Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] by [det] [n mass] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The word " cunt " , for example , used above , is a collective term used by many people for the whole external and internal female sexual apparatus ; for others it applies only to the sexual orifice . |
| 2 | Despite the invasive behaviour of the parasitic larval stages , little specific pathogenic effect can be attributed to them ; the exception is S. vulgaris , 90% of horses in Britain having lesions in the arterial system of the intestine caused by this species . |
| 3 | It was estimated that sales of the detector to Otis had earned the employer over £4 million during the period 1982 to 1986 and the revenue generated by these sales represented at least 80% of the employer 's turnover . |
| 4 | Media freedom would be enhanced by legislation of the reforms proposed by the Faulks Committee , and even the statutory right of reply advocated by many media critics would be liberating if the exercise of that right were made contingent upon abandoning claims for libel damages . |
| 5 | The damage done by these species is so great that only rarely do they produce enough identifiable remains for them to be countable . |
| 6 | The Institute has worked hard to ensure recognition of the professional work done by such staff and operates its own qualification procedures . |
| 7 | The variance explained by this pair of experiments is close to 60% , and the visual correspondence between the simulated and observed temperature series is good ( Fig. 2g and h ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Give me sons or I shall die , ’ said Leah to Jacob ( Genesis 30 : 6 ) , expressing the anguish suffered by many people on learning they may not be able to have children . |
| 9 | The information about the difficulties of conveying the intended meaning of language , and about the problems in memory and attention experienced by many people with schizophrenia , has been combined with neuropsychological knowledge to suggest the possibility of a dysfunction of one of the two hemispheres of the brain , probably the right side ( Cutting , 1985 ) . |
| 10 | The relative abundance records the percentage of the total population represented by each species . |
| 11 | The cup was handed over to our regional director , Mike Mann by safety director , Brian Cowie at a special presentation attended by all staff . |
| 12 | Perhaps people who depended as much on mammoths as the hunting bands of south Russia or central Europe did during the late Ice Age sought by such means to identify with their gigantic and awesome prey . |
| 13 | If her personality tends to be an obsessive one — if she is excessively devoted to tidiness and perfect order in every part of her life and home , a great maker of ‘ lists ’ for everything and a habitual ‘ double-checker ’ in all her activities — you may find that although she is grieving deeply , she may throw herself with remarkable zeal into the business of ‘ tidying up ’ her husband 's financial affairs and concentrating even more strongly on getting everything in the house cleaned and polished ; for this is the method used by most people who are inclined to be obsessional , to control their anxiety . |
| 14 | Trade increased by some 11% from the previous year and showed a massive 62% increase over the last decade . |
| 15 | From the pre-crisis level of DM2.83 = £1 and US$2 = £1 , the pound has at the date of writing declined by some 14% against the DM ( or 17.5% below its central rate of 2.95 ) , a similar amount against the US$ , and 12% against its trade-weighted index . |
| 16 | A deep concern shared by most people . |
| 17 | In the case of the Mirror the amount of space devoted to ‘ features ’ as a proportion of total space increased by some 78% between 1927 and 1937 . |
| 18 | In addition , increasing car ownership and high-speed road provision has been a main factor in the massive increase of rural recreation enjoyed by many people since the 1950s , and discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 19 | I will go on to look at some developments of the Mannheimian legacy , in particular the work of the social constructionists and at the end of the chapter I shall comment on some aspects of Mannheim 's project affected by this series of responses to his work . |
| 20 | Bacon and Eltis noted that public sector employment increased by some 26% , from 5.8 million workers to 7.3 million between 1960 and 1978 , a time when total employment was largely unchanged . |
| 21 | ‘ It ought to be called ‘ The Barber of Fawlty Towers ’ since Peter Knapp 's hilarious version of Rossini 's classic deserves the same sort of popularity enjoyed by that series ’ The Guardian Sun in English by Travelling Opera Directed by Peter Knapp |
| 22 | Bob , now retired , commented that his father would have been justly aloft as the focal point of the town , to remind all visitors of the great contribution made by this aircraft type to Canadian history . |
| 23 | It is not , however , the only source of problems , nor of the hostility towards civilization experienced by many people , if not everyone . |
| 24 | Michael Duane , its head , then said ( Berg 1968:283 — 4 ) : I am under no illusion about the size of the task faced by this staff . |
| 25 | Laing rejects the view held by some people that managers from major corporations are unsuitable for giving advice to small firms because they live in two different worlds . |