Example sentences of "by [noun prp] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For centuries , the Clan Campbell had been the enemies of Clan Macdonald and to ensure that no mercy was shown to the Macdonalds of Glencoe , the Campbells of Glen Lyon were instructed by Dalrymple to enforce the orders . |
| 2 | Indeed , it is interesting that , in arguing that the critic should have " the feel of the future in his bones " , Bateson is repeating the exact formulation used by Snow to characterize the scientist . |
| 3 | Attempts by Temple to have the plan and purchases of SeaCo shares by the group 's subsidiaries ruled illegal have so far failed in the Bermudan courts . |
| 4 | Gradually , the Services backs began to gel , but it took a fine individual try by Hull to reduce the deficit . |
| 5 | Simultaneously , Colonel William Wolseley , landed by Kirke to organise the loyalists around Enniskillen , totally defeated , on 30 July 1689 , a much larger force at Newton Butler , 15 miles [ 24 km ] south-east of Enniskillen , capturing its commander . |
| 6 | MPs Roger King and Sir Hal Miller are backing a campaign by Lucas to persuade the government to introduce policies to persuade more motorists to switch to ‘ greener ’ diesel-powered cars . |
| 7 | In my own case I had been taught by Okely to avoid the split between subjectivism and an objective reality , but I had no preparation to contend with the changes which the field experience created in me . |
| 8 | The RPT national council on May 27 adopted in principle a proposal by Eyadema to separate the functions of head of state and head of the party . |
| 9 | In a well-known passage , Alcuin laments the blood shed by Offa to secure the kingdom for Ecgfrith as the kingdom 's ruination . |
| 10 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 11 | Earlier versions of both Sankoff and Thibault 's study of the French avoir/être variable and Weiner and Labov 's study of the English agentless passive variable are discussed in some detail by Lavandera to demonstrate the nature of the difficulties , which in fact have not yet been satisfactorily resolved . |
| 12 | The Forum turned down an application by Taiwan to join the Forum 's dialogue partners , but acknowledged that it was interested in discussing economic development with Taiwan . |
| 13 | A special commission set up by Syria to investigate the shooting down in October 1989 of a Turkish civilian aircraft 20 km inside Turkish territory [ see p. 37595 ] reported on Jan. 24 , 1990 , that " pilot error " had caused the accident . |
| 14 | A FURTHER ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY PHOENIX TO PUBLISH THE ARTICLE IN A FOLLOWING ISSUE — AND AGAIN THE PUBLISHER JOHN MULCAHY WAS TOLD THAT SMURFIT WEB PRESS WOULD NOT PRINT IT ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT THE ARTICLE WAS DEFAMATORY . |
| 15 | Trade and Industry Secretary , Peter Lilley , announced that Britain will still be able to down a pint after 1992 , despite some attempts by Brussels to bring the UK into the metric system . |
| 16 | They are appointed by LEAs to co-ordinate the work of schools and industry within their area . |
| 17 | In ten angular jerks and a trip Ranald rose from his seat in the corner by Luch to open the door for Lady Bridhe to leave . |
| 18 | Some will be given training by Ford so that they can lay healing hands on the yachts ' Mermaid engines , some will go to Lewmar to learn how to strip down and repair winches and several of the crew will be trained by Hood to keep the boats ' frugal sail wardrobe in circulation . |
| 19 | An attempt by GAMTA to persuade the CAA to allow commercial pilots aged over sixty years to make single-pilot public transport flights for pleasure flying and also to undertake aerial work operations has been unsuccessful so far , the Association reports in the British General Aviation Bulletin . |
| 20 | A team of experts was paid handsomely by Broderick to reconstruct the accident in an attempt to find out what had happened . |
| 21 | Some analysts , however , interpreted it as a manoeuvre by Gaviria to seize the initiative from the M-19 and MSN , and to control the reform movement in order to reduce a future threat to PL rule . |
| 22 | The call came from trade union leaders representing the ferries ' 103-strong workforce and follows a £6m investment by Merseytravel to revamp the ferries in 1990 . |
| 23 | The reforms proposed by Griffiths to remedy the situation are discussed further in the conclusion . |
| 24 | The latter half of the sale featured several very different portraits of the great collector ( Cooper , not his adopted son ) , featuring the famous , fascinatingly ugly Graham Sutherland portrait of 1967 , the product of a political battle initiated by Cooper to unseat the director of the Tate Gallery , Sir John Rothenstein . |
| 25 | This group was quite influential among leading trade unionists ; and at the 1943 annual conference of the Labour Party they carried an amendment against an attempt by Stokes to reject the liability of ‘ the German people as a whole for the atrocities committed under Nazism ’ . |
| 26 | The elevation of Clark and Mazankowski — both of whom were from Alberta — was seen as an attempt by Mulroney to reassure the country 's western provinces that their interests would not be sacrificed to the demands of Quebec . |
| 27 | In 1725 he was employed by Graham to construct the framework of the eight-feet mural quadrant for Edmond Halley [ q.v. ] |
| 28 | The one-acter — The Boy With A Cart in January 1950 by Christopher Fry — was chosen by Gielgud to feed the Fry boom . |
| 29 | However , if ‘ moral luck ’ is a feature of conventional morality , no less than the ‘ emphatic sexual taboos ’ taken by Hart to justify the exclusion of ‘ rationality ’ from the criteria of the ‘ moral ’ , then there is a moral basis for objective , harmful consequence liability in the criminal law . |
| 30 | The former U.S. President Ronald Reagan has called for military intervention by NATO to end the fighting in Bosnia . |