquitaine had been severely shaken by the Young King 's intervention , but once he was gone it was not difficult to pick up the pieces . |
| 9 | Tanith Blackman , of Ingleton , near Darlington , is a pupil at The Assumption School , Richmond , and the competition , organised by the Young People 's Trust for the Environment , is an award scheme for business and industry involving children of company employees . |
| 10 | Anna read the letter with incomprehension , then put Charlotte into her secondhand pram — donated by the Young Wives ' Group — and went out for a long and significant walk . |
| 11 | The growing number of learned topographies produced by the Georgian gentry 's taste for travel rarely had much praise for the Sussex roads , however beautiful they found its landscape . |
| 12 | The announcement of the deal in the ballroom of the Statistics Office in Budapest was temporarily hijacked by the European Community 's ambassador to Hungary , Hans Beck , who used the occasion to dish out European Community tie pins , lecture the local press on the absence of a ‘ Hungarian Way ’ , and launch a fierce attack on Hungary 's decision to retaliate with tit-for-tat measures against an import ban on meat products introduced by the European Community two weeks ago following the discovery of foot and mouth disease in Italy . |
| 13 | The announcement of the deal in the ballroom of the Statistics Office in Budapest was temporarily hijacked by the European Community 's ambassador to Hungary , Hans Beck , who used the occasion to dish out European Community tie pins , lecture the local press on the absence of a ‘ Hungarian Way ’ , and launch a fierce attack on Hungary 's decision to retaliate with tit-for-tat measures against an import ban on meat products introduced by the European Community two weeks ago following the discovery of foot and mouth disease in Italy . |
| 14 | Two reports — one by the European Community 's committee of central-bank governors and the other by its monetary committee ( composed of finance-ministry and central-bank officials ) — were made public on May 23rd . |
| 15 | The project is being funded by the European Community 's STRIDE programme , computer firm ICL and the university . |
| 16 | The projects are partially funded by the European Community 's Trade EDI Systems , TEDIS , programme , which is intended to encourage and promote increased EDI usage within the European Economic Area , covering the European Free Trade Association countries as well as the European Community . |
| 17 | The CORINE programme represents the product of much activity by the European Commission 's Directorate-General ( XI ) for the Environment . |
| 18 | Analysis by the European Commission 's Information Market Observatory suggests growth rates in electronic sectors of around 20 per cent in Europe more generally . |
| 19 | Nominal political authority is held by the unicameral People 's Assembly whose 250 members are elected every four years from a single list of candidates , and which in turn elects the Presidium and the Council of Ministers . |
| 20 | That is what the uncertainty created by the Prime Minister 's opt-out will cost us . |
| 21 | The previous Prime Minister , the right hon. Member for Finchley , said that she was ’ thrilled ’ by the Prime Minister 's success at Maastricht . |
| 22 | The decision to call an election was prompted by the prime minister 's failure to heal a split among his followers over accusations that state-owned companies had been arm-twisted into making contributions to the party . |
| 23 | THE OUTCOME of the Government 's ‘ taking stock ’ exercise will not be announced until mid-March because of delays caused by the Prime Minister 's visit to Washington . |
| 24 | During Mr John Major 's brief tenure he was made to look foolish on his one co-starring trip — the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur — by the Prime Minister 's repudiation of the South African statement he had negotiated . |
| 25 | During Mr John Major 's brief tenure he was made to look foolish on his one co-starring trip — the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur — by the Prime Minister 's repudiation of the South African statement he had negotiated . |
| 26 | The role of the Task Force , as specified by the Prime Minister 's Office , was essentially a strategic vision : broad issues were to be raised ; the direction of any additional expenditure was to be stipulated ; and longer-term policies were to be highlighted . |
| 27 | The term ‘ Majorism ’ , briefly promoted by the Prime Minister 's Office , was frowned on by Tory Central Office . |
| 28 | Public opinion surveys undertaken by the Prime Minister 's Office have , over the past two decades , shown that 80–90 per cent of Japanese consider themselves to be middle class . |
| 29 | On his return in mid-December all his colleagues had felt encouraged by the Prime Minister 's buoyancy ; he had conducted the last debates with all his old skill and command of the House . |
| 30 | Women are not convinced by the Prime Minister 's conversion . |