Example sentences of "by a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Though 45 stunt people were employed in Batman and they were heavily used in the final rooftop battle , it is a dummy that takes the Joker 's final long fall from the roof of Gotham City cathedral , possibly enhanced by a rotoscope artist who put in the diminishing image frame by frame . |
2 | When we moved here I was surround by sheep now I find I am surrounded by a sunday market , a bulldog bash , drag racing and now a pop festival . ’ |
3 | All instruments allowed into the CMO system must be payable at maturity by a CMO member . |
4 | This is accounted for by a 9% rise in orders ; a 5% increase in hardware shipments and 16% increase in software and services — including equipment . |
5 | This underground showplace was unsuspected until 1923 when a Cambridge undergraduate named Long noticed a small aperture in the hillside and , upon investigation by crawling into it , soon found himself entering a more commodious passage which in turn led to a magnificent cavern drained by a dancing stream and liberally decorated with delicate stalactites and natural carvings . |
6 | TWO youths have been cleared by a Teesside Crown Court jury of hurling missiles at police during a fracas on a Middlesbrough estate . |
7 | WHITNEY Houston was the weapon in a war of noise waged by a Teesside woman against her neighbour , a court has heard . |
8 | Take for example the reversal , or split ess ( Fig. 9.5 ) , consisting of a half roll followed by a half loop . |
9 | Apart from an uncharacteristic first fence fall at Ascot on his third start , the only other time he was beaten was when going down by a half length to Minnehoma in the Sun Alliance Chasethe novices Gold Cup . |
10 | A Greek presence is attested by the altars to Astarte and Hercules and by a gold betrothal ring inscribed in Greek to Aemilia . |
11 | He had an artificial jaw held together by a gold armature , and his twisted smile revealed two solid rows of gold teeth . |
12 | The two halves , when clasped together , were united by a gold crown . |
13 | He adjusted his blue-tinted pilot-style glasses with a hand that wore a broad gold ring backed up by a gold cufflink in the shape of a reef-knot . |
14 | The newcomer was ostentatiously dressed in robes slashed with yellow taffeta and bound by a gold cord very similar to one used by Benstede , although the latter had a row of knots in his to prevent it slipping down over the loops on his gown . |
15 | The race has been won in the past two years by a Gold Cup winner-The Thinker 12 months ago after being successful at Cheltenham the previous season , while the 1985 Gold Cup hero Forgive ‘ N ’ Forget won here in 1987 . |
16 | The race has been won in the past two years by a Gold Cup winner-The Thinker 12 months ago after being successful at Cheltenham the previous season , while the 1985 Gold Cup hero Forgive ‘ N ’ Forget won here in 1987 . |
17 | One is unlikely to forget the lush quality of the velour curtain retained by a gold ring that adorns the cover . |
18 | Her waist defined by a gold chain girdle , she was wearing Edward 's ring on a gold chain around her neck . |
19 | His black necktie was steadied by a gold pin the shape of a crucifix . |
20 | These are numbered to correspond to the menu options and can be edited by a text editor or word processor . |
21 | This is followed by a trust clause providing for payment of the legacies in the ‘ earlier will ’ ( legata quae priore testamento quo filios et Seium heredes scripsi reliqui praestari volo ) . |
22 | This case dealt with a life interest in possession overseas trust which was presumed to be governed by a trust law similar to that in the United Kingdom ( otherwise the decision would have been different ( see Garland v Archer-Shee ( 1931 ) 15 TC 693 ) ) . |
23 | Consort Hotels decided to drop activity breaks , which made up a tiny part of its market , and rebranded the product as Consort Freedom Breaks , with improved rail-inclusive packages covered by a Trust account . |
24 | Our verdict : A travel brush or curling tongs powered by a gas cylinder are a good investment — they can be used every day , not only for holidays . |
25 | All the machinery was powered by a gas engine which drove a long shaft near the ceiling that in turn , by means of belts to fast and loose pulleys , provided the motive power for the various equipment . |
26 | A BUTCHER 'S shop was devastated by a gas explosion less than 24 hours after winning first prize in a national meat competition . |
27 | The volatile freons quickly evaporate and are analyzed by a gas chromatograph . |
28 | At first the explosions were thought to have been caused by a gas leak , but gradually the police were able to piece together evidence linking the disaster to the Weathermen , one of whom had attached a wire to the wrong terminal . |
29 | But firemen confirmed the blast at 3.42am was caused by a gas leak from a water heater . |
30 | Fire chiefs said the explosion , at 3.40 a.m. , was caused by a gas leak from a water heater . |