Example sentences of "by [art] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This viewpoint was upheld by no less a missionary statesman than Max Warren . |
| 2 | In November the Smolensk guberniia executive committee is being rebuked in turn by no less a person than V. Molotov , Secretary of the Central Committee in Moscow , for allowing subordinates to impose taxes beyond those laid down in the All-Union list . |
| 3 | In the plenary session which he addressed , Sir James discreetly avoided the question ( conveyed by no less a person that the Aga Khan ) about which British companies he rated in environmental terms . |
| 4 | Seamen felt themselves constantly under attack from the press , particularly that presided over by Lord Northcliffe , who had given up the conscription campaign , but continued to blacken the character of merchant sailors and firemen , while in other circles they were being lauded for their valour by no less a person than Admiral Sir John Jellicoe himself . |
| 5 | ‘ The Lady Margaret was appointed Regent by no less a person than her late husband in his will . |
| 6 | The logic is inescapable and is supported by no less a body than the French Centre d'Observation Economique ( CEO ) , which published a report last month showing that French franc appreciation hit French export competitiveness in mid-1992 , while French manufacturers have been losing ground in their domestic market since the middle of 1991 . |
| 7 | These were acknowledged publicly by no less a figure than a former Prime Minister , W.L. MacKenzie King , at the communal celebrations of Lyon 's 60th birthday and his 35th anniversary of engagement in social interests , as well as those of his friend of many years ( to whom Lyon Cohen had diverted the honour of being invited to be the Member of Parliament several years before ) , Sir Samuel W. Jacobs , KC : ‘ Our friend finds himself today , ’ , commented Jacobs , ‘ the acknowledged leader of Jewry in Canada , a position acquired by years of self-denying effort … respected by his own , and also by the larger community in which we dwell . ’ |
| 8 | It has been suggested that Theodore 's works were translated and brought to Ireland by no less a figure that Saint Columban . |
| 9 | Questioning of the effectiveness of the accepted methods , and the justification for them , was not confined to penal reformers , being shared by no less a figure than the all powerful Permanent Secretary at the Home Office , Sir Charles Cunningham . |
| 10 | It was immediately described , by no less a personage than Maria Theresa , the hand of the Habsburgs in Milan , as the most beautiful theatre in the world , — an ambitious claim . |
| 11 | For dedicated Trekkies , this Sunday sees an unmissable event : the screening of all five Star Trek films , including the latest one , Star Trek V : The Final Frontier , directed by no less an authority than Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) . |
| 12 | Just a bit of stomach I feel like being kicked in the stomach by a like a horse but that 's about it . |