Example sentences of "and by [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thoroughly agree with my hon. Friend that peace in Northern Ireland will be hastened by a healthy economy and by a well-trained work force . |
| 2 | It is clear though that the economic tide was running very much in the party 's direction in 1915–16 ; in 1915 the first industrial tariffs for half a century were imposed , and by a Liberal Chancellor ; in 1916 even the Manchester Chamber of Commerce joined in the demand for industrial protection , causing the resignation of its chairman in protest at the abandonment of a century of belief in free trade . |
| 3 | Third , a study in Greater Glasgow ( Haw 1985 ) investigated problem drug use during the years 1980–83 using routine statistics , and by a prospective survey of four agencies and fieldwork in two areas of Glasgow during the first three months of 1984 . |
| 4 | Over a ten year period , drink related road traffic deaths fell by over 60 per cent in the UK and by a similar percentage in Germany . |
| 5 | In The Division of Labour primitive and industrial societies were contrasted , since each was held together in a different way and by a distinctive kind of social glue . |
| 6 | Herbert 's eccentricity was to dress as a tramp , and his appearance was further affected by his blindness and by a piebald hair coloration , after an early attack of alopecia . |
| 7 | On its commencement every proceeding is identified by a title , made up of the name of the court in which it is brought , the names of the parties and any Act ( other than the 1984 Act ) relied on to give the court jurisdiction , and by a distinguishing number allotted to it by the court office , written ( in an action ) as " Case No " or ( in a matter ) as " No of Matter " . |
| 8 | To ask the Minister for the Arts what steps he is taking to encourage access to opera by young people and by a wider range of the public generally . |
| 9 | History is a discontinuous set composed of domains of history , each of which is defined by a characteristic frequency and by a differential coding of before and after . |
| 10 | Life is truly meaningless if we can not be moved by the stories of cruelty from Bosnia , of famine in Somalia and by a simple tale like that told by Father McCullagh . |
| 11 | Any serious problems with the new proposals could yet be addressed by the appointment of a designated minister and by a strong government commitment to raising the profile of mental health service planning within relevant government departments . |
| 12 | The economy was undergoing its worst recession since 1945 and had been hit in particular by a fall of over 50 per cent in trade with the Soviet Union in the first three months of 1991 , and by a low dollar and over-valued Finnish markka , which seriously affected the forest industry . |
| 13 | When it acquired the painting for the sum of FFr5 million ( £511,000 ; $889,000 ) the Louvre acted in good faith following guarantees given by Christie 's lawyer Paul Lombard and by a Swiss notary . |
| 14 | Secondly we urged that the marginalisation of the area and the social exclusion of many of its people should be addressed by a concerted effort to open up employment opportunities outside West Belfast and by a serious attempt to involve local people in development decisions . |
| 15 | I actually put forward an amendment , to the police authority , whereby we take that er , million pounds o , of pensions , and by a certain amount of slight of hand , it be put back into county balances , and then re-allocated back to the police authority for this year , and that would have added an extra million to the base budget and it would not have cost this county council one extra penny . |
| 16 | Be that as it may , this ancient building is a delight both inside and out , set about by old , galleried village houses ( and by a small hotel bang opposite the portal ) , with lizards flickering over its walls and flowering plants clinging airily to the bell-tower . |
| 17 | An intermediate floor was inserted in the adjoining transept to form a small communal lounge linked to the first-floor corridor by a balcony crossing the chancel and by a small staircase to the ground floor ( Fig 44 ) . |
| 18 | Set back from the road it faces the south wall of the magnificent St Magnus Cathedral , and is separated from it by the road , and by a peaceful park area and an avenue of trees . |
| 19 | I was told there was an acting scholarship going and I was broke so I took an audition and by a marvellous chance , won the scholarship . |
| 20 | Pressure tracings were analysed manually according to accepted criteria and by a specific computer program . |
| 21 | In his key he differentiates them on the number of arm spines and suggested that A. grandis could be separated from A. otteri by its ridged proximal ventral arm plates and by a lower number of arm spines . |
| 22 | The Basic Law was devised in the knowledge that Germany , since being unified in 1870 , had been ruled by an authoritarian government under the Kaisers before 1918 , and by a totalitarian system under the Nazis after 1933 . |
| 23 | Money for the memorial was subscribed by former members of both squadrons , friends and relatives of those killed and by a Cretan friend . |
| 24 | He plays both but his preference , and by a long way , is for gaelic football . |
| 25 | Severity of disease was assessed by calculating percentage of predicted weight for height and by a standard symptom questionnaire . |
| 26 | We decided that Shakespeare 's plays were mere patterns of imagery , without human beings in them , and by a strange act of critical abnegation , deliberately blinded ourselves to all sorts of psychological insights , which the Victorians had been able to see and are now being seen again . |
| 27 | Robert himself had been born in Dundee in Scotland , and by a strange coincidence Ella was also born in Dundee , several thousand miles away in New South Wales , Australia . |
| 28 | But erm , funnily enough I I I was out erm , on Saturday evening , and by a strange coincidence , er , where we were sitting having a meal , erm , in the restaurant , erm , someone came in and joined us , we saw , some friends of ours , and he is a sociologist from the University . |
| 29 | I had taken with me my copy of Pascal 's Pensées and by a nice irony came upon a passage which echoed the motto for the ‘ new thinking ’ of János Kádár : |
| 30 | Next season they 'll be augmented by teetotal Aussie pro Gavin Corcoran said to spend on the bandit what he saves on the beer and by a new scorebox built by hirsute skipper Colin ‘ Winker ’ Watson and resembling the leaning tower of Kimblesworth . |