Example sentences of "by a [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This evolutionary model has subsequently been replaced by a relativistic one ; this maintains that ‘ an observer should be careful to evaluate a culture first in terms of its own values , goals , and focuses before venturing to compare it ( either positively or negatively ) with any other culture ’ ( Kraft 1979:49 ) . |
| 2 | But the real watershed for banks came in 1987 when the Nationwide Anglia building society launched an interest-bearing current account called FlexAccount , which was soon followed by a similar one from the Abbey National . |
| 3 | The growth in the level of state intervention witnessed in the second half of the twentieth century , particularly in relation to the management of the economy , has led some social scientists to argue that a pluralist model of the capitalist state needs to be replaced by a corporatist one . |
| 4 | With the Frankish Church 's new emphasis on godparental obligations , such a reinforcing of a biological kin-tie by a spiritual one became an adroit response to the dangers set out by Charlemagne in the 806 division-project . |
| 5 | The abduction and murder of 2 year old , James Bulger , she says , underlines the importance , whenever possible , of not letting youngsters out of your sight and ensuring they know that when confronted by a stranger they 're allowed to scream and shout as loud as they like . |
| 6 | A good round followed by a poor one often means a missed cut , and it is very difficult to put two rounds together on consecutive days if you have not been used to doing so . |
| 7 | Whether or not one regards this as a prime example of the way in which a political settlement was undercut by the optimism of those Frenchmen who believed in a military solution it should also be pointed out , as Irving does , that ‘ Any policy which might have been construed as the abandonment of Indo-China would have been rejected by the National Assembly in 1947 , if not by an overwhelming majority , then at least by a decisive one ’ but this , in turn , did nothing to resolve the US dilemma . |
| 8 | Athens could not ignore this , and an indecisive battle ( Tanagra ) followed by a decisive one ( Oinophyta ) gave Athens control of Boiotia till 446 ( see p. 43 for her ‘ land empire ’ ambitions , and for Sparta 's desire to set up Thebes as a counterweight to Athens ) . |
| 9 | Well we do n't want opposite divided by a hundred we want just opposite . |
| 10 | Right , so if you times that by a hundred you 've got no choice there . |
| 11 | The beige mackintosh was embraced by a blue one . |
| 12 | Now in the Black Sea region the dynasty , which had come to power after the Persian Wars , ruled a principality centred on Pantikapaion until 438 , when they were succeeded by a new one founded by one Spartokos ( Diod. xi.31 ) . |
| 13 | Burning the Bush was a ceremony on Herefordshire farms which died out just before the First World War — the ‘ bush ’ being a ball of hawthorn twigs and mistletoe , ceremonially burned on a wheatfield early on New Year 's morning , and replaced by a new one which hung in the farmhouse until next New Year . |
| 14 | If a collective ethic is replaced by a personal one , we are not left a landscape without virtue . |
| 15 | One illuminating example of the usefulness of behavioural homework targets is that provided by a lift-phobic whom we saw . |
| 16 | The original school has been replaced by a modern one with spacious play areas , and the old one has been converted into a home for the elderly . |
| 17 | Pilot studies which replace the mutated gene for adenosine deaminase by a normal one in lymphocytes of several children affected by severe combined immunodeficiency have shown a clear clinical improvement . |
| 18 | Almost all politicians thought Giuliano Amato 's scandal-battered four-party coalition had to be replaced by a broader-based one . |
| 19 | As he strode forward to deal with them , a small boy ran out of the cloakroom , chased by a bigger one , and both blindly collided with him . |
| 20 | After several cycles , the mediocre blade will be replaced by a better one . |
| 21 | They have to die through neglect or through being supplanted by a better one . |
| 22 | Although the large Gothic window of the chapel was replaced by a smaller one , and bay windows were added a few years later , it is still , in Pugin 's own words , ‘ the only modern building that is complete in every part in the ancient style ’ . |
| 23 | The perfectly symmetrical large football was crowned by a smaller one : his head . |
| 24 | Females have two equal sex chromosomes , called ‘ X ’ , but males have only one X chromosome , which is partnered by a smaller one , the Y chromosome . |
| 25 | , Current editions of the UK half-million ICAO Aeronautical Charts have scattered across them pairs of numbers printed in blue , one large figure followed by a smaller one , thus : for example . |
| 26 | Contrary to the usual practice elsewhere , ‘ less than £1 ’ means a few shillings leavened by a sporadic nil assessment , rather than the opposite , for only one man in nine was actually given as nil , the majority ranging from 3s. 4d. to 18s . |
| 27 | When a sick cat is approached by a dominant one , letting it know that it is in a weak , non-hostile mood . |
| 28 | The Labour government lost office in 1951 , however , to be replaced by a Conservative one , and with this change came a different approach to economic policy which included the revival of monetary methods of control — in particular the manipulation of bank rate and associated interest rates . |
| 29 | They were seated at a small table with a red checked cloth surmounted by a clean one of starched white linen , with two glass beakers , two knives and two forks , and a basket of the most delicious freshly baked bread . |
| 30 | In this sense all socialist parties are revolutionary , since their objective is to replace a capitalist form of society by a socialist one ; so also are nationalist parties which seek to overthrow colonial rule , and perhaps in a more limited sense right-wing parties , such as fascist parties , which attempt to restore a more hierarchical and authoritarian type of society . |