Example sentences of "[noun] by [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implication that they are determined by other factors and of slight consequence occurs again and again ; but Braudel can never bring himself to say it straight out , and indeed undercuts it in the third part of La Méditerranée where , for example , the defeat of Charles V and the Venetians by the Turks in 1538 is said to have had consequences which lasted over a third of a century . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A final experiment by the police at labour organization backfired disastrously . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Tony always says that you can tell a happy motorcyclist by the flies on his teeth . |
| 11 | Far more than a ‘ companion ’ to the Hornblower novels , clarifying and extending the historical background and arranging the events of the hero 's life in chronological order instead of in the irregular order imposed on readers by the dates of publication of the books , Parkinson 's book is related in intention , though not in style and tone , to the amiable pamphlets published from time to time summarising the relationships and activities of the fictional inhabitants of Coronation Street . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Maxwell and Murdoch were no doubt entrenched in their organizations by the complexities of cross-holdings and foreign-registered companies , but their personal holdings were proportionately small , particularly in comparison with their predecessors . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The side 's shaming defeat by the no-hopers of the United States will increase the calls for the manager to quit . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The change comes as part of a bid by the Bishops of Durham and Jarrow to reduce the number of paid ministers by 36 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It were that white car by the looks of i the way they 're positioned in the road . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Her prodigious roarings and weepings would be licensed in her mind by the examples of St Mary of Oignies ( whose book she had heard in an English translation ) , St Bonaventure , St Elizabeth of Hungary and an unnamed priest she had heard of who wept ‘ so wonderfully that he wetted his vestment ’ . |
| 29 | In Ryan [ 19921 Crim.L.R. 187 , where the identifying witness was brought to and conducted around the police station where the parade took place by officers involved in the investigation , the Court of Appeal regarded what had occurred as a ‘ substantial breach ’ of the Code , and the subsequent identification of the suspect was admitted in evidence only because there was proof that nothing untoward had in fact been said to the witness by the officers in question . |
| 30 | Not to mention the thousands of pounds pumped into the Tory Party funds by the likes of Rupert Murdoch 's News International . |