Example sentences of "by a [noun] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | This underground showplace was unsuspected until 1923 when a Cambridge undergraduate named Long noticed a small aperture in the hillside and , upon investigation by crawling into it , soon found himself entering a more commodious passage which in turn led to a magnificent cavern drained by a dancing stream and liberally decorated with delicate stalactites and natural carvings . |
| 2 | My room , like the front , was lit by a gas jet and had a small cast-iron fireplace , though fires were only lit when someone was seriously ill . |
| 3 | Moreover , in cases where single stranded DNA is desired from PCR TM II , the host cells must be infected by a helper phage and the yield of a single stranded DNA preparation is much lower than that from filamentous bacteriophage vectors carrying the same segment of foreign DNA ( 4 ) . |
| 4 | Assistance is typically provided by a nurse manager and by a business manager ; these ‘ assistants ’ have concerns with the collection and interpretation of information , the planning and monitoring of directorate activity . |
| 5 | This is followed by a midday feed and another rest , which is in turn followed by a prolonged evening feed . |
| 6 | Lunch and the afternoon was spent in the picturesque surroundings of the calm Marigot and Soufrière Bays , followed by a folk band and limbo show in the evening . |
| 7 | His choice of words , perhaps , was unfortunate , especially as they were picked up by a TV microphone and broadcast clearly to the nations . |
| 8 | The report was immediately dismissed as ‘ Marxist ’ by a government spokesman and criticized with varying degrees of vigour by many Conservatives . |
| 9 | The Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday morning during the Easter Course at Norwich College , and will be followed by a buffet luncheon and afternoon classes . |
| 10 | The cart-track crossed by a brick culvert and climbed the opposite slope to a five-barred gate in the thorn hedge . |
| 11 | In the other ( ‘ with ’ condition ) , the characters were separated by a verb phrase and conjoined by with . |
| 12 | On arrival at the new premises the MacDonald family is greeted by a brewery representative and Liz shown her name above the door . |
| 13 | The police reacted swiftly and a man who broke through their cordon was brought down by a rugby tackle and arrested . |
| 14 | Lighting is by a 20W Triton and a 20W Gro-lux and these are on for ten hours a day . |
| 15 | A site of 70 to 80 acres was found in 1967 by a field group and confirmed by excavation and air survey on the eastern fringe of Oundle , Northants . |
| 16 | Each one had been accompanied by a love letter and she 'd kept them all . |
| 17 | It is controlled by a computer keyboard and it understands LOGO 's simple commands . |
| 18 | In this case , there is a tradeoff between distortions induced by a subsidy policy and distortions induced by some prices being above marginal cost . |
| 19 | This illustrates the relationship between associated components in an assembly by a tree structure and a standard bill of materials sheet . |
| 20 | Ferguson knows his flop in the title race was caused by a goal drought and he said : ‘ We needed a shake-up . |
| 21 | At the Restoration Potter was seized by a Roger Howcott and handed over to the authorities . |
| 22 | Although some footage has been shot in Vietnam , the film has been hampered by a US embargo and complex negotiations with the Vietnamese government . |
| 23 | Whether an obviously biased intervention by a board member and the introduction of new material by an objector , which had not been previously intimated to the applicant amounted to breaches of natural justice was considered in Tennent Caledonian Breweries Ltd. v. City of Aberdeen District Licensing Board , 1987 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 2 . |
| 24 | It is wiping sick from the carpet , worrying about the size of my thighs , being woken in the night by a crying baby and meeting my children from school that I want to remember , laugh at and celebrate . |
| 25 | For the next 90 minutes there followed an exemplary lecture on most aspects of Chinese life , given by a master scholar and showman . |
| 26 | TWO judges yesterday dismissed the case brought by a racehorse owner and trainer in the High Court and upheld the Jockey Club 's argument that its decisions were not open to judicial review by the courts . |
| 27 | His post-operative progress was complicated by a chest infection and he found it very difficult to regain his usual level of activity because his arthritis seemed worse after the operation and a day or two spent largely in bed . |
| 28 | She duly won , but was then sidelined by a leg injury and did not appear again until December 1985 , when she won chases at Punchestown and Leopardstown . |
| 29 | When questioned by a researcher Mr and Mrs Short restated their preference for a placement in an alternative mainstream school . |
| 30 | If my understanding is correct , the boy was looking for a missing goat on the edge of the thicket when he was charged by a cow elephant and killed . |