Example sentences of "and [noun pl] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These listed virtually every possible object that might be traded , from ABCs or spelling-books to yarn , including harp-strings by the gross , opium by the pound , and weasel-skins by the dozen , attaching to each a value from which duty would be calculated . |
| 2 | The substance of this book begins with some general concepts and definitions by the editors , leading into a chapter on geometrical systematics of nido-carboranes , boranes and carbocations by R. E. Williams . |
| 3 | And houses by the sea should be well-prepared for sand and wet . |
| 4 | It already embraced Brahmans , Magi , Egyptian priests and Druids by the beginning of the second century B.C. , as we know from the authors quoted by Diogenes Laertius in his prooemium . |
| 5 | The kitchen is the one room where you should literally use every inch , nook , cranny , piece of ceiling , window , door or side of cabinet ; in fact the key to successful and efficient kitchen storage is to use every possible surface , and to assemble equipment and accessories by the places where they are the most needed . |
| 6 | We sell dried flowers and herbs by the bunch and a large range of baskets . |
| 7 | A ceasefire came into effect as planned on Sept. 6 , in spite of accusations and counter-accusations by the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government about renewed military activity in the area in the preceding three days . |
| 8 | The Cold War was also a global phenomenon , involving the consolidation of military alliances in Europe — NATO and the Warsaw Treaty Organization ( WTO ) — and attempts by the superpowers to influence the policies , and gain the allegiance of , states world-wide . |
| 9 | A steamer leaves Oban on certain days for Staffa and Iona : it goes by the Sound of Mull round the north of that island , and returns by the south . |
| 10 | I used Hardraw as a starting and finishing point of a walk that goes first to Cotter Force , then passes along Cotterdale up on to Shunner Fell , crosses the Butter Tubs to Lovely Seat and returns by the upper falls above Hardraw Falls to the village itself . |
| 11 | The programme featured soloists Isabel McEwan , William Carr and the Barber Shop Quartet , with Harry conducting the ‘ pit orchestra ’ , and introductions by the ‘ Old Stager ’ , Bill Buckingham . |
| 12 | Though greeted with courtesy and politeness by the First and Second Elders , the intrusion of more humans onto the Sense-Sphere is covertly opposed by the City Administrator . |
| 13 | Under cover of a game of blindman 's buff he slipped into the darkened dining room , and to his relief she was there , on hands and knees by the table . |
| 14 | From their boat , they saw that everything on the island was entirely covered with fine white dust , like snow , and that the trees on the northern part of Krakatoa and Verlaten Island had been stripped of their leaves and branches by the rain of falling pumice , while those growing on Lang Island and Polish Hat seemed to have got away without much damage . |
| 15 | Fishing was Grimsby 's raison d'être as long ago as the thirteenth century , and it is the oldest chartered ( i.e. granted written rights and privileges by the king ) town in England . |
| 16 | In the Middle East the tensions created between Arabs and Jews by the formation of the state of Israel in 1948 mingled with those of the Cold war to produce a highly inflammatory atmosphere . |
| 17 | It seemed to me that the discovery of Romans , Celts and Jews by the Greeks and their revaluation of Iranian civilization could be isolated as the subject of these Trevelyan lectures . |
| 18 | The important exception is the involvement of the fallopian tubes and ovaries by the infective process . |
| 19 | Store pulses , rice , pasta , sugar , flour and condiments by the worktop or preparation area . |
| 20 | This is true both of the mutual exchange of rights and obligations by the parties and of provisions intended to bind third parties . |
| 21 | Following Syrian mediation and visits by the UAE President , Shaikh Zaid bin Sultan al-Nahayan , to Egypt , Syria and Saudi Arabia , UAE and Iranian delegations met in Abu Dhabi on Sept. 27 . |
| 22 | On top of her contribution to household expenses she had unobtrusively helped her mother by buying necessities for her brothers , who seemed to grow out of clothes and shoes by the week . |
| 23 | Agreement was also quickly reached on earlier difficult constitutional matters such as the reduced representation by the LEAs , the autonomous approval of tutors and syllabuses by the providing bodies and , most importantly , confirmation of the District as the Responsible Body for Chapter III courses throughout the region . |
| 24 | The only comfortable place was the kitchen ; they toasted their raw hands and feet by the fire and the heat made their chilblains itch . |
| 25 | Sixty years of studying the swirls , the strokes and lines by the graphologists of art history |
| 26 | His 180 paintings , drawings , collages , sculptures , ceramics , printing blocks and plates by the artist are on show at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona until 30 January and then go to the Ludwig Museum in Cologne ( 27 February-16 May ) before joining the ‘ Ludwigslust ’ celebrations of all aspects of the Ludwig collection on the occasion of the reopening of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg ( 18 June-10 October ) . |
| 27 | Some centres practise barrier nursing and geographical segregation of colonised patients from non-colonised patients as inpatients and outpatients by the use of separate wards and clinics , but these do not eliminate cross-infection . |
| 28 | It was a smell so keen that it momentarily brought back the holiday she and Martin had spent in Amalfi , the trudge hand-in-hand up the winding road to the mountain-top , the pile of lemons and oranges by the roadside , putting their noses to those golden , pitted skins , the laughter and the happiness . |
| 29 | The new regulations allowed for an initial warning to groups and individuals by the Minister of Home Affairs which , if unheeded , would be followed by heavy fines and terms of imprisonment . |
| 30 | As Macdonald points out , some subjects change from being viewed as ‘ masculine ’ to being viewed as ‘ feminine ’ , and vice versa ; she argues that this is partly the result of ‘ pressures exerted on the school and universities by the changing pattern of employment of men and women in the labour force ’ . |