Example sentences of "by [art] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1984 , the first of eight massive plumes were detected by the NOAA over Novaya Zemlya , the Arctic island long used by the Russians for nuclear weapons tests . |
| 2 | His earlier refusal to play the party game had led the political establishment to ignore him , and their view was now reinforced by the problems for public order brought about by Mosley 's street-corner politics . |
| 3 | Hand is absolutely correct , in discussing subjective ‘ assessments ’ of thesis use , in saying that ‘ The observations appeared to have no experimental basis at all , as demonstrated by the estimates for derived publications ’ . |
| 4 | On Feb. 7 a report compiled by the Physicians for Human Rights in the USA and Denmark provided new evidence of an Iraqi army campaign of summary executions , torture , arbitrary arrests and mass intimidation of Kuwaiti citizens . |
| 5 | The place had been occupied by the Americans for ten days or more , but 9th Air Force was flying missions down to the south and Czechoslovakia until the end of the month . |
| 6 | The extent of the decline may be measured by the figures for live births : 832,000 in 1967 , 784,000 in 1970 , and levelling off at just over 600,000 in 1975 . |
| 7 | A police strike in Caracas was ended on June 10 when 600 troops were sent into police stations which had been occupied by the strikers for two days in protest at low wages and the dismissal of 10 officers . |
| 8 | The dual element will be a cause of great confusion , which will be compounded by the proposals for other discounts and rebates for people on low incomes . |
| 9 | Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk made a 24-hour visit to Germany on Feb. 3-4 , accompanied by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and for Foreign Economic Relations , Anatoly Zlenko and Valery Kravchenko . |
| 10 | There lies a group of stones deposited by the glacier , the largest of which , the Carlow Stone , is said to have been used by the druids for human sacrifice . |
| 11 | Amazon soils can not provide nutrients from the parent material as can soils in temperate regions because the Basin has a Tertiary deposit of kaolinite derived from the sediments eroded from the surrounding highlands , but in some areas are patches of black soil , developed by the Indians for intensive cultivation by addition of organic matter . |
| 12 | It should be remembered , however , that Gaelic was proscribed by the authorities for many years . |
| 13 | Dominica 's foreign affairs were dominated by the plans for political union agreed in principle by the seven countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) . |
| 14 | He refrained from taking any alcohol or drugs , but when he returned to Hollywood to commence filming , he began drinking again and was picked up by the police for drunken driving . |
| 15 | Many appeared to be visibly drunk at matches and were often thrown out by the police for this reason . |
| 16 | It was certainly much wider than the definition required by the local authority for an official notification of a violent incident or by the police for pressing charges of actual bodily harm . |
| 17 | In Target Home Loans v Clothier [ 1992 ] , The Times , 7 August , the Court of Appeal delayed an order for possession by the lenders for three months to allow the borrowers to sell the mortgaged property . |
| 18 | A report commissioned by the Growers for Advanced Crop Treatments ( Gro-Act ) has argued that the idea that organic produce is " better for you " is a fiction . |
| 19 | We walked into it through the wall , through a shell-hole that had been enlarged by the gunmen for easy access . |
| 20 | During the years of their operations , however , they were frequently referred to as Lestai ( Brigands ) or as Sicarii ( Daggermen ) , the name deriving from the sica , a small curved dagger especially favoured by the Zealots for political assassinations . |
| 21 | Many of the developments within CAD have been led by the requirements for detailed definitions and analysis . |
| 22 | Violence has been discovered to exist within the family , evidenced by the refuges for battered women provided to help women escape from violent men with whom they lived . |
| 23 | Typical examples are in racked whisky storages where flame impingement can be resisted by the barrels for several minutes while the sprinklers are subduing the flames and cooling the barrel surfaces . |
| 24 | Swayed by the prospects for economic revitalisation , governor Weld gave MASSMoCA another $688,000 and until the end of 1992 to raise $12 million as proof of private-sector support . |
| 25 | Outmoded by the plastics for smaller kites , it comes into its own for the big stuff as , for example , replica Cody man lifters , or the large Baden-Powell ‘ Levitor ’ where , in turn , it replaces the bamboo spars in the original pioneer designs . |
| 26 | Capital costs have varied greatly , but in no case have reached the sort of level that one would have expected from shared space schemes , where costs are raised by the needs for complete resurfacing . |
| 27 | I did not recover from the wounds inflicted by the dogs for two months , but because of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and kunchok sum [ Buddha , his teachings , and the monastic community ] I recovered . |