Example sentences of "by [noun pl] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 7 July until 7 August , Ingrid Raab who has , since 1959 , fostered Wilde Malerei , or New Expressionism , in Berlin , opens a panoramic exhibition of sculptures , paintings and drawings by artists attached to the gallery . |
| 2 | A truce signed on Saturday by Serb , Croat and Muslim communities has failed to hold amid persisting violent opposition by groups opposed to the state breaking away from what remains of Yugoslavia . |
| 3 | Of the 210 seats 128 were held by deputies belonging to the Latvian Popular Front [ see p. 37461 ] . |
| 4 | Results showed an overall majority for the ruling Parti démocratique gabonais ( PDG ) , with 62 seats ( of which three were won by independents allied to the PDG ) . |
| 5 | A monoplane-type tailplane was fitted braced by struts joined to the rear hull . |
| 6 | a private action brought in respect of an odour nuisance caused by stables belonging to the defendant . |
| 7 | In some countries ( Israel , Portugal and Spain ) seats are filled by candidates according to the order in which they are nominated by the party . |
| 8 | The National Assembly elections were the first to be seriously contested by parties opposed to the ruling Kuomintang ( KMT ) . |
| 9 | It was outside the fence , half-surrounded by columns belonging to the grounds of a former house . |
| 10 | It has come after years of various cobbled-together options , with one of the louder voices being that of a City lobbying group , the City Group for Smaller Companies ( CISCO ) which argued that the proposed closure of the USM before a proper alternative was thought out showed a lack of concern , particularly for the problems faced by companies coming to the market for the first time . |
| 11 | The kings of Poland , often foreigners , their hands tied by promises made to the greater nobility at their accession , had to submit to continuous scrutiny and control by the same nobles . |
| 12 | More often than not , the transmission of his directives across the Mediterranean was an occasion for their systematic " reinterpretation " by officials committed to the cause of French Algeria . |
| 13 | By applications made to the Court of Appeal the local authority and the natural mother sought to adduce further evidence . |
| 14 | There is also a sense that what counts as knowledge is negotiated through a discourse allowing a critique and a counter-critique by participants subscribing to the conventions of a shared form of life . |
| 15 | The story has now prompted a response from Mr John Dumigan , acting chief officer for the South Eastern Group of Councils for Building Regulation Control , who has outlined the exact situation faced by buildings open to the public . |
| 16 | Farmers from the militant Co-ordination rurale ( formed in late 1991 by farmers opposed to the increasing moderation of existing unions ) blocked routes to Paris on June 23 in protest at the changes to the EC 's common agricultural policy approved in May [ see p. 38931 ] . |
| 17 | Roadblocks on the main routes to Warsaw set up by farmers belonging to the Self-Defence Union were cleared by riot police on July 9 . |
| 18 | Additionally , the zones have not created industrial dereliction , and properties vacated by tenants moving to the zones have been re-occupied through normal filtering processes . |
| 19 | Balance sheets are divided between liabilities and assets and much of the work undertaken by actuaries relates to the liabilities side . |
| 20 | The cash it has taken from the likes of you and me has gone to cover its losses caused by firms going to the wall because of the recession . |
| 21 | ‘ The petition read , ‘ It is incumbent upon the council to prevent the crown falling to issue of the pretended wedlock between his late Majesty and the lady Elizabeth Woodville , made without the consent of the lords of the land , and by the sorcery of the said Elizabeth and her mother Jacquetta — as the voice is throughout the land — privily and secretly in a chamber , without proclamation by banns according to the laudable custom of the English church ; the said King Edward being married and troth-plight a long time before to one , Eleanor Butler , daughter to the old Earl of Shrewsbury ’ . ’ |
| 22 | Providing services of all these kinds — and in this way also helping to supplement the personal tending work usually done gratuitously by relatives responding to the emotional bonds and obligations of kinship — can clearly not be accomplished without the expenditure of resources , human and material ( Abrams 1978 : 67 ) . |
| 23 | On July 23 Lukanov 's caretaker government adopted a decree on maintaining public order aimed at containing the " city of truth " protests ( now being copied in many towns ) but also at strikes and rallies ( principally in the southern town of Kurdzhali ) by nationalists opposed to the presence in the National Assembly of ethnic Turkish deputies [ ibid . ] . |
| 24 | THREE weeks ago , I suggested National Westminster Bank should hurry up in naming a successor to chief executive Tom Frost , whose credibility has been damaged by allegations relating to the Blue Arrow affair . |
| 25 | One volume , but two books : title-page of Mathematical Magick ( 1680 ) , which described four methods of flight : ( 1 ) by spirits or Angels ; ( 2 ) by the help of fowls ; ( 3 ) by wings fastened to the body ; ( 4 ) by a flying chariot . |
| 26 | However , when the prophet Isaiah had a similar revelation of the presence of the holy God of Israel , the revelation of the character of God was accompanied by instructions to preach to the unbelieving people . |
| 27 | It has been known for some years now that records of the electricity activity of the brain during sleep — by electrodes attached to the scalp , face and neck — confirm that different types of sleep exist . |
| 28 | April 1916 , and that sparked off a rebellion in which the General Post Office and other places in Dublin , were occupied by forces opposed to the British rule , and the local leader proclaimed the establishment of a republic , although he and his colleagues had no mandate from the Irish people . |
| 29 | They remained as members of that Hall for four years , taking no public examinations , and being taught predominantly but not exclusively by teachers attached to the Hall . |
| 30 | The result is a crisis of confidence , often resolved by teachers returning to the assurance of tradition which represents , after all , the more influential authority of the culture in which they have been nurtured . |