Example sentences of "[noun sg] by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The breeze dropped and the little valley lay completely still , held in long beams of light and enclosed on either side by the lines of the woods . |
| 2 | The path through the village , flanked on one side by the backs of the houses and on the other by the looming cliffside , was as pervasively dark as a cave and we kept stumbling over rocks , getting our feet wet in puddles and pools of mud . |
| 3 | As , apparently disregarding the speed limit , they sped through a network of small canals lined on either side by the backs of tall buildings Luce enquired , ‘ The palazzo you mentioned … what is it called ? ’ |
| 4 | Surrounded on every side by the followers of Mohammed — who also laid claim to Jerusalem and its lands — it was only a matter of time before war broke out in earnest . |
| 5 | A final experiment by the police at labour organization backfired disastrously . |
| 6 | In fact , most commentators ( and many left academics ) would feel able to divide the " post-war period into three distinct phases in terms of the kind of choice offered to the electorate by the parties in their programmes . |
| 7 | Every other nation in Europe puts that at the top of the agenda , but in Britain training is used as a political football by the Conservatives . |
| 8 | In 1990 the state of Louisiana electrocuted Dalton Prejean , despite a recommendation by the Pardons and Parole Board that his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment . |
| 9 | The election was viewed by some commentators as a trial contest by the Israelis , to establish a precedent for wider municipal elections throughout the occupied territories . |
| 10 | The preamble stated , at length , that the poor within the five town parishes ( St. John , St. Mary , St. Peter , St. Paul and St. Cuthbert ) were ‘ very numerous and supported at great and burthensome expense by the inhabitants of those parishes ’ . |
| 11 | The first point to note is that management should retain the majority by reference to nominal value of Newco 's issued share capital , after the institutions have invested , so that notwithstanding the equity investment by the institutions , management retains control of Newco within the meaning of s416(2) ( a ) . |
| 12 | The lower prices have had a dampening effect on innovative schemes to make better use of the natural resources consumed , and will do nothing to stimulate necessary investment by the generators on modernising their capacity . |
| 13 | Is not my right hon. Friend absolutely astonished at the failure of the Leader of the Opposition to condemn the absurd criticisms made of that investment by the Trades Union Congress ? |
| 14 | Tony always says that you can tell a happy motorcyclist by the flies on his teeth . |
| 15 | Appreciation by the children of such history , craftsmanship and skill was no where more obviously shown than in the canteen where balloons , strawberry tarts and fizzy drinks made a fitting end to a successful visit . |
| 16 | They suggested that the title might be the cause of a lack of appreciation by the funders , the local authorities , of the complexity , responsibility and professionalism now required of the post holder . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Some 60 pet dogs and cats died as a result of deliberate poisoning by the owners ' neighbours . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | as if enraged at its defeat by the mountains , the hurricane once more turned inland . |
| 22 | This was the only defeat by the Lions team that swept through New Zealand to win the series 2–1 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The resulting action is a combined display of enthusiastic pursuit by the cadets and good-natured acceptance of inevitable defeat by the insurgents . |
| 25 | Before the defeat by the Danes , the Republic beat Albania 3–1 . |
| 26 | The side 's shaming defeat by the no-hopers of the United States will increase the calls for the manager to quit . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The change comes as part of a bid by the Bishops of Durham and Jarrow to reduce the number of paid ministers by 36 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |