Example sentences of "by a [noun] [unc] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | That there is considerable theory presupposed by the assertion , ‘ The electron beam was repelled by the North Pole of the magnet ’ , or by a psychiatrist 's talk of the withdrawal symptoms of a patient , should not need much arguing . |
| 2 | Treatment directed specially towards either stopping or reducing drinking on a long-term basis is very often thwarted by a patient 's denial of the extent of the problem or by lack of motivation to do anything about it . |
| 3 | The face was female , sculpted , golden , mellow , ideal and framed by a lion 's mane of light . |
| 4 | Yet section 4 seems to place severe limitations in some circumstances on the exploration by a children 's hearing of a child 's entire social background . |
| 5 | When the status and rights of a leader are endowed by tradition , they are authorized by belief in the sacredness of the social order ; by appeals to divine authority ; by a leader 's designation of his own successor ; by inheritance ; or by consecration . |
| 6 | The focus for method work was also provided by a student 's account of a lesson he or she had taught . |
| 7 | The difference with this baby is that he himself has selected the time at which he will display the pattern , rather than having it imposed on him by a mother 's pattern of giving care . |
| 8 | Anderston was a warren of narrow gas-lit streets , of tenements linked together by a spider 's web of overhead tram wires , swaying in the wind above the cobbles . |
| 9 | The $2,000 prize was set up by a patrons ' organization of the National Museum of American Art in honour of Charles C. Eldredge , former director of the museum . |