Example sentences of "from the [noun sg] by [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 They start at the beginning and tell the whole story , pulling no mathematical punches but providing so much historical and biographical material , as well as physical explanations , that a complete mathematical ignoramus could gain much from the work by reading the words and skipping the equations .
2 Oxidized nitrogen is reduced to ammonia with Devarda 's alloy , and this , together with any free ammoniacal nitrogen , is removed from the sample by boiling the alkaline solution .
3 He added to the estates received directly from the Crown by acquiring the estates of landowners indebted to Jews .
4 Across at the County Ground , the Swindon commander , Glenn Hoddle led his team from the front by making the first goal against Southend .
5 Others , however , decried this suggestion as a Republican manoeuvre designed to deflect criticism from the President by placing the responsibility for cuts in public spending on the Democratic majority within congress .
6 Demand for the product next year would be calculated from the formula by taking the difference between projected total number owned next year and total number owned currently .
7 Furthermore , plants utilize carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that animals eject , and animals Bean yet more energy from the environment by utilizing the oxygen that plants eject by converting it into new combinations of chemicals .
8 Herodotus says that a rich Lydian called Pythios tried to get his son exempted from the draft by entertaining the king magnificently ; but the king had the young man sliced in half and made the army march between the pieces ( Hdt. vii.27f . ) .
9 It is possible from the village , without too much effort , to survey the great wilderness of Fisherfield Forest from the east by taking the private road to the little huddle of buildings known as the Heights of Kinlochewe and thence following a rising track to the left until the vast amphitheatre is revealed in a surround of formidable mountains of which Slioch and Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair are now the most prominent .
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