Example sentences of "by [noun prp] to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sale of over 500 of the finest works from the 10,000 volume Epstein Family Collection include : a first edition , first issue of Beatrix Potter 's Peter Rabbit of which only 250 were privately printed ( est. $25–35,000 ) ; Adam Smith 's Wealth of Nations ( est. $15–20,000 ) ; Samuel Johnson 's Dictionary of the English Language ( est. $6–9,000 ) ; Charles Darwin 's Origin of the Species ( est. $8–12,000 ) ; and a presentation copy of the piano score of Rhapsody in Blue , 1929 , inscribed by Gershwin to the English author John Galsworthy ( est. $3–4,000 ) . |
| 2 | It rested on a grant of authority over the whole country by Gregory to the first archbishop , followed by a long history of the exercise of this authority from the seventh century onwards . |
| 3 | The collapse of the previous International was also attributed by Lenin to the deviant ideology of its leaders and the Comintern was consequently designed in see that orthodoxy was imposed centrally upon all sections . |
| 4 | The second most honoured player in Scotland 's history — the game at Ibrox will bring McLeish his 77th cap — was introduced by Roxburgh to the other squad members as captain of the side on Sunday . |
| 5 | This list was sent to UNESCO last September and copies have recently been distributed by UNESCO to the Metropolitan Museum in New York , Sotheby 's in London , the International Foundation for Art Research , Interpol , and the International Council for Museums . |
| 6 | The gauntlet is being thrown down by Pemex to the international community . |
| 7 | Exported by Christies to the National Gallery , Washington , at £585,000 . |
| 8 | Reports published in Beirut newspapers on Aug. 28 and quoting a senior source in the Shia Amal movement claimed that Arad was being held by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Iran , having been captured by Amal in Lebanon in 1986 after bailing out of his aircraft , and then sold by Amal to the Revolutionary Guard for $500,000 . |
| 9 | He assumed , however , that rather than evolving over the ages to suit their environment , they had been ‘ ready-made ’ by God to the perfect design needed for where He placed them . |
| 10 | The truth was revealed by Eden to the British cabinet when he indignantly reported : They [ Truman and Acheson ] are polite ; listen to what we have to say , but make ( on most issues ) their own decisions . |
| 11 | The sanctions were lifted in advance of a visit by Arens to the European Council of Ministers on April 2 , 1990 . |
| 12 | Essentially the same arguments were presented by Serrano Suñer when he met Hitler and Ribbentrop at Berchtesgaden on 19 November ; by Serrano to the German ambassador , Stohrer , on 29 November 1940 and 27 January 1941 ; by Franco in December 1940 and January 1941 , in response to German suggestions that Germany fix the date for Spanish entry , in his meeting with Mussolini at Bordighera in February 1941 and in a further letter to Hitler , also in February 1941 . |
| 13 | Of the judges appointed by Halsbury to the High Court , eight were MPs at the date of their appointment and of these six were Conservatives . |
| 14 | This gold-covered oak cask was given by Charles to the Saxon chieftain Wittikind as a gift when he finally surrendered and accepted baptism in the year 785 . |
| 15 | According to documents consigned by Sonnabend to the Supreme Court on 13 May , Halley had already agreed to hold a one-man show with them last May and all the works in it had already been sold to Sonnabend clients , as Halley well knew . |
| 16 | He was not the most welcoming of hosts , alarmed at the thought of what one thousand men and horses could do to his winter 's supplies and forage ; but at least he could tell them that a large mounted party had indeed passed this way two days previously and had turned off out of this main Yarrow valley southwards , to climb by Altrieve to the high pass of Tushielaw , which would take them to the Ettrick valley . |