Example sentences of "by [art] [adj] [noun pl] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | October is already being earmarked by the political parties as the likely month . |
| 2 | The generation of numbers was regarded by the early Pythagoreans as an actual physical operation occurring in space and time , and the basic cosmogonical process was identified with the generation of numbers from the initial unit , the Monad , which may have been a sophisticated version of the earlier Orphic idea of the primeval World-egg . |
| 3 | She was deified by the early Romans as a fertility goddess and was combined with the Phrygian goddess CYBELE in a cult which also worshipped Vulcan . |
| 4 | Bérégovoy was described by Le Monde of April 3 as the " quintessence of political professionalism " and by the Financial Times as " a paragon of gravity , moderation and great experience " . |
| 5 | The outcome of my work was published by the Financial Times as a feature entitled ’ The Mystery of the Al Fayeds ’ on May 31 1985 . |
| 6 | The Romans had numerous divinities , whose worship was tolerated by the cultivated classes as a social benefit and practised by the masses as a matter of spiritual necessity . |
| 7 | And later in the war , in 1943 , it was this imposing natural wall of shingle which was used by the famous Dambusters as a practice target before their attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in Germany . |
| 8 | The principal Forest offices were held by the great barons as life appointments . |
| 9 | The PLO itself published a communiqué in Tunis on June 8 attributing responsibility for the killing to the Israeli secret service , Mossad — a charge which was in turn dismissed by the Israeli authorities as not meriting a response . |
| 10 | Its leading figures remained the same however , though the ILP was replaced by the radical Liberals as the third partner . |
| 11 | I once taught a student who claimed to believe in Satan but thought that demons were used by the biblical writers as a means of explaining the sources of diseases and mental illnesses that were not understood in modern medical terms . |
| 12 | In 1714 Louis himself was ready to sign a treaty with the Holy Roman Empire drawn up in Latin : French was chosen by the imperial representatives as a time-saving device . |
| 13 | The increased demands both in time and energy are far outweighed by the long-term benefits as the job of teaching actually becomes easier and more enjoyable when everyone , including parents and children , share the same sense of purpose and direction . |
| 14 | The Japanese seizure of Manchuria in 1931 went relatively unchallenged by the Western powers as an intra-Asian affair , but as Japanese ambitions grew they aroused growing concern in nations further afield , notably the European powers with territories in Southeast Asia , and the US with its Pacific interests . |
| 15 | It would be premature to conclude , however , that the transfer seen in such an experiment depends on the acquisition of distinctiveness by the critical cues as a consequence of phase-one discrimination training . |
| 16 | Other instances of racial prejudice can be found in the fact that the church used by the black community is used by the white men as a gambling den in the week although using a white church for such purposes would not be allowed , if even thought of . |
| 17 | Just as History involved the legitimation as knowledge of certain forms of political power , so the production of the subject by the human sciences as an object of knowledge also enabled a new form of political control : ‘ The individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power . |
| 18 | The rest of the class suffered its demise in the winter of 1934 when they were replaced by the streamlined double-deckers as part of Manager Walter Luff 's modernisation of the tramway. 59 was spared and sent for storage to Fleetwood depot , following a valedictory tribute in the Evening Gazette : ‘ They were clumsy , awkward and dangerous , but they were Blackpool 's own trams , and there was nothing like them anywhere else . |
| 19 | Four townships ( A , B , C and D ) were then selected as being representative of the various combinations of these factors shown by the 48 townships as a whole ( see Table 5.1 ) . |
| 20 | Panting with anticipation he stood by the nailed boards as the men inside opened the yard gate . |
| 21 | Conscientious objection to military service is recognised by the United Nations as a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of thought , conscience and religion . |
| 22 | The union ban has already been criticised by the United Nations as an infringement of human rights . |
| 23 | The union ban has already been criticised by the United Nations as an infringement of human rights . |
| 24 | Today is World Food Day ; it 's been launched by the United Nations as a reminder of the crisis of poverty and hunger in the developing world . |
| 25 | These ‘ away ’ areas are often behind the opposite goal to the home End and are recognized by the visiting supporters as their ‘ spots ’ . |
| 26 | If provision is to be made ( Clause 20.02.5 ) for retentions from the amount due on account of tax liabilities or compensation for damage caused to the firm by the outgoing partner ( a somewhat controversial matter , but one which might be considered , for example , in relation to increased indemnity insurance premiums becoming payable by the continuing partners as a result of the negligence of the outgoing partner ) the terms must be set out with clarity . |
| 27 | Property remained the precondition of political rights , and Ireton 's argument at Putney that " liberty can not be provided for in a general sense , if property [ is to ] be preserved " ( p. 73 ) was accepted by the ruling property-owners as a necessary truth of politics . |
| 28 | In his lifetime , nationalism was appropriated by the ruling orders as imperialism , a denial of democracy . |
| 29 | Initially , a note was given by the three parties as security for payment of the sum . |
| 30 | According to Walter van Halder of the Art and Antique Foundation , the project was conceived by a Dutch businessman two years ago and was welcomed by the Chinese authorities as one means of controlling smuggling of artefacts from the country . |