Example sentences of "by a [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To some extent , this lack of guidance provides greater flexibility on the part of the authorities , who are not constrained by a requirement to satisfy some precisely defined criterion of dominance as a precondition for investigation . |
| 2 | There has been some increase in equity finance , by listed firms as well as new entrants , but it is restrained by a system giving pre-emptive rights to existing shareholders ( as in Britain , shareholders must be given first grabs at new issues ) , under ponderous rules that mean an issue takes three weeks . |
| 3 | On the contrary , West Ham had been in the forefront of relief , but had been obstructed by a government enjoying full support of the Alliance ( SE 28 September 22 ) . |
| 4 | Returning to camp several days later with twelve horses laden with meat , they were met by a warrior named Two Moons , who announced that the war had started . |
| 5 | Before proceeding with an elaboration of the two strategies invoked by company law to legitimate the power of corporate managers , I will give an overview of the traditional model of the company with the object of showing how its development is characterized both by an increasing centralization of the authority to manage the company in the hands of the directors of the company and by a concern to justify this vesting of broad discretionary power in corporate management . |
| 6 | Before leaving the subject of price discrimination , it is worth noting again that actual competition policies on price discrimination are sometimes motivated by a concern to protect small businesses vis-à-vis large ones , even though the competitive effects of price discrimination may be beneficial ( lower prices to consumers ) . |
| 7 | At the time it was held secure by a crane using two chains . |
| 8 | Ani said : ‘ People always seem to be impressed by a girl doing this kind of work . |
| 9 | The assignment was determined by randomisation in blocks of six ( as defined by a computer generated random number list ) according to performance status ( score 0–1 v 2–3 ) , metastatic disease of the liver ( assessed by ultrasonography or computed tomography , or both ) , and weight loss in the six months before entering the study . |
| 10 | Consequently , relations between African countries and international companies were for twenty years characterized by a battle to take some degree of national control . |
| 11 | His expression remained as unchanged as if she 'd never spoken , and she was gripped all over again by a longing to shatter that icy exterior . |
| 12 | 4 ] All of them made clear the extent to which poverty persisted even in households headed by a male working long hours , and when wives and children contributed to family income in all ways possible . |
| 13 | Data were collected by a self administered multiple choice questionnaire covering social and demographic characteristics , employment , education , life insurance , social security benefits , general practitioner services , and hospital care . |
| 14 | When I moved to Gloucestershire in 1961 I was told by a neighbour to lie low and remember that , although the progeny of an adjacent county ( Worcestershire ) , I would be held a foreigner by Gloucestershire folk for at least 25 years . |
| 15 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
| 16 | Sentences like ( 2d ) always seem typical of utterances made by a speaker to deny another speaker 's presupposition in a rather aggressive way . |
| 17 | His voice is so quiet that the words seem to be spoken not be Ali , but by a spectre standing right behind him . |
| 18 | Housing , health and social work each provide part of the finance and the management of the project may be by a committee representing all three authorities or may be taken on by one of the participating organisations or by a voluntary body which specialises in carrying for dementia sufferers . |
| 19 | Therefore , it needs to be rapidly regenerated if exercise is to continue , and this regeneration is brought about by a substance called Creatine Phosphate ( C.P. ) . |
| 20 | JOE HARRIOTT Memories of the great altoist are evoked by a quintet featuring three members of his band : trumpeter Shake Keane , bassist Coleridge Goode , and drummer Bobby Orr . |
| 21 | Thus whereas an ambiguous clause , such as ‘ bought as seen , ’ might be understood by a buyer to exclude such liability , it might equally well , as a matter of correct legal interpretation , be held not to have that effect . |
| 22 | Fired by a determination to change this order of things , Louis-Napoleon found his first outlet by participating in the risings of 1830–31 in Italy directed against Austrian rule , in themselves an echo of the July Revolution in France which had overthrown the restored Bourbon monarchy . |
| 23 | To is consequently used in the infinitive of reaction to evoke the support of the infinitive as characterized by a disposition arising prior to the time of realization of what the infinitive denotes . |
| 24 | There has been an influx of women into the party , accompanied by a decision to have equal representation at all levels of the party by the mid-1990s . |
| 25 | Their own staff had become acutely discontented — they were understaffed and overworked , and after the hype was all over Oxford DHSS was closed down by a strike lasting two months against understaffing . |
| 26 | Undead struck and wounded by a Runefang suffer two wounds . |
| 27 | Undead struck and wounded by a Runefang suffer two wounds . |
| 28 | Undead struck and wounded by a Runefang suffer two wounds . |
| 29 | Undead struck and wounded by a Runefang suffer two wounds . |
| 30 | Undead struck and wounded by a Runefang suffer two wounds . |