Example sentences of "by [noun prp] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1955 Minton was asked by Ark to contribute an article on Greaves , Middleditch and Smith to accompany illustrations of their work . |
| 2 | Indeed , it is interesting that , in arguing that the critic should have " the feel of the future in his bones " , Bateson is repeating the exact formulation used by Snow to characterize the scientist . |
| 3 | Royal portrait painter Andrew Festing has been commissioned by MCC to produce a group picture of several great players , including Trevor Bailey , Alec Bedser , Sir Colin Cowdrey , Godfrey Evans and Peter May , all of whom were photographed by Festing during the recent Lord 's Test . |
| 4 | Attempts by Temple to have the plan and purchases of SeaCo shares by the group 's subsidiaries ruled illegal have so far failed in the Bermudan courts . |
| 5 | Gradually , the Services backs began to gel , but it took a fine individual try by Hull to reduce the deficit . |
| 6 | MPs Roger King and Sir Hal Miller are backing a campaign by Lucas to persuade the government to introduce policies to persuade more motorists to switch to ‘ greener ’ diesel-powered cars . |
| 7 | In my own case I had been taught by Okely to avoid the split between subjectivism and an objective reality , but I had no preparation to contend with the changes which the field experience created in me . |
| 8 | This simply reinforced the continuing determination by Germany to produce a conclusion in the Intergovernmental Conferences which would reinforce its preeminence in Europe , as previous chapters show . |
| 9 | In a well-known passage , Alcuin laments the blood shed by Offa to secure the kingdom for Ecgfrith as the kingdom 's ruination . |
| 10 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 11 | Earlier versions of both Sankoff and Thibault 's study of the French avoir/être variable and Weiner and Labov 's study of the English agentless passive variable are discussed in some detail by Lavandera to demonstrate the nature of the difficulties , which in fact have not yet been satisfactorily resolved . |
| 12 | On Oct. 22 , the President had promulgated an order banning individual MPs from defecting to other parties — a move interpreted as designed to hamper a post-election attempt by Bhutto to form a coalition government . |
| 13 | The Forum turned down an application by Taiwan to join the Forum 's dialogue partners , but acknowledged that it was interested in discussing economic development with Taiwan . |
| 14 | A special commission set up by Syria to investigate the shooting down in October 1989 of a Turkish civilian aircraft 20 km inside Turkish territory [ see p. 37595 ] reported on Jan. 24 , 1990 , that " pilot error " had caused the accident . |
| 15 | A FURTHER ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY PHOENIX TO PUBLISH THE ARTICLE IN A FOLLOWING ISSUE — AND AGAIN THE PUBLISHER JOHN MULCAHY WAS TOLD THAT SMURFIT WEB PRESS WOULD NOT PRINT IT ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT THE ARTICLE WAS DEFAMATORY . |
| 16 | They are appointed by LEAs to co-ordinate the work of schools and industry within their area . |
| 17 | In ten angular jerks and a trip Ranald rose from his seat in the corner by Luch to open the door for Lady Bridhe to leave . |
| 18 | A team of experts was paid handsomely by Broderick to reconstruct the accident in an attempt to find out what had happened . |
| 19 | Some analysts , however , interpreted it as a manoeuvre by Gaviria to seize the initiative from the M-19 and MSN , and to control the reform movement in order to reduce a future threat to PL rule . |
| 20 | The reforms proposed by Griffiths to remedy the situation are discussed further in the conclusion . |
| 21 | By a notice of appeal dated 13 August 1991 the applicant appealed against that decision of the Divisional Court on the grounds , inter alia , that it had erred ( 1 ) in holding that there was no obligation on Lautro to give the applicant an opportunity to make representations prior to the issue of that notice ; ( 2 ) in asserting that there was a principle of law that a regulatory body should know with precision from whom they must invite representations ; ( 3 ) in perceiving any difficulty in identifying persons who should have been given advance notification , so as to be treated fairly , of any proposals by Lautro to issue a notice since such notification should at least be given to anyone who would be directly affected by such a notice and/or whose conduct was in issue ; ( 4 ) in regarding as apposite the remarks of Lord Diplock in Cheall v. Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 180 , 190A since the non-application of the legal concept of natural justice to all persons effected by but not parties to a dispute was not and had never been in issue ; and ( 5 ) in failing to have regard to the absence of any rights of appeal according to the rules of Lautro in deciding whether the principle of natural justice applied . |
| 22 | The latter half of the sale featured several very different portraits of the great collector ( Cooper , not his adopted son ) , featuring the famous , fascinatingly ugly Graham Sutherland portrait of 1967 , the product of a political battle initiated by Cooper to unseat the director of the Tate Gallery , Sir John Rothenstein . |
| 23 | Brian Deane , elevated to the full England squad for Wednesday 's World Cup clash with San Marino , pounced on some dithering by Bruce to fire a shot that was narrowly deflected for a corner . |
| 24 | This group was quite influential among leading trade unionists ; and at the 1943 annual conference of the Labour Party they carried an amendment against an attempt by Stokes to reject the liability of ‘ the German people as a whole for the atrocities committed under Nazism ’ . |
| 25 | The elevation of Clark and Mazankowski — both of whom were from Alberta — was seen as an attempt by Mulroney to reassure the country 's western provinces that their interests would not be sacrificed to the demands of Quebec . |
| 26 | In 1725 he was employed by Graham to construct the framework of the eight-feet mural quadrant for Edmond Halley [ q.v. ] |
| 27 | However , if ‘ moral luck ’ is a feature of conventional morality , no less than the ‘ emphatic sexual taboos ’ taken by Hart to justify the exclusion of ‘ rationality ’ from the criteria of the ‘ moral ’ , then there is a moral basis for objective , harmful consequence liability in the criminal law . |
| 28 | The former U.S. President Ronald Reagan has called for military intervention by NATO to end the fighting in Bosnia . |
| 29 | The arguments invoked by Oresme to spin the earth had an integrity of their own . |
| 30 | The meeting ended inconclusively following a further attempt by Brooke to resolve the deadlock over current discussions about devolution talks . |