Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did make my escape from Roundhay — by a route taken by many of my contemporaries : higher education . |
| 2 | Accompanied by his wife Winnie Mandela , Nelson Mandela was driven from the prison 60 km to Cape Town along a route lined by thousands of supporters . |
| 3 | However , the ‘ great white hare ’ is most likely a ruse invented by long-ago Cornish pirates and smugglers who wanted to deter people from walking along the shore on a brightly moonlit night . |
| 4 | Government troops on Jan. 21 claimed to have overrun a base used by ethnic Mon guerrillas near Bokpyin township in the south-east ; the death toll was given as 10 rebels and one government soldier . |
| 5 | It is one of the few new entries to a chart dominated by old favourites . |
| 6 | They come from all parts of the country , although it 's true that a function organised by one particular branch will tend to attract mainly members from that area . |
| 7 | Once the formation of PFF was fait accompli , and apparently against the personal wishes of the Bomber C-in-C ( and the majority of his Group commanders ) the Bomber Groups were instructed to send selected volunteer crews to a squadron raised by each Group and , thereafter , each squadron would be supported by its parent Group . |
| 8 | Managers therefore may find that the only solution to continuity is to be thoroughly familiar with all case records in order to be able to smooth the transition as one volunteer picks up a case started by another . |
| 9 | The court 's decision came in a case brought by two utilities , that provide power in California . |
| 10 | The out-of-court settlement follows an industrial tribunal ruling in 1988 that the bank was guilty of discrimination in a case brought by one of the women , Stella James . |
| 11 | On Oct. 29 a court in Multan , Punjab , had thrown out a case brought by militant Islamic groups against a Moslem social activist Akhtar Hameed Khan who was accused of blasphemy . |
| 12 | At the beginning of Aspel and Company I felt a bit daunted by this team of brilliant people who were , in some ways , doing my legwork for me , and the odd hiccup still arises from having lots of people on the case . |
| 13 | Further computer training : I have to confess to feeling a bit stumped by this . |
| 14 | Er being an agriculturalist rather than a planner I tend to get a bit confused by higher planning semantics of the difference between strict control and presumption against not normally . |
| 15 | Gone are the days when the , existence of a signed building contract merely reflected a formality required by prudent businessmen . |
| 16 | These bands are juniors in a hegemony established by Live Aid , that unprecedented feat of anxiety , in which the likes of Quo , Dire Straits , U2 , Phil Collins , even Boy George , closed ranks , created , as well as a spectacle of pop unity , an unbeatable mediocracy . |
| 17 | In the ordinary case , the law applicable to a decision made by such a body is the general law of the land . |
| 18 | However , this was not without some opposition : in 1139 a council presided over by Pope Innocent II banned the crossbow as a barbarous weapon unfit for Christian use , a decision confirmed by Innocent III . |
| 19 | And in Ansiminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission it was held that a statutory provision that decisions of the Commission were not to be ‘ called in question in any court of law ’ was ineffective to exclude the quashing of a decision vitiated by jurisdictional error of law : its only effect was to prevent a decision being quashed for non-jurisdictional error of law . |
| 20 | We 've got a painting of Parsons here somewhere , a miniature done by another member of the club called Peter Lens . |
| 21 | Last month 16 Mac employees gained a food hygiene certificate following a course organised by environmental health officers from Gateshead Council . |
| 22 | erm Magistrates only send people to prison because they feel the circumstances of the case justify it and erm I think in the public mind erm the criticism is more often the reverse , that Magistrates are too soft , and I 've heard Lord Hailsham say more than once that if we do pay a price for the lay magistrate system it is leniency because what happens , and the difference between the lay magistrate system and the stipendiary system or the Crown Court system is that Magistrates do sit in threes , and what that tends to do is lead to compromises in sentence because discussion between three people irons out extreme views and you do tend to end up with a very well considered compromise view , which probably does tend to be more lenient than a sentence imposed by any one person who might himself take a very serious view of the circumstances . |
| 23 | For example , it is not possible to differentiate between a hilar stricture caused by focal sclerosing cholangitis from one resulting from a cholangiocarcinoma , or a distal stricture due to cancer of the pancreas from a stricture caused by chronic pancreatitis . |
| 24 | They have now found premises which they are interested in , commercial property in a building owned by Grand Metropolitan , who are asking for £15,000 a year for a property in bad condition . |
| 25 | Elevations , a response to dance by Glasgow-based Richard Learoyd , the result of a Scottish Arts Council commission in 1990 ( until 16 Feb ) . |
| 26 | THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury , Dr Robert Runcie , exchanged a symbolic kiss of peace with Pope John Paul II yesterday at a mass attended by thousands in St Peter 's Square , Rome . |
| 27 | In addition to virtually dissolving the Army — a measure described by contemporary witnesses as " completely crazy " — the Prime Minister , Casares Quiroga , refused to distribute arms to the political and trade union organizations of the Left , evidently more afraid of the Republic 's supporters than of its enemies . |
| 28 | To help pull this cart at times they would enlist the help of a mule owned by old Dick Gooding at Holly Kill . |
| 29 | Those admitted to Holland were immediately transferred to a camp surrounded by barbed wire and guard dogs . |
| 30 | Brawling has often been a pastime favoured by certain film stars ; normally those who happen to drink a lot as well . |