Example sentences of "by [art] [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further doubts have been raised about the future of the THORP reprocessing plant at Sellafield by the Japanese authorities ' decision to abandon plutonium transports by sea [ see above ] and to scale down their nuclear-energy programme . |
| 2 | Canon depended on foreign markets for 70 percent of its sales during the year , and said profits were hurt by the Japanese yen 's strength . |
| 3 | Acid rain was found in 85 per cent of samples taken from 23,000 locations in Japan in a three-month survey conducted earlier this year by the Japanese Consumers ' Co-operative Union ( JCCU ) . |
| 4 | He does not see her face : it seems that she is not the Juanita he has kept in his mind : yet he is haunted by an inexplicable likeness and is perturbed by the young American 's cool reception of his warning . |
| 5 | The process is slowed down by the young females ' strong attachments to their mothers some of whom may occasionally defect and move off with the young males too . |
| 6 | Organised for children aged nine and over by the Young Ornithologists ' Club . |
| 7 | Struck by the young man 's suntan , he asked where he had acquired it , and when . |
| 8 | He ca n't help being rather touched by the young man 's enthusiasm about it all . |
| 9 | On studying the young gentleman closely , one could , as it were , appreciate the difficulty experienced by his lordship — and indeed , by the young gentleman 's father . |
| 10 | Undeterred by the Young King 's defection , Richard pressed on . |
| 11 | The structure of Angevin rule in Aquitaine had been severely shaken by the Young King 's intervention , but once he was gone it was not difficult to pick up the pieces . |
| 12 | Tanith Blackman , of Ingleton , near Darlington , is a pupil at The Assumption School , Richmond , and the competition , organised by the Young People 's Trust for the Environment , is an award scheme for business and industry involving children of company employees . |
| 13 | Anna read the letter with incomprehension , then put Charlotte into her secondhand pram — donated by the Young Wives ' Group — and went out for a long and significant walk . |
| 14 | The growing number of learned topographies produced by the Georgian gentry 's taste for travel rarely had much praise for the Sussex roads , however beautiful they found its landscape . |
| 15 | Mrs Stringer , an active member of Teesside Pensioners Association , is attending a two-day Pensioners ' Parliament in Brussels , paid for by the European Parliament 's Socialist group of MPs . |
| 16 | The announcement of the deal in the ballroom of the Statistics Office in Budapest was temporarily hijacked by the European Community 's ambassador to Hungary , Hans Beck , who used the occasion to dish out European Community tie pins , lecture the local press on the absence of a ‘ Hungarian Way ’ , and launch a fierce attack on Hungary 's decision to retaliate with tit-for-tat measures against an import ban on meat products introduced by the European Community two weeks ago following the discovery of foot and mouth disease in Italy . |
| 17 | The projects are partially funded by the European Community 's Trade EDI Systems , TEDIS , programme , which is intended to encourage and promote increased EDI usage within the European Economic Area , covering the European Free Trade Association countries as well as the European Community . |
| 18 | SLOWLY but surely , Italy 's banking system is being transformed by the European Community 's single market in financial services . |
| 19 | Two reports — one by the European Community 's committee of central-bank governors and the other by its monetary committee ( composed of finance-ministry and central-bank officials ) — were made public on May 23rd . |
| 20 | The announcement of the deal in the ballroom of the Statistics Office in Budapest was temporarily hijacked by the European Community 's ambassador to Hungary , Hans Beck , who used the occasion to dish out European Community tie pins , lecture the local press on the absence of a ‘ Hungarian Way ’ , and launch a fierce attack on Hungary 's decision to retaliate with tit-for-tat measures against an import ban on meat products introduced by the European Community two weeks ago following the discovery of foot and mouth disease in Italy . |
| 21 | The project is being funded by the European Community 's STRIDE programme , computer firm ICL and the university . |
| 22 | The application to join will be discussed today by the European Commission 's monetary committee of senior treasury officials . |
| 23 | The CORINE programme represents the product of much activity by the European Commission 's Directorate-General ( XI ) for the Environment . |
| 24 | The law is one of the last to be inspired by the European Commission 's 1989 ‘ Social Charter ’ . |
| 25 | Analysis by the European Commission 's Information Market Observatory suggests growth rates in electronic sectors of around 20 per cent in Europe more generally . |
| 26 | It is called H.261 ( or , sometimes , px64 ) and has been formulated by the European Commission 's Consultative Committee on International Telephony and Telegraphy ( CCITT ) . |
| 27 | Its ( mainly British ) critics suspect the social dimension is really a socialist dimension , masterminded by the European Commission 's French Socialist president , Mr Jacques Delors . |
| 28 | Could I say that we 'd be willing perhaps that the Conservative amendment first of all , and then to turn to the amendment by the Liberal democrats erm I would like to suggest that schools or other charities , not just schools are exempt from any registration charge but will still notify the local authority in , in advance of an event , because events held at schools or by charities still create problems with traffic and parking and congestion |
| 29 | Baffled by the elderly woman 's total animosity and unreasonable behaviour , she had at first responded by being anxiously deferential — abjectly agreeing to every outrageous demand on her husband 's precious time , despite not seeing very much of him herself . |
| 30 | A berry-laden cotoneaster overhung by the elegant Betula pendula |