Example sentences of "by [n mass] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Housing associations , supervised by the state-funded Housing Corporation , are non-profit-making organisations whose main purpose is to provide good quality homes at rents which are affordable by people on low incomes . |
| 2 | This must be done by people on all levels involved in health-care , including the insurance companies who could save themselves a fortune in claims . |
| 3 | I hope that as chairman of ICI the contribution that I can make is to be looked upon by people on all levels as someone whose experience they can call on at any time . |
| 4 | The disease is most commonly caught by people on foreign holidays . |
| 5 | The first decade of the Franco regime was appropriately known by people on both sides of the political divide as " the hungry years " ( " los años del hambre " ) . |
| 6 | The plant , which would have cost between £1,100 million and £1,700 million , had already been backed by the cabinet , but was rejected by MPs on environmental grounds , despite the boost it would have given to recession-hit Finnish industry . |
| 7 | Mr Nelson responded to interventions by MPs on both sides who claimed that if the Bank of England had acted sooner fewer depositors would have lost cash . |
| 8 | Smith said : ‘ We would remove VAT form the price of a catalyst option , and would also reduce car tax by £50 on catalysed cars . ’ |