Example sentences of "[noun] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a lifetime of line-ups by the sound of things , I say in a rather low voice . |
| 2 | A video recording of a visit made to North Korea in mid-May by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , Hans Blix , and a team of inspectors , was made public on June 3 . |
| 3 | Christianity became the official Imperial religion by the Edict of Milan in AD 314 , and thereafter several attempts were made to despoil and eventually destroy pagan monuments . |
| 4 | Or you could put a little gunnysack full of food on a big boom , and you could control their speed by the way you would swing it . ’ |
| 5 | Any reduction in orbital speed by the action of an additional force can be shown to lead to shrinkage of the orbit . |
| 6 | He was advised in the arts by the century 's greatest antiquaries , Jacopo Strada and his son , Ottavio . |
| 7 | Courses in Hebrew language and literature are provided for the Faculty of Arts by the Department of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies in the Faculty of Divinity . |
| 8 | The fact is that nothing was done about the matter , and the goats were released from farm isolation by the ministry with subsequent disastrous results for me and for others . |
| 9 | Whole curricular thinking was inhibited by the need to preserve the first ; the breaking down of professional isolation by the need to conceal the latter . |
| 10 | I was with my grandad at a lake in Gloucestershire , night-fishing for tench by the light of a tilley lamp . |
| 11 | Since 1945 this figure is put at 12 million and we have recently seen dramatic examples of the same desperate remedy by the boat people of Vietnam and those escaping from Cuba . |
| 12 | Pollution of our waterways by the leaching of fertiliser nitrates from the soil may be reduced as trees combined with animals are unlikely to need application of fertiliser , unlike conventional grassland or timber production . |
| 13 | Doctors and health visitors were yesterday sent new guidelines by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths on how to deal with cot death tragedies . |
| 14 | Yes , he could imagine it now , forty years from now , he and Tsu Ma , standing on the terrace by the lake , looking back … |
| 15 | He was about to lead Sir John through the wicket gate to the priest 's house when a dark shape jumped from the shadows and grabbed Philomel by the bridle . |
| 16 | The year has seen continued support of the Association by the RAFA Liaison Officers ( RAFALOs ) with membership from the serving RAF continuing to increase . |
| 17 | The community house was donated to the residents ' association by the Housing Executive and will be run by volunteers from the estate . |
| 18 | This was soon augmented by a further three acres immediately adjacent , donated to the Old Stopfordians ' Association by the Vice-Chairman ( in memory of his brother , Mr. Harry Towns ) and Mr. Thomas Harrison ( in memory of his son Peter , killed during the war ) . |
| 19 | Perhaps the greatest impact was made on his thinking by the Commonwealth Prime Ministers ’ Conference of that year , when general dismay was expressed about his proposed reductions in overseas garrisons before adequate air-reinforcement capabilities had been built up . |
| 20 | After entering the body , there is an immediate moult , and the L4 travel to the liver in the bloodstream , either from the intestine by the portal stream , or from the skin by the lungs and systemic circulation . |
| 21 | This point is academic — first , because so much of this type of absenteeism goes unnoticed or unrecorded ( it was described as ‘ hidden ’ truancy by the Pack Report ) , and second , because , realistically , the use of legal procedures would probably not be contemplated by any LEA until the problem had worsened and discussion with parents had failed to resolve it . |
| 22 | The muffled words were given a seductive rhythm by the drumming of the rain . |
| 23 | ‘ One must n't judge the horse by the bridle , ’ she used to say . |
| 24 | She saw the little procession of horsemen climbing the ramp towards Parfois , and crept up through the trees to see more closely , for it seemed to her that the middle figure of the five was bound , and one of those who rode beside him led his horse by the bridle . |
| 25 | A long time must be spent on suppling the horse by the use of circles , turns , changes of bend and transitions . |
| 26 | The bishop was harangued by ‘ fourtie wyfes of Prees ’ , one of whom ‘ rudeley began to take his horse by the bridell whereat the horse sprang aside and put the Bysshop in danger of a fall ’ . |
| 27 | But most architects involved in liability cases feel that there has been at least some contribution to his own losses by the claimant . |
| 28 | John Bannon , the Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) Premier of South Australia since 1982 , resigned on Sept. 1 in acknowledgment of responsibility for huge losses by the State Bank of South Australia . |
| 29 | On Oct. 12 , 1990 , the Netherlands airline KLM announced a restructuring plan to save Fl400,000 over the next three years , involving 500 job losses by the end of 1992 . |
| 30 | Driven mad with grief by the loss of her child , she is thought to wander the streets weeping and crying out a ghostly memory of the pre-Conquest past . |