Example sentences of "by a [adj] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police said he was shot by a standard issue SA80 rifle , one of the Army 's deadliest weapons . |
| 2 | The centrepiece of Joseph Ettedgui 's latest emporium is this complex glass stair held together by a delicate spider 's web of steel rods , split pins and steel rings . |
| 3 | Sick cattle or children are thought to have been harmed by a Dark Elf 's arrow , as Collins wrote : |
| 4 | So love is formed by a dark ray 's invasion |
| 5 | AN AMERICAN woman tourist drowned in Venice 's lagoon after her gondola was capsized by a passing ferry 's wake . |
| 6 | But colonialism , the tensions caused by a feudal economy 's reaction to capitalism and finally the effects of capitalism itself have all been imposed on a social structure which can be traced much further back . |
| 7 | The reason for Dizzy 's locking of the door behind them became apparent within a minute , when Alina heard a hesitant tap on the other side followed by a young woman 's voice calling Dizzy 's name . |
| 8 | David introduced her to the warden , then they made their way to the residents ' common-room where Rachel was given a rapturous welcome by her new friends , in particular by a young Down 's syndrome woman called Belinda whose delight at seeing her again was only too apparent . |
| 9 | To see this platform threatened by a mere Smiths ' power game , hardly proved good PR for the band and a degree of bad feeling began to boil away in their home city . |
| 10 | Books : Love makes the world go round — says a Prof Dr Anthony Daniels is baffled by a Freudian philosopher 's hymn to love |
| 11 | Even in Germany , the social disqualification of middle-class origins might still have to be purged by a reserve officer 's commission — hence , in part , the wide acceptance of the military tone of German society . |
| 12 | The Jockey Club believes that in the long term Sunday racing without cash betting is impractical and it is resigned to trying to bring about a change in the legislation by a private members ' bill . |
| 13 | Even if the government backs legislation ( and even more so when it does not and the Houses find themselves confronted by a Private Member 's Bill ) no Bill will ever be passed which offends against the deeply held beliefs of Members , unless amended to accommodate them . |
| 14 | Among full-time male workers , fewer than 20 per cent of those with gross earnings of £75.00 a week or less were covered by a current employer 's scheme , compared with 80 per cent of those with gross weekly earrings of more than £150 . |
| 15 | Each level is accompanied by a thorough Teacher 's Book with detailed lesson plans , teaching suggestions , and solutions to all the puzzles . |
| 16 | This is a departure from the soul-searching that has gone on since Hayes v Malleable Working Men 's Club and Institute [ 1985 ] ICR 703 , of trying to find a useful comparative male illness ( prostate operation ? arthritic hips ? ) to emulate a medical condition comparable to the inconvenience caused to employers by a female employee 's pregnancy . |
| 17 | Tritsis 's career as a stormy petrel continued when he was given the education portfolio in 1987 — he was unshipped the next year by a protracted teachers ' strike . |
| 18 | Such printer 's inscriptions form a study in themselves , varying greatly in length and detail and often being attractively arranged in the shape of a diamond , a wine or hour-glass , etc. , and accompanied by a majestic printer 's device or coat of arms . |
| 19 | Rokeya looked like a figure in a strangely exposed photograph , silhouetted , caught , highly defined by the light , like a prisoner running from a concentration camp , cruelly and horribly revealed by a roof-top guard 's spotlight . |
| 20 | It explains the number of dealers greeting the dawn on the M4 , to be in the queue outside The Bath Antiques Market each Wednesday , followed by a hard day 's trawl of the shops . |
| 21 | He was also working for the Department of Archaeology and the Museum and , greatest profit of all , teaching English to the daughter of a rich immigrant Hungarian Jewish family who paid him , for just two lessons a week , more money than his poor father had earned by a hard week 's slog in the docks . |
| 22 | The individual trials lasted no more than five minutes each followed by a few minutes ' deliberation . |
| 23 | After selection by a local Children 's Panel Advisory Committee , new members are confirmed by the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 24 | Tommy 's mouth-organ , rusty and falling apart , seven pounds eleven shillings and sixpence in back pay , followed by a German officer 's helmet . |
| 25 | This was made even more attractive by a leading bank 's guarantee to buy the properties back after five years . |
| 26 | THE controversial Liverpool manager , Graeme Souness , was yesterday advised to keep calm by a top referees ' representative . |
| 27 | Hoping to lay to rest the hare started by an interview given to the Wall Street Journal by a top Siemens AG staffer , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig said at the opening of the Cebit Hannover Fair yesterday that his company had no plans for a strategic link with another computer company . |
| 28 | Some graves have been found showing that bowls of food were buried with the body — this was to provide for the journey to the Underworld , which many people believed was made by a dead person 's spirit . |
| 29 | I saw one man being struck by a mounted officer 's baton , picked up by some shocked onlookers and given first-aid ; I heard a policeman say to another : ‘ I 'd shoot the whole fuckin' lot . ’ |
| 30 | I would imagine that the site had at one time been occupied by a large merchant 's house as four of the houses were built over a medieval cellar . |