Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] by [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | First pieces of the sky fall on my house , then I get attacked by bits of the sea . |
2 | Those veterinary graduates who intend to practise in the UK or the EC become registered by right of their BVM&S degree , in the United Kingdom Register of Veterinary Surgeons and become Members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons . |
3 | Whilst Hobbes described the rational structure of such a concentration of power and developed it into a veritable philosophy of power , Locke , taking up the challenge , demanded that the exercise of this power , although it was derived from the ultimate and unified source of all power the people remain divided by virtue of a fundamental decision . |
4 | Under s16 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 , if the Legal Aid Board suffers a deficiency in respect of an assisted person 's proceedings ( ie they have paid more to the assisted person 's legal advisers than they have received by way of costs from the other side and from contributions paid ) the statutory charge may attach to money or property " recovered " or " preserved " that has been " in issue " in the course of proceedings . |
5 | Those who worked among young people were said to lament ‘ the spoiling of promise and the waste of power which they see caused by lack of tendance and of invigorating discipline . ’ |
6 | By contrast , particular skills tend only to be identified by those who have specialized by method of intervention ( for example , marital counselling ) or by client sub-group ( for example , fostering and adoption ) . |
7 | He passed on his concern in a letter to Prince , who , as the ever-nervous and expectant recipient , was clearly in a state of anguish about it : ‘ I regret you should have determined upon embarking any portion of your Property in V.D.L. because from the ignorance of the parties whose names you mention , I fear least they should turn out Sharks and it would be a source of deep mortification to me were you by these means to lose any portion of the advantages you have obtained by years of anxiety and deep mental study . ’ |
8 | Normally I 'd be reaching for ‘ annihilate ’ button when faced with such an ‘ aware ’ and ‘ right-on ’ selection of topics but Leatherface succeed where so many others have failed by virtue of the tuneful tempestuousness of their music , an assault with melody , muscle and sheer conviction which is irresistible , and the fact that Frankie Stubbs never sounds like a po-faced preacher — unlike a certain other native of the North-East whose name I can hardly type without sending my blood-pressure into the red . |
9 | This they have managed by dint of an almost wilful maintaining of standards ( or refusing to accept reality , depending on your point of view ) . |