Example sentences of "[noun] by the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 60 pet dogs and cats died as a result of deliberate poisoning by the owners ' neighbours . |
| 2 | A survey of children 's authors by the writers ' group PEN suggests publishers are not content merely with encouraging authors to be politically correct , but are actually censoring anything they feel may be politically incorrect . |
| 3 | The Eden was contaminated with ammonia in 1987 by Express Dairies who were recently forced to pay £113,000 in compensation following action by the Anglers ' Cooperative Association . |
| 4 | A year earlier he witnessed the Sex Pistols debacle at the Lesser Free Trade Hall , Manchester , a legendary bombastic event bludgeoned into rock history books by the Pistols ' typical blind arrogance and contrived but destructive chaos . |
| 5 | That 's right , this er , this proposal by the Commons ' Heritage Committee , that if you actually want another telly in your house , you have to pay twenty quid extra . |
| 6 | Information leaflets on financial and other matters may be obtained from The Advice Place run by the Students ' Association ( see below ) . |
| 7 | Recently , medical students at Khartoum University took part in the campaign by the students ' union , and called on the Government to respect academic freedom and the autonomy of the university . |
| 8 | The circumstances of the breach ( which followed a previous less significant breach ) were drawn to the plaintiffs ' attention by the defendants ' solicitors by letter dated 30 April 1991 as follows : |
| 9 | On Friday , August 13 , I was asked by your reporter to respond to criticism of banks by the Consumers ' Association . |
| 10 | Used for 30 years on British potatoes , tecnazene is now under investigation by the Governments ' Advisory Committee on Medicines for its possible impact on aquatic and human life . |
| 11 | Whilst the first four roles provide the major inspiration and leadership , this role provides for implementation of ideas by the roleholders ' ability to translate general ideas and plans into practice . |
| 12 | There was no longer anywhere for me to hide , and I knew I would be cut to pieces by the giants ' sharp knives . |
| 13 | Players called for intervention by the players ' union and the Football League , who last week fined Barnet £50,000 for financial irregularities as Flashman fought with photographers . |
| 14 | According to international multicentre surveys by the Sarles ' group , chronic pancreatitis has been found predominantly in two types of countries . |
| 15 | The row followed hard on the heels of Tuesday 's criticism by the Members ' Interests Select Committee that Mr Gummer should have declared work paid for by a giant food company to restore a pond at his Suffolk home . |
| 16 | A BAN on classes with more than 30 children was demanded last night by the Tories ' favourite teachers ' union . |
| 17 | The flowers were part of a sad pilgrimage by the victims ' relatives . |
| 18 | On the other hand , though , all descriptions of climbing here were excluded from the last Pembroke guide by the Climbers ' Club 's editor for the volume . |
| 19 | That was by crossing the river by the Brownies ' Bridge . |
| 20 | The first anniversary of the October 1988 riots ( for which see pp. 36506-07 ) passed off much more quietly than expected , with peaceful demonstrations by the victims ' families , and by women 's groups and students . |
| 21 | No allowance had been made for the physical difficulty of getting heavy guns over a battlefield where all roads had been obliterated and every inch of ground thrown up into huge mounds and craters by the attackers ' own bombardment . |
| 22 | However , it found that funds donated by miners in East Germany , Hungary and the Soviet Union were highly likely to have contributed to a trust held on behalf of the NUM by the Miners ' Trade Union International , a forerunner of the Paris-based International Miners ' Organization ( IMO — of which Scargill was president ) , and that the NUM had not received any benefit from this trust , although the IMO had received " substantial advantages " at the NUM 's expense . |
| 23 | Of more value was an examination of employment status by the students ' own assessments of the subject content of their research work . |
| 24 | The oak tree , which marks the centenary of the club , was presented to the people of Darlington by the Naturalists ' president , Margaret Port . |
| 25 | Stuart had noticed him often after that , sometimes on the corner by the students ' union , other times on Princes Street , silhouetted against the store windows , sidling up to the late-night shoppers on Thursdays . |
| 26 | It " took note of " , and approved the recommendations in , the report by the Co-ordinators ' Group on Free Movement of Persons . |
| 27 | A report by the Schools ' HM Inspectorate early in 1981 indicated that the effect of cuts in education budgets was severe despite falling pupil rolls . |
| 28 | But he said he could not consider calls for an open sheriff 's inquiry , in spite of pleas by the islands ' MP , Jim Wallace , Shetland Islands Council , and the petitioners . |
| 29 | Some MPs warned that the bullying by the Whips ' Office — the worst in 20 years — had opened wounds in the party that may never heal . |
| 30 | Environment Minister Michael Howard joined thousands of people who participated in one of the 150 walk events organised throughout the country by the Ramblers ' Association for Family Rambling Day . |