Example sentences of "by a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prompted in part by a US-Soviet agreement to reduce forces in central Europe to 195,000 each [ see p. 37267 ] , senior NATO officials ( with the exception of the UK Defence Secretary , Tom King ) , attending the annual Wehrkunde conference in Munich on Feb.1-2 , called for a more closely integrated western European defence organization within an evolving Atlantic alliance . |
| 2 | Rather , what we call gender and gender roles are the observable effects created by a complex system involving , for example , sexual divisions of labour , the exclusion of women from public domains , and so on . |
| 3 | David Gow , assistant director at the centre , said the prosthetic arm worked by a complex mechanism operated by shoulder movements . |
| 4 | No one likes streets covered in dog excrement , or being bowled over by a powerful dog pulling on its leash . |
| 5 | Language work can also be covered through drama or role-play ( a speech by a Roman general encouraging the troops , an argument between a Celt and a Roman over whether the conquest of Britain was a good or a bad thing ) . |
| 6 | But she added that prosecution and imprisonment by a criminal court did not serve the interests of the family as a whole , or of the child who remained part of it , or how victims would deal with contact with the abuser after release . |
| 7 | Keeping her eyes on Robert as he began to talk to Dawn , she waited to see a change of expression on Dawn 's face , then , suddenly , her view was blotted out by a tall figure handing her a glass of wine . |
| 8 | Each player is separated from his or her partner by a tall screen placed diagonally across the table to restrict their communication . |
| 9 | On the doorstep of the night-time house , imagining herself locked out by a freak wind slamming the door shut . |
| 10 | This is a simplified version of the above with the event-by-event SCAN analysis replaced by a mini-SCAN record using the episode and activity checklists 6E and 6A . |
| 11 | The families of five young people who were killed by a reckless driver say they 're outraged over a decision to reduce his prison sentence . |
| 12 | Legislative authority is held by a bicameral Congress made up of a 180-member Chamber of Deputies and a 60-member Senate , both of which are elected for five-year terms , the Senate on a regional basis and the Chamber of Deputies by constituencies under a system of proportional representation . |
| 13 | CORNARD United were desperately close to pulling off a famous victory , with cup holders Sudbury being saved by a late goal to force a replay , writes ALAN COCKSEDGE . |
| 14 | Of this , the famous ‘ Billiards ’ series is represented in the exhibition by a late example painted in 1947 . |
| 15 | This excuse is met by a low moan crawling through the carriages . |
| 16 | Specialists are worried by a recent survey showing that most Britons are still totally unaware of the disease , never mind its life-threatening potential . |
| 17 | The financial community was also shocked by a recent photograph showing him looking like a down and out with flowing locks and a long white beard and wearing dirty jeans and trainers . |
| 18 | Despite being filled with an overwhelming love and compassion for her husband , who was single-handedly fighting off one of the world 's largest corporations , she 'd also been swept by a strong desire to bash him over the head with his own fax machine ! |
| 19 | As in the case of the Soviet initiative to neutralise the Persian Gulf this Soviet proposal for the Mediterranean was justified by a stated need to remove a strategic threat to the southern borders of the USSR . |
| 20 | Elementary justice or … the need for legal certainty demands that the rules by which the citizen is to be bound should be ascertainable by him ( or , more realistically , by a competent lawyer advising him ) by reference to identifiable sources that are publicly accessible . |
| 21 | Set a short distance off a minor road , approached by a winding drive flanked by poplars , it was everyone 's image of the ‘ little place in France ’ , rustic but well-proportioned , manageably spacious , restrained but not austere , a Cotswold farmhouse with a French accent . |
| 22 | The protection which is conferred by a limited partnership leads to extra rules of law . |
| 23 | This is well illustrated by a famous decree made by Barbarossa , in which he ruled that a fire raiser who had taken refuge in a castle must be delivered to justice by those who had sheltered him , but not if he were the lord of the castle-owner , or his vassal , or his kinsman . |
| 24 | The four-mile route between Eaglesfield and Kirkpatrick Fleming will be upgraded to motorway standard by a joint venture formed between Impresa Castelli Costruzioni Edilizie and Girola . |
| 25 | The new MHIDAS , which relates to over 4000 accidents in 95 countries since 1965 , is being marketed by a joint venture consisting of AEA Technology 's Safety and Reliability consultancy , the Health and Safety Executive and SilverPlatter . |
| 26 | The model requires a new integrated health care purchasing authority with integrated budgets , separation of purchasing and provision in primary care , local contracting with general practice , establishment of a general practice executive committee , and purchasing of secondary care by a joint team representing general practitioners and management , each controlling resources . |
| 27 | In political matters , this was represented by a joint commitment to reinforce and promote democracy and political pluralism while retaining full respect for national sovereignty . |
| 28 | This division , which quite unintentionally put the uncharted territory of Brazil into the Portuguese section , encouraged the Spanish and Portuguese to believe that they had a right , backed by a religious authority recognized by every country in western Europe , to all land that did not have a settled and effective government , and that they were entitled to monopolize the trade of these new territories . |
| 29 | In a telling demonstration of the current rift in Solidarity [ see pp. 37546 ; 37620-21 ] , the union 's national commission voted on Sept. 5 by a narrow majority to ban the use of the Solidarity logo on the masthead of Gazeta Wyborcza , the Solidarity newspaper created in the run-up to the 1989 parliamentary elections [ see p. 36724 ] . |
| 30 | The cottage stood about two hundred yards back from the road , accessible only by a narrow drive flanked on both sides by stone walls . |