Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Socialist and communist parties have constantly been fragmented , defeated , and in some cases absorbed by the strength of social forces mobilized on non-class based ideas : such as nationalism , imperialism , religion , racism , fascism and sexism . |
| 2 | The century had been one of tremendous change and older views , like the emphasis on individualism , were being modified and in some cases challenged by the closing decades of the century . |
| 3 | There was no sign of anything untoward : grass and a few bushes flattened by the weight of wood recently heaped on them ; some traces of sawdust lying on the ground ; nothing more . |
| 4 | This was one of the few liberties taken by the film 's editors , as no B–17 quite arrived that way on December 7 , but the shot was clearly too good not to include and it approximated to what had happened to a number of the actual B–17s which stumbled into the attack . |
| 5 | Next month we 'll analyze some lines played by the greats exploring the different contexts of the ever-changing triplet groove . |
| 6 | This output is in turn fed to a monostable made up from NAND gates IC4c , IC4d which is turned on for a period of a few milliseconds determined by the values of resistor R17 and capacitor C4 . |
| 7 | But now there was only one thing left for him to do , and that he did , before the shock of Glendower 's assault sheared deep into his ranks , hardly slowed by the few casualties caused by the English archers . |
| 8 | ‘ In fact , it contradicts some statements made by the Commission . ’ |
| 9 | Few appointments made by the Civil Service Commission in recent years will be so crucial , not just to the efficient running of the welfare state , but to the progress of the most significant Civil Service reform this century . |
| 10 | A group of children were using some workcards designed by the teacher to give them experience of working independently and helping one another over difficulties . |
| 11 | Although it is the second aspect which concerns speechreaders , you may be interested to share some discoveries made by the 1979 study group from their own experience , and from my own experience since 1972 . |
| 12 | ( d ) Some questions asked by the Government 's own back benchers are " planted " by the Minister to enable him to release information . |
| 13 | There is a tradition , traceable only to some anecdotes published by the Rev. W. Coxe in 1799 that the Handel harpsichord was given , with some manuscripts and the Roubiliac bust , to that notable Handel enthusiast George III . |
| 14 | According to some figures compiled by the Nature Conservancy Council , untreated permanent grasslands ( including chalk grasslands ) can support 20 species of butterfly ; sown grass leys support none ! |
| 15 | A few chickens scratched by the church steps where a dog twitched in its sleep . |
| 16 | Consultative paper 64 , Investors Compensation Scheme : Proposal for a Cross-Contribution Threshold for the PIA , assumes that the PIA 's likely membership will comprise all current Lautro members , most current Fimbra members , some Imro members and some firms regulated by the SIB . |
| 17 | Some firms charge by the hour , roughly between £6.50 and £10 ; others by the job , which can work out at about £80 to £120-plus for a four-hour clean |
| 18 | Such comments give some idea of what some academics understand by the idea of a disciplinary ‘ culture ’ , a notion which we will explore in more depth in Chapter 4 . |
| 19 | The APB intends to publish all exposure drafts from this revisions project by the end of October 1993 . |
| 20 | It would be useful to further explore some themes raised by the contributions to this section , First , in an age of constrained budgets , how do national institutions afford the infrastructure in order to take advantage of these new opportunities ? |
| 21 | While the film industry was leading with innovative techniques , there were nevertheless some developments conducted by the sound industry on its own . |
| 22 | Although the proceedings reinforced Castro 's dominance of the PCC , some decisions ratified by the congress , in particular accepting direct election of all delegates to the National Assembly of People 's Powers , were interpreted as signs that he had either made tactical concessions or had recognized the need for gradual change . |
| 23 | Some results found by the author are as follows . |
| 24 | Yes , could I erm , I just want to take up some points raised by the panel . |
| 25 | Here are some others offered by the scriptwriters . |
| 26 | A feature of their new show is a hilarious This Is Your Life , where they ad-lib a potted biography of a victim in the audience to a few hints given by the subject 's so-called friends , and the Christmas Story enacted in a series of styles chosen by those there on the night-Joseph and Mary as a double glazing sales force , for example , sounds tasteless but it 's all surprisingly inoffensive and very funny . |
| 27 | For this writer it began when , shortly after stepping off the plane in Johannesburg , it became apparent that a few stitches sustained by the All Black winger Terry Wright in a training accident was deemed as worthy a front page news story as the continuous blood-letting in the Natal townships between rival ANC and Inkatha factions . |
| 28 | Some councils controlled by the Labour Party defied the pressure from Whitehall , incurred penalties and put up the rates . |
| 29 | In Wales many such buildings erected by the Welsh Development Authority are lying empty . |
| 30 | O'Carroll sees such positions exemplified by the protagonists ' refusal to accept that certain therapeutic abortions already permitted in Ireland were actually abortions and by their predictions of social chaos should they fail in their fight : ‘ Hence phrases such as ‘ the opening of the floodgates ’ , ‘ the thin end of the wedge ’ , ‘ the slippery slope ’ , ‘ the permissive society ’ , and ‘ the abortion mentality ’ ’ ( 1983 : 12 ) . |