Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less than forty pictures exist by the fifteenth-century Sicilian artist , who was credited by Vasari with bringing the ‘ Flemish ’ technique of oil painting to Italy , and whose placid works were of decisive influence on contemporary Venetian painters , especially Giovanni Bellini . |
| 2 | SATURDAY , AM Neighbourhood clean-up patrols gather by the thousands to sweep up the mess . |
| 3 | As subject , Edmund acts for himself , doing anything that will advance him : Goneril and Regan live by the same principle . |
| 4 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 5 | Holding the shares in the index also gives the right to dividends , making the spot price higher than the futures price by the present value of the dividends ( D ) , plus the interest on this sum ( Dr ) . |
| 6 | It should also include an analysis of what modern people understand by the very concept of ‘ prejudice ’ , for it is a concept , which is not only used by social scientists , but which is also significant in ordinary discourse . |
| 7 | Charles parked his car in as unobtrusive a spot as possible beside a flourishing prunus tree , and tugged at the wrought-iron bell pull by the white front door . |
| 8 | Contracts go by the square inch . ’ |
| 9 | The idea is that species originate by the sudden events , whatever they may be , and they have new characteristics , which randomly related to the characteristics of their ancestral species . |
| 10 | It was n't until a week later that I was able to ring John Reeves , vicar of St Luke 's , Cranham , who later said that he was intrigued from the word go by the strange activities we were involved with when he first contacted us . |
| 11 | It 's been an eventful year for the man who was recently awarded the lifetime achievements award by the American Film Institute . |
| 12 | The objective this time is to shift down the injections line or to shift up the withdrawals line by the full amount of the inflationary gap . |
| 13 | Hence after-tax wages fall by the full amount of the tax . |
| 14 | It 's quite clear why women do n't achieve in the way define by the general public . |
| 15 | The aircraft , one of only two airworthy Kingcobras in the world , had just finished a three year rebuild by the Chino-based Fighter Rebuilders ( illustrated ) . |
| 16 | Since the charter mark is designed to improve public services , does my hon. Friend agree that the attack launched today on the citizens charter by the National and Local Government Officers Association in a lavish newspaper advertising campaign is typical of that union 's contempt for the consumer and lack of interest in improving public services ? |
| 17 | Is this really what the politicians mean by the free market ? |
| 18 | Tension continued during April following anti-government riots in February , which had left at least 10 people dead , and a mid-March visit by the French Prime Minister , Michel Rocard , who was jeered at by crowds . |