Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight , the picture of word-meaning given by patterns of affinity and disaffinity is , at least in some respects , different from the picture given by semantic traits . |
| 2 | A checklist completed by teachers will give a measure of the use of over two hundred activities in computer education lessons . |
| 3 | Replanting woodland ravaged by storms and disease , coppicing , hedgelaying and pond clearance to maintain a rich variety of wildlife habitat . |
| 4 | But the reaction to the articles — a series that dealt with Palestinians as individual human beings rather than as some kind of refugee caste manipulated by fanatics and ‘ terrorists ’ — was deeply instructive . |
| 5 | It is to be noted that the disqualification prescribed by subs . |
| 6 | Liability limited by shares . |
| 7 | The support given by knitters to the events which are organised is very good . |
| 8 | Increasing union strength and a changing ( political ) power balance forced Swedish employers to deal with workers as a collectivity rather than , as Clegg suggests , the support given by employers being decisive for union recruitment . |
| 9 | In advancing legal arguments and in taking direct political action those active in the peace movement can be reinforced by the knowledge that the hesitant political support given by others to the policies of nuclear deterrence is underpinned only by the belief that their leaders genuinely desire peace and disarmament . |
| 10 | It 's a boost , too , to read of support given by friends who are n't surprised and who continually to provide what friends usually do — acceptance and back-up through the difficult times . |
| 11 | The generous support given by Branches of the Association , organisations and individuals to enable residents to enjoy outings and holidays is very much appreciated as they are so important to the well-being of residents . |
| 12 | It requires support given by governments to be directed less at propping up declining industries , and more at helping the unemployed to rejoin the workforce . |
| 13 | Mrs Taylor from the Welcome Café , whose husband had summoned the police at the discovery of Oliver 's body , said that between 4.15 and 4.30 on 22 June a man resembling the description given by others had staggered into her café . |
| 14 | Here , in the valleys of the Rivers Zamora and Upano , several generations of colonists had cleared much of the forest , replacing it with pasture grazed by cattle . |
| 15 | West German electors recognize the propriety of indirect election justified by votes given to parties , and might well be surprised that political figures as eminent as Shirley Williams , Roy Jenkins and Enoch Powell could be excluded from the House of Commons simply by the say-so of voters in Cambridge , Glasgow Hillhead and Down South . |
| 16 | While this seems to be reading more into Quinn 's analysis than is justified , work by Mintzberg ( 1978 ) , Miller and Friesen ( 1982 ) , and Pettigrew ( 1985a , 1985b ) , supports the notion of incrementalism , but in a form of uneven development with long-term gradual change punctuated by bursts of ‘ revolutionary ’ change which may be due to the economic environment , management change or other factors usually , but not necessarily , associated with commercial crisis . |
| 17 | From the last it can be determined whether the terraces fall into significant altitudinal groups or not , and thus whether they represent intermittent falls of base level punctuated by stillstands or a more or less steady fall of base level with terraces at all levels . |
| 18 | These are four reasons for a centrally-controlled curriculum given by officials of the textbook board in Islamabad ( Pakistan ) . |
| 19 | Of the income received by households , some is spent on this domestically produced output and some is spent on imports , the rest being saved or taken in taxation . |
| 20 | Liberty entered into men 's minds in the struggle against the economic prejudices of the ancien régime , a struggle waged by servants of the crown . |
| 21 | As finance for books may be limited , money given by patients could be used for this purpose . |
| 22 | Rights to insurance , housing and employment remain limited , and the severe discrimination endured by PWAs ( People With Aids ) is as real as ever . |
| 23 | Immigration from Brazil 's cities is increasing mercury poisoning by gold-prospectors and the taking of species by trophy hunters . |
| 24 | The vessel , which was named after the statue erected by students in Beijing 's Tiananmen Square during the 1989 protests [ see pp. 36640-42 ; 36720-22 ] , left France on March 17 and was due to dock in Taiwan to take on supplies before beginning anti-communist broadcasts from international waters off the coast of China . |
| 25 | even a chart filled by girls in silly hats . |
| 26 | This would be the result of a majority decision won by individuals upholding the Second Choice and would therefore be a unit of ‘ goodness ’ contributing to the Created God . |
| 27 | He was not spared one concrete-balconied construction , one flat-topped esplanade of shops , one lowly bungalow surrounded by pebbles and called The Palms , one swinging wooden board with ‘ rustic ’ letters cut in it announcing that the frosted aluminium-framed windows and crazy pavings dotted with fountain bowls and outsize cupids , and pergolas leading nowhere , were part of a residence called Ourranch . |
| 28 | Next he travelled to Marlott , but found the Durbeyfield cottage occupied by others . |
| 29 | He took the award from a field dominated by studies of early 19th century poets . |
| 30 | The resulting work will be of use to policy-makers by providing a critical , through assessment in a field dominated by myths and emotions |