Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From these expressions it is clear that , for specific choices of initial data , the curvature singularity formed by the interacting waves degenerates to a coordinate singularity . |
| 2 | The baby had rejected milk given by the foster mother . |
| 3 | On this assumption , all is not lost , as the expenses of a training course undertaken by a self-employed person are allowed as a business deduction under general principles when the training is undertaken for the purposes of the trade . |
| 4 | The horror provoked by the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780 was not just a response to their ferocity . |
| 5 | This failure is due not to cussedness but to ignorance of what Parliament intended by the obscure words of the legislation . |
| 6 | Analysis of political power in terms of ‘ agenda-setting ’ , with distinctions between ‘ institutional ’ and ‘ systemic ’ agendas , derives largely from the non-decision-making approach and is the nearest neo-elitism has come to producing general models of the kind favoured by the traditional elitists . |
| 7 | In its shadow , in a square of orange brickwork part hidden by the long grass , stood a circular pool . |
| 8 | The degree of support given to Newton 's theory by Galle 's observation of Neptune is no different from the degree of support given by a modern observation of Neptune . |
| 9 | In this period of rapid social change , involving families moving from the countryside to the town , the support given by the wider network of relatives was of great importance for individual families . |
| 10 | But Mr Fallon has replied , saying he was ‘ puzzled ’ at her request that the Government matched the funding given by the Two Castles Housing Association . |
| 11 | But in a letter to the Times , a group of scientists , including many from Oxford , claim that over the past twelve years , the lack of funding given by the Conservative government has led to a ’ dramatic deterioration in the quality and depth of British science . ’ |
| 12 | If a barchan formed by the prevailing wind ( Fig. 11.7A ) is subject to a strong wind from another direction ( Y on Fig. 11.7B ) , it will tend to swing round with the development of an incipient new wing at C and the overdevelopment of wing A. If the prevailing wind , X , again dominates , there will be a tendency for the dune to revert to its original form ( Fig. 11.7C ) . |
| 13 | Work is in hand to examine the relationship between existing HNC and HND courses in Agriculture developed by the Scottish Agricultural College and Lead Body standards at Level III and IV with a view to establishing SVQs . |
| 14 | A sub-contractor who fails to supply the 715 voucher may have his certificate withdrawn by the Inland Revenue . |
| 15 | : It can be seen from the first of the above tables that the mean coverage given by the second level ( 8% ) is just over half that of the first level ( 14% ) . |
| 16 | They are condemned as signs of unclear or lazy thinking — and , indeed , when they are overused or inappropriately used ( as in a wall of political hedging erected by a defensive politician ) — they are widely and justifiably attacked . |
| 17 | My friend Jim 's wife is in America and my other pal 's had his heart broken by a hard-hearted woman with a background like yours , who passed him up in favour of an arranged marriage . ’ |
| 18 | He began to touch her very lightly , his hand stroking her face , the curve of her throat , and the cool skin exposed by the low neck of her top . |
| 19 | Never at any stage was the challenger intimated by the controversial and eccentric Eubank — now unbeaten in 36 fights . |
| 20 | The permission given by the 1969 Act for no-fault divorce was driven as much by a profound rethinking of the sources of morality by clerical and academic opinion as by the determined pursuit of individual self-interest on the part of either the population at large or lawyers in particular . |
| 21 | BUSINESSPEOPLE in Clwyd are being invited to send their staff on a one-day customer care training course developed by the Canadian tourist industry . |
| 22 | In most cases this was a substantial decrease compared with community funding undertaken by the old Urban Programme from 1968 to 1977 . |
| 23 | So the day passed normally , with the usual ritual of work and reading , study and prayer punctuated by the regular round of the hours . |
| 24 | But the term ‘ canon ’ was being used for the standard of authentic teaching given by the baptismal confession of faith well before it came to be used for the list of accepted books . |
| 25 | The existence of a powerful taboo against religion in society as a whole , together with the lack of opportunity given by the explicit curriculum for questioning the taboo , ensures that most of this implicit curriculum operates against religion — against its being taken seriously at all . |
| 26 | This figure is higher than the average sea level rise calculated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change because the east side of England is already slowly sinking due to geological movements . |
| 27 | CDs are literally a certificate given by a deposit-taking institution like a bank or building society to acknowledge the existence of a deposit made . |
| 28 | This is the technique favoured by the British Deaf Association as it is thought to give the child the greatest chance of expression and understanding . |
| 29 | If the aspect ratio is very low , so that the stacks are wide and thin , the stress may again be quasi-uniform but the constraint placed by the stiff layers on the less-stiff increases the overall longitudinal modulus very greatly , particularly if the less-stiff material has the Poisson ratio of a rubber . |
| 30 | Via a back to nursing course organised by a nursing employment agency . |