Example sentences of "by [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was spinning which was the first textile process to be mechanised , it was women 's work which was the first to be taken away by machinery , threatened by the water frame in 1769 and by Hargreaves ' spinning jenny in 1770 , even before Crompton 's mule came into use in the 1780s . |
| 2 | Earlier , she had listened as a statement by Cheshires ' commanding officer Lt Col Bob Stewart told how the killer had not been traced . |
| 3 | The German SPD ( guided by Engels ' acknowledged theoretical heir Karl Kautsky ) judged that although the liberal democratic state is a capitalist state , yet ‘ bourgeois ’ freedoms and institutions could still help a party mobilizing the new proletarian majority to oust capitalists from control of government via the ballot box . |
| 4 | Grants will not be made for purposes which should be covered by schools ' normal funding arrangements . |
| 5 | Reading experiences expressed by this node are characterised , in ordinary language , by the total dependence of the reader 's satisfaction on whether he or she thinks that the author has enjoyed writing the text , on the basis additionally that the reader thinks that the author is satisfied by the enjoyment gained by readers ' interpretative efforts . |
| 6 | The problems of analysing real events using such a rigid divide between the national/local scale , production/consumption issues and corporatist/pluralist type of politics are only increased by Saunders ' recent attempt ( 1985 ) to provide urban sociology with a distinctive disciplinary focus of study . |
| 7 | VIBRANT strains of aboriginal sound created a musical background for the premiere of Spirit Catchers , choreographed by Diversions ' artistic director Roy Campbell-Moore . |
| 8 | Caused by parents ' low intelligence . |
| 9 | The première , bedevilled as always by singers ' last-minute indispositions , and by the late arrival of the archduke , was nevertheless a success , and the opera had a total of 26 performances . |
| 10 | SHELL-SHOCKED West Ham missed the chance to steal second place from Division One promotion rivals Tranmere last night after being shot down by Rovers ' ace marksman John Aldridge . |
| 11 | Backed by Rovers ' mega-rich owner Jack Walker , manager Dalglish has approached his QPR counterpart Gerry Francis with an audacious ‘ name-your-price ’ offer for the two players . |
| 12 | It will be able to demonstrate ( aided by Thames ' formidable selling skills ) that it is not simply a complacent white elephant milking the public purse . |
| 13 | It 's also put together a rescue strategy for the 40 or so licencees of the former MIPS Computer Systems Inc Risc/OS which will allow them to migrate over to Unix SVR4 : the MIPS operating system is being retired by MIPS ' new parent , Silicon Graphics Inc . |
| 14 | The ISV programme supposedly kicked off last week despite a quiet little ruling handed down a few days before by MIPS ' new parent , Silicon Graphics Inc , that says RiscOS 5.1 , due in the fall , is the end of the line . |
| 15 | AND SO , fuelled by Suggs ' earnest spiel about ‘ dignity , pride , entertainment and , frankly , not giving a f— ’ , Madstock happened . |
| 16 | Indeed , they believe that instability in the past has been caused , rather than smoothed out , by governments ' futile attempts at demand-management policies . |
| 17 | Sheer information can be boosted Quickly by a media blitz , or by individuals ' personal information-gathering resources — their education , their interest and involvement with politics , and their use of information-rich highbrow news sources . |
| 18 | This programme was organised by Courtaulds ' operational development department in London . |
| 19 | The second semi-final is expected to be dominated by bookmakers ' favourite Risk It Miss , trained by Midlands-based Charlie Lister . |
| 20 | Curiously , listening to Peter Ferris , IT and production director John Wiley , speak at the workshop session ‘ As Easy as EDI ’ , chaired by Heffers ' managing director Mark Wait , made one thing of the great German philosopher 's gloomy doctrine of eternal recurrence . |
| 21 | A 39th successive game without defeat would better the previous record , set by Rangers ' treble-winning side from the 1975-76 season . |
| 22 | RICHARD GOUGH and Trevor Steven will be examined by Rangers ' medical staff today but the injuries sustained at Fir Park last night have made them doubtful for the European tie with FC Brugge . |
| 23 | It was Dunlop 's experience matched by Edwards ' youthful ambition . |
| 24 | In addition , the deliberations of these committees were of course hampered and sometimes halted by teachers ' industrial action . |
| 25 | It is itself a manifestation of something deeper : a new rationalism , epitomized by Euripides ' great contemporary , the philosopher Socrates ( 469–399 ) . |
| 26 | Nutty cried out , stung by adults ' crass thinking , wanting one thing , saying another , saying you had to when you did n't want to , and you could n't when you did want , saying you were no good when you were , and good when it was something that did n't matter , like a pootling poem or something . |
| 27 | But it is from after the change that we have evidence for Councillors like Kleon and the fourth-century Athenian Demosthenes whose year on the Council fell at improbably convenient moments for their political careers ; this makes one suspect corruption , a suspicion strengthened by Aischines ' direct accusation that Demosthenes bribed his way onto the Council in 346 ( iii.62 ) . |
| 28 | He shows commendable " guile " not far from deplorable " trickery " , the force of lordly authority belied by followers ' barely-controlled violence . |
| 29 | That assessment was shared by Barnicoats ' managing director Jonathan Barnicoat . |