Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [adv] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questions asked of — refers to occasions when a teacher directed a question at a specific boy or girl usually by name but often taking one volunteer from many hands up . |
| 2 | Interested parties can contact Bill or Kath personally by letter or ‘ phone at the Company . |
| 3 | The child knows that he may only win the object or activity back by compliance . |
| 4 | Exports handled by the galleries in the Comite dropped by 30% last year and business in 1992 was more than 50% down by comparison with 1988–89 . |
| 5 | The reaction to the message we sent to the President via our embassy in Washington , which might take quite some time , for even the most cooperative of banks , and banks almost by definition are secretive and detest the very thought of cooperation , are going to be very reluctant to disclose any information about their important clients , because important clients do n't like that sort of thing . |
| 6 | This was attributed mainly to the need to liaise with a large number of external agencies and bodies either by telephone or in face to face meetings . |
| 7 | Horden and Easington best by night and Blackhall worth a try at the turn of the tide . |
| 8 | ‘ 9.15 started to Lydham 's Heath Station with Mrs. , Arthur and John thence by train to Leominster . |
| 9 | On the other hand , there is a general warm acceptance of the monarchy , which has been revealed time and time again by public opinion polls ( e.g. National Opinion Poll , 1986 ; Gallup , 1976 ; see surveys of polls in Harris , 1966 ; Norton , 1984 ; Ziegler , 1978 ) . |
| 10 | Because debate is framed in terms of those who are fully competent to exercise academic freedom , and because students almost by definition are not felt to be properly ‘ competent ’ , the exclusion from the debate of students ' rights is hardly surprising . |