Example sentences of "by the [noun pl] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to sources , a bankruptcy order had been made against the former chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee by the solicitors Denton Hall Burgin and Warrens , who had previously acted for him , and the Inland Revenue petition was automatically dismissed . |
| 2 | The resulting quantum logic was initiated by the mathematicians John von Neumann and Garret Birkhoff , using mathematical constructs called lattices . |
| 3 | By the mid-1960s Truman 's had 1,300 pubs , concentrated mainly in the South-East . |
| 4 | By the mid-1960s MITI recognized the importance of the industry by increasing loans and subsidies and embarking on a series of attempts to rationalize the industry and/or organize cooperative ventures . |
| 5 | Mrs Thatcher is rated a 1-3 chance by the bookmakers William Hill to lead the Conservatives into the next general election . |
| 6 | Indeed , there has been a widespread belief that this is true : in November 1982 a former Green Beret colonel , James B. Gritz , financed by the actors Clint Eastwood and William ( ‘ Captain Kirk ’ ) Shatner , led an attempt to locate and free American POWs , but was apprehended by a Laotian army border patrol . |
| 7 | The former Wallabies coach Alan Jones examines the umbilical links between commerce , international rugby and player demands for financial security and much of the Whitbread , edited by the broadcasters Nigel Starmer-Smith and Ian Robertson , is devoted to the Lions ’ tour of Australia which gives a sharp retrospective edge to interviews with David Campese and Ian McGeechan . |
| 8 | The hotel is of a very high standard for its grade and is highly recommended — particularly for the care and attention paid to all the guests by the owners Leo and Bert and their small staff . |
| 9 | The suggestion was made , some fifteen years ago , by the Japanese geneticist Motoo Kimura and by the Americans Jack King and Tom Jukes , primarily for changes at the molecular level . |
| 10 | He soon settled into the routine of prosperous , middle-class , Protestant business life , attending YMCA lectures , revival meetings led by the Americans Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey , sailing trips , and soirées . |
| 11 | As a landowner , he was actively interested in agricultural improvements , and in 1800 took a leading part in obtaining an Act of Parliament for the Muston drainage scheme , covering ten thousand acres frequently flooded by the rivers Derwent and Hertford . |
| 12 | Entre-deux-Mers forms a huge triangle within the Bordeaux region , bounded by the rivers Garonne , Dordogne and the south-west border of the Gironde Department . |
| 13 | Despite the hardships caused by the sanctions Saddam Hussein remained in firm control in Iraq and refused to withdraw his forces from Kuwait . |
| 14 | He was pleased to see that as soon as they left the abbey gate , they were joined by the soldiers Sir James Selkirk had stationed near the abbey . |
| 15 | The accounts are processed by the Systems Union SunAccount system , supplied by Eclipse Computing , and running on a Risc-based Unix computer from DEC . |
| 16 | Nigel was disgusted but intrigued by the lengths Eleanor had gone to . |
| 17 | For example , at any temperature and pressure enclosed by the curves BT and TC , water exists in the liquid state . |
| 18 | followed by the letters U.S.A. — the field of his musical travels with the circus . |
| 19 | And Nottinghamshire 's business leaders are the least confident in the East Midlands about the prospects of increased sales according to a survey by the accountants Price Waterhouse . |
| 20 | A recent regional survey by the accountants KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock concluded that small and medium-sized firms , which have been encouraged by the Government , would set the pace , blazing a trail for others to follow . |
| 21 | I 'm also annoyed by the timespots Tod allows for each section . |
| 22 | His continuing loyalty to the Catholic church was sought , and well rewarded , by the popes Clement VII and Paul III , as Protestantism spread in Europe , and even into England . |
| 23 | You might be interested to know that I first learnt of CPRW while rummaging through old papers left by the Misses Keating — and there were many ! |
| 24 | The second establishment was located halfway down Tilling High Street and was occupied by the Misses Lovelock — Ada , Bertha and Violet . |
| 25 | Many companies regard expenditure on environmental measures as an operating cost and a drain on profits rather than as an investment , according to a report by the consultants P-E International . |
| 26 | Malcolm was really into doing good window displays for the shop , often influenced by the ones Mr Green used to do for his Vince 's Man 's Shop in Soho — which was the first boutique ever , bringing faded blue denim and hipster trousers to the British public in the fifties . |
| 27 | The problem has been that the field is owned by the builders Wimpey Homes , who refuse to allow the path to be developed unless they are given planning permission to build on at least part of the field . |
| 28 | Their work was made easier by the procedures Cornwall SSD already had in place . |
| 29 | An amateur artist himself , he was intrigued by the drawings Vincent had brought along with him . |
| 30 | The selection of works for the exhibition was made by the artists John Ward and Glynn Williams ; Curator of the Royal paintings Christopher Lloyd , collector Judge Stephen Tumim , and the critics Marina Vaizey and Robin Simon . |