Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This work was subcontracted by EEG to John Whitney Jr and his Digital Productions — John Whitney Sr was a pioneer of computer animation whose abstract films inspired Con Pederson and Douglas Trumbull to try slit-scan . |
| 2 | The prices of French properties have dropped by 20% to 30% from their peak , but the appreciation of the franc against the pound has added 10% plus to French prices in sterling terms . |
| 3 | The 81 in-calf heifers sold by Wallets Marts PLC levelled out at £673.03 compared with £888.86 a year ago and the 60 bulling heifers dropped by £85.50 to £567.18 . |
| 4 | Pre tax profits for the year ended 31st March 1991 , dropped by £1.24m to £2.51m . |
| 5 | Earnings per share rose by 4.7 per cent to 33.1p before exceptionals , and a final dividend lifted by 0.5p to 9p raises the total by 5.4 per cent , from 13p to 13.7p . |
| 6 | But given ‘ the improvement in the underlying profitability of the group ’ , a final dividend lifted by 0.5p to 14p raises the total from 21p to 21.5p . |
| 7 | ‘ Regeneration ’ describes the new beginning and permanent change brought about by the presence of the Holy Spirit in the life of the person who has responded by faith to Christ . |
| 8 | At this stage it operates largely in the unconscious but it is soon partly modified by exposure to reality , that part becoming the ego . |
| 9 | At present the timber felled in this district is carried by road to Montgomery Station , for despatch by railway . |
| 10 | The upshot of this was that the forgery allegation was abandoned and wholly new lines of defence were added by amendment to Mr. Steed 's counterclaim for rectification . |
| 11 | He/she might be constrained by loyalty to ministers ; as a result , reputation and career might be at risk . |
| 12 | Wright and Richmond were recommended by Collinson to Bartram as being the most reliable , and were sometimes asked to convey zoological cargo ; live squirrels , red-birds and terrapins for Lord Petre or insects mounted in a cork-lined box for Dr Fothergill . |
| 13 | Ealdorman Torhtmund , a loyal servant of Aethelred , who slew Ealdred in vengeance for his lord in 799 , was warmly recommended by Alcuin to Charlemagne in 801 when he visited the Frankish court . |
| 14 | It shows good practice that the social worker did not withdraw once the immediate situation was resolved by admission to Part III , but continued to work for reconciliation , and to lessen guilt , so that all feelings were beginning to be worked through . |
| 15 | It is sometimes argued that direct persuasion applied by A to B not to perform his contract is itself the procurement of breach by unlawful means , but the argument is circular and it seems better simply to say that in this form of the tort no use of unlawful means is required . |
| 16 | It was applied by Baulig to Brittany ( 1935 ) and seemed to work quite well as the basic map used was the old French 1:80 000 hachured map which had plenty of spot heights often on flattish summits or spurs . |
| 17 | Leasing of commercial vehicles slumped by 32% to £0.7bn and car leasing fell by 14% to £2.4bn . |
| 18 | Net profits slumped by 41% to $12.3m compared with the same period a year ago . |
| 19 | The head of the family , Sir John , was related by marriage to Warwick 's allies the Fitzhughs of Ravensworth , and two of his sons married Neville wives . |
| 20 | The head of the family , Sir John , was related by marriage to Warwick 's allies the Fitzhughs of Ravensworth , and two of his sons married Neville wives . |
| 21 | Those buffoon figures ( related by Cornford to incidents in Punch and Judy plays ) were often figures from contemporary life who are eventually driven from the stage . |
| 22 | The more I researched , the more I realised that I was missing the dog that did n't bark — and that was all the stuff that was being done by women to men , that nobody wanted to talk about . |
| 23 | In 1914 batteries of these weapons were lent by Austria to Germany 's right-wing armies to reduce the Belgian fortress-cities . |
| 24 | It shows Picasso 's response to World War II , ‘ The charnel house ’ of 1945 , lent by MoMA to Europe for the first time . |
| 25 | These hints had their final expression in an astonishing personal letter written by Knox to Mary on 26 October 1559 , claiming that ‘ if it be the office of a very friend to give true and faithful counsel to them whom he sees run to destruction for lack of the same , I could not be proven enemy to your Grace but rather a friend unfeigned ’ — even if moderation was never Knox 's strong suit and so , unable to keep up the quiet tone of the letter , he felt impelled to throw in a postscript : ‘ God move your heart yet in time to consider that ye fight not against man , but against the eternal God , and against his Son Jesus Christ , the only Prince of the kings of the earth . ’ |
| 26 | Sometimes we get feedback : in the 1991 campaign on Morocco , over 10,000 members sent birthday cards to King Hassan containing a message about human rights ; as part of our campaign for the inclusion of human rights within the National Curriculum , over 3000 letters were written by members to MPs and ministers . |
| 27 | The Bosnians were taken to the old terminal , on a little used part of the airport , and then transferred by coach to centres in Surrey , West London and a new centre in Dewsbury , Yorkshire , which took 60 from the latest flight . |
| 28 | An amendment to the republic 's constitution , adopted on Feb. 20 , took back into Slovene control all sovereign rights previously transferred by Slovenia to Yugoslavia . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Spitfires were arriving at Prestwick and a survey was conducted to determine if the aircraft could be transferred by road to Glasgow . |
| 30 | This group had been dated by Oswald to c . |