Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [noun] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The golden eagle , at one time persecuted to near extinction by game keepers , is now a strictly protected bird . |
| 2 | These animals are just a handful from the diversity of the natural world and have been hounded to near extinction by trade , disappearing habitat and hunting . |
| 3 | They must , at the same time , provide some immediate help to the main sufferers , particularly the unemployed , and take measures designed to reduce unemployment by investment in those areas which can produce some reduction in unemployment . |
| 4 | Similarly , Article 13 is expressly designed to allow service by post unless the law of the state of destination contains what the commentary describes as a ‘ positive prohibition ’ of such service , a requirement which is quite unrealistic in the context of the legal tradition of many countries which would actually take grave exception to such service . |
| 5 | It was forbidden to punish children by confinement during the night , and corporal punishment was not inflicted except for boys under the age of fourteen ( and then at least two officers were to be present ) . |
| 6 | Since such standards are generally designed to prevent harm by accumulation , violations consist of rule-breaking which could lead to harm , as well as rule-breaking where actual harm is demonstrated ( Reiss , 1980:30 ) . |
| 7 | Although I do not develop this aspect of the analysis here , I also suggest that the images or metaphors which are applied to define racism by analogy hold the key to understanding people 's emotional investment in antiracist positions . |
| 8 | These often take the form of images and metaphors which are used to define racism by analogy . |
| 9 | If the monetary authorities of modern consumer societies have had to replace gold by paper in the course of inflation , they are still constrained at moments of crisis to shift ingots of gold from one bank to another , and the price of gold bullion on the exchange remains a sensitive index of confidence in the international market . |
| 10 | He was not unusual ( at least in Oxford ) in being a New Zealand philologist , but unlike his countrymen who are alleged to mark dates by rugby Test matches , he marked them by exactly remembered dinners and the wines which had accompanied them . |
| 11 | You 've really got to learn bit by bit . |
| 12 | Context co-citation is used to map specialisms by clustering words used in titles of text . |
| 13 | It will also be used to show work by design students inspired by the permanent collections . |
| 14 | Harry had eaten a square of the chocolate and somehow felt bound to answer questions by way of thanks . |
| 15 | The Act defines a mock auction as an auction where persons are invited to buy goods by way of competitive bidding and : |
| 16 | Example A sugar was found to contain 40% by mass of carbon , 6.7% by mass of hydrogen and 53.3% by mass of oxygen . |
| 17 | And yet , although Lloyd George was the author of the Free City proposals , they were approved by the Americans and the French , and had the Poles not been so heavily engaged against the Soviets by this time , they might still have attempted to seize Danzig by force — there was certainly little the Germans could have done to prevent such a move . |
| 18 | In our experiments birds are trained to avoid motion by performing ( or learning not to perform ) a particular response such as pecking a key . |
| 19 | As far as Greenpeace is concerned — unless the rot is stopped now rivers like the Severn are doomed to slow death by poisoning . |
| 20 | Gas chiefs have also vowed to support campaigns by university bosses and students ' unions to create more awareness of gas safety . |
| 21 | By the Napoleonic era , when war with France intensified the need for food production , enclosure of common land by Act of Parliament , which in 1750 had generally begun to replace enclosure by agreement , was at its height . |
| 22 | More generally , and more importantly , this was a classic case in which it was possible the jury could be tempted to convict W by association with his co-accused against whom the evidence was stronger . |
| 23 | and he reached a stage of heavy dependence on Lloyd George ; Birkenhead found it more congenial to work with men of ideas like Churchill than with the squires who would fill out a Unionist ministry ; Balfour had always striven to practise government by agreement . |
| 24 | Charles Henry Lovell FCA and David Ian Whalley FCA both of Royal House , Market Place , Redditch , Worcs having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they at Redditch between 27 January 1991 and 19 July 1991 passed clients ' monies through their firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 25 | ACA ACA and FCA all of who were found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they at Stockport between 1 February 1991 and 31 October 1991 passed clients ' monies through their firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 26 | ACA , FCA ACA and FCA all of all of Bridge House , Heap Bridge , Bury , Lancs who were found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they at Bury between 7 August 1991 and 8 September 1991 passed clients ' monies through their firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 27 | FCA and FCA all of who were found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they at Hoylake on or about 17 September 1990 passed client 's money through their firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 28 | Facilities are being improved to make travel by train easier for mobility-impaired customers . |