Example sentences of "[noun] by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although fine material may be transported far out to sea in suspension , much of the coarser debris eroded from the cliffs or brought to the coast by the rivers accumulates on the beach , where it may be subjected to the constructive action of waves . |
| 32 | Some 60 pet dogs and cats died as a result of deliberate poisoning by the owners ' neighbours . |
| 33 | Sharpe angled away from the river , guiding the horse beside a field of rye which had grown as tall as a man.The field path led uphill , then , after picking a delicate path through a tangled copse where tree roots gave treacherous footing for the horse , Sharpe slid down an earthen bank on to a rutted road where he was shadowed and hidden from the Dragoons by the trees that arched overhead . |
| 34 | Second , Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia , which is one of the opportunistic infections listed in the clinical definition of AIDS by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , and the most frequently reported , developed within two weeks of the onset of symptoms of primary HIV-1 infection . |
| 35 | cf. Ps. 28 : ‘ Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house : thy children like olive plants round about thy table . ’ |
| 36 | In June 1312 , however , he was captured at Scarborough and soon afterwards was murdered while in the earl of Warwick 's safe-custody : thus , no longer an embarrassment to the king , Gaveston by the circumstances of his death divided the nobles . |
| 37 | as if enraged at its defeat by the mountains , the hurricane once more turned inland . |
| 38 | This was the only defeat by the Lions team that swept through New Zealand to win the series 2–1 . |
| 39 | This is a coda to the Old English poem The Battle of Maldon , which commemorates an English defeat by the Vikings in AD 991 , and celebrates especially the unyielding courage of the English bodyguard who refused to retreat when their leader was killed , but fought round his body till all were dead . |
| 40 | The resulting action is a combined display of enthusiastic pursuit by the cadets and good-natured acceptance of inevitable defeat by the insurgents . |
| 41 | Before the defeat by the Danes , the Republic beat Albania 3–1 . |
| 42 | The side 's shaming defeat by the no-hopers of the United States will increase the calls for the manager to quit . |
| 43 | One obvious symptom was the founding by Saint-Säens and others only months after the defeat by the Prussians of the Sociétè National de Musique . |
| 44 | The change comes as part of a bid by the Bishops of Durham and Jarrow to reduce the number of paid ministers by 36 . |
| 45 | The Springbok all-rounder of the 1960s and 1970s has been appointed coach of Transvaal in what can be seen as a determined bid by the lions of the north to regain their position as the top dogs of South African domestic cricket . |
| 46 | He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kinross-shire in 1964 , and was awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the universities of Edinburgh ( 1954 ) , St Andrews ( 1955 ) , and Aberdeen ( 1960 ) . |
| 47 | Make sure you see some of Tenerife 's fascinating scenery during your holiday — join in some of our most popular trips , including a cruise on the Nostramo , an authentic Spanish galleon or our ‘ Skool Dinners ’ BBQ ; the ‘ Last Resort ’ , a special cabaret by the reps in Tenerife 's top nightclub and the very popular Medieval Night — a delicious banquet in an old castle with jousting displays followed by a live , top named band . |
| 48 | If you tire of the beach and the windsurfers , pedalos or sailing dinghies — all included in the price of course — join the games and competitions run all day long back at the Club by the entertainments team . |
| 49 | Their heritage can be traced back to the time of the destruction of the Temple in 586 BC , when the Jews were taken captive into exile by the Babylonians . |
| 50 | It were that white car by the looks of i the way they 're positioned in the road . |
| 51 | Someone dragged him out of the car by the feet . |
| 52 | Ann and I last made the journey on a cold April day in 1987 , leaving the car by the shores of little Loch Awe , our two dogs bounding excitedly ahead . |
| 53 | Furthermore , there was an insufficient degree of regularity to make the purchase of the car by the plaintiffs something which was done in the course of their business . |
| 54 | My boyfriend drank too much the other night and was followed home in his car by the police . |
| 55 | At the Black Swan we come to Townsend and Hopabout Lane ( now Queen 's Road ) where there is an iron bollard bearing the words ‘ City of London ’ , one of the many brought as ballast from the Metropolis by the contractors Mowlem and Burt . |
| 56 | There poor Paddies in London even now , God love them , who have been driven out of their homes by the Proddies . |
| 57 | We find the British army officer struggling to help the Arabs achieve independence and freedom from colonial interference against fierce opposition by the superpowers , and having to face arrogance , smugness and suppressed venom from those allies who considered the indigenous races a minor detail . |
| 58 | His job was to keep the stream of voices from inside the apartment above him recorded , encoded , radioed to Grosvenor Square for decoding and digestion by the listeners in the basement . |
| 59 | The spirit of these comments , which reflect the traditional attitude of the courts towards the imposition of criminal liability , might properly be borne in mind by the courts in giving content and scope to the new legislation . |
| 60 | John Weaver designated dancers as the Serious , the Grotesque and , most importantly , the Scenical , ‘ who practise Stage dancing ’ which was ‘ to Explain things conceived in the Mind by the Gestures and Motions of the Body and plainly and intelligently representing Actions , Motions and Passions so that the Spectator might perfectly understand the Performer by these his Motions , although he say no Word ’ . |