Example sentences of "and [noun pl] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And houses by the sea should be well-prepared for sand and wet . |
| 2 | It already embraced Brahmans , Magi , Egyptian priests and Druids by the beginning of the second century B.C. , as we know from the authors quoted by Diogenes Laertius in his prooemium . |
| 3 | We sell dried flowers and herbs by the bunch and a large range of baskets . |
| 4 | A steamer leaves Oban on certain days for Staffa and Iona : it goes by the Sound of Mull round the north of that island , and returns by the south . |
| 5 | Under cover of a game of blindman 's buff he slipped into the darkened dining room , and to his relief she was there , on hands and knees by the table . |
| 6 | From their boat , they saw that everything on the island was entirely covered with fine white dust , like snow , and that the trees on the northern part of Krakatoa and Verlaten Island had been stripped of their leaves and branches by the rain of falling pumice , while those growing on Lang Island and Polish Hat seemed to have got away without much damage . |
| 7 | Fishing was Grimsby 's raison d'être as long ago as the thirteenth century , and it is the oldest chartered ( i.e. granted written rights and privileges by the king ) town in England . |
| 8 | In the Middle East the tensions created between Arabs and Jews by the formation of the state of Israel in 1948 mingled with those of the Cold war to produce a highly inflammatory atmosphere . |
| 9 | Store pulses , rice , pasta , sugar , flour and condiments by the worktop or preparation area . |
| 10 | On top of her contribution to household expenses she had unobtrusively helped her mother by buying necessities for her brothers , who seemed to grow out of clothes and shoes by the week . |
| 11 | The only comfortable place was the kitchen ; they toasted their raw hands and feet by the fire and the heat made their chilblains itch . |
| 12 | His 180 paintings , drawings , collages , sculptures , ceramics , printing blocks and plates by the artist are on show at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona until 30 January and then go to the Ludwig Museum in Cologne ( 27 February-16 May ) before joining the ‘ Ludwigslust ’ celebrations of all aspects of the Ludwig collection on the occasion of the reopening of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg ( 18 June-10 October ) . |
| 13 | Some centres practise barrier nursing and geographical segregation of colonised patients from non-colonised patients as inpatients and outpatients by the use of separate wards and clinics , but these do not eliminate cross-infection . |
| 14 | It was a smell so keen that it momentarily brought back the holiday she and Martin had spent in Amalfi , the trudge hand-in-hand up the winding road to the mountain-top , the pile of lemons and oranges by the roadside , putting their noses to those golden , pitted skins , the laughter and the happiness . |
| 15 | The new regulations allowed for an initial warning to groups and individuals by the Minister of Home Affairs which , if unheeded , would be followed by heavy fines and terms of imprisonment . |
| 16 | But its buildings have more recently been used as an exhibition hall and classrooms by the North East Wales Institute 's College of Art ( NEWI ) . |
| 17 | The receipt message contains the description of the goods and reservations by the carrier on the state of the goods . |
| 18 | A catalogue ( £17.95 ) contains essays by Thomas Kellein , director of Basel 's Kunsthalle , and other commentators , with two interviews and statements by the artist . |
| 19 | That is an area for immediate consideration and actions by the Government if they have the slightest interest in protecting society from the growth in criminal activity over which the Home Secretary and the Government continue to preside . |
| 20 | In a papal register of 1322–3 an Avignonese clerk noted that there were two reasons for the disturbed state of Aquitaine at that time : the existence of laws and customs which were neither written down nor consistent with justice or reason ; and the maintenance of excessively large households and retinues by the nobility . |
| 21 | The great visionary poet and artist , is rarely seen indeed and so it is a special treat to have before our eyes , at Salander O'Reilly , a selection of over thirty watercolours , drawings and paintings by the master . |
| 22 | We both loved to watch all the comings and goings by the sea . |
| 23 | No attempt appears to have been made , however , to rationalize the plan by linking up the side-streets and lanes by the provision of an intervallum road . |
| 24 | The approximation ( bringing closer together ) of the VAT systems and rates by the member states is one of the most important planks of the 1992 programme . |
| 25 | It is not a viable account of the government 's policy goals , nor of the detailed elaboration of the curriculum through subject working group reports and Orders by the Secretary of State . |
| 26 | Other similarly inadequate and tortuous routes have been suggested to combine NNEB qualifications for nursery nurses with those offered for translators and interpreters by the Institute of Linguists , or for office workers , business people , and other professionals by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry . |
| 27 | It seems likely that these were connected not just with aluminium but with copper , lead and zinc stripped from the insides of pipes , solder and fittings by the acid . |
| 28 | Reflections and Comments by the Commission |
| 29 | We recognize that often revision has consisted simply of repetition of the same type of exercise that was used in learning the topic , but it is self-evident that effective revision must involve the synthesis with the assimilation of the new concepts and techniques by the pupil . |
| 30 | Thank you for your letter of the 28 October 1992 enclosing a copy of the report ‘ Revisions to the Queensferry Local Plan : Comments and Suggestions by the Queensferry Association ’ ( September 1992 ) . |