Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been bludgeoned to death with a champagne bottle by her husband David , 48 , who then killed himself . |
| 2 | Earl Eubank , 32 , paid for a champagne lifestyle by dealing in crack . |
| 3 | From there on , the blues never went away , moving into country music — Jimmie Rodgers , ‘ The Father Of Country Music ’ , established a chart career by means of such records as ‘ Blue Yodel ’ and ‘ Brakeman 's Blues ’ — linking with gospel and jazz to become R&B , which itself mutated into rock . |
| 4 | Similarly , a director who is in charge of the company 's research and development programme would not be able to resist a negligence action by claiming that he or she lacked experience or qualifications in the area concerned . |
| 5 | The last public declaration to his people on 24 February 1945 , the anniversary of the promulgation of the Party Programme , was not given by Hitler himself , but was read out as a Führer Proclamation by his old Munich comrade , Hermann Esser . |
| 6 | This debate re-opens some of the issues that were touched upon in the first chapter concerning the nature of metaphysics and the argument that Ayer acts in a reductionist way by proscribing , in effect , certain interpretations of reality . |
| 7 | ( vi ) Make a trial preparation by dropping one drop of suspension onto a grease-free ( acid/alcohol washed ) slide at room temperature . |
| 8 | ( ix ) Allow clumps of cells to settle to the bottom and then make a trial preparation by allowing one drop to evaporate onto a microscope slide . |
| 9 | The election was viewed by some commentators as a trial contest by the Israelis , to establish a precedent for wider municipal elections throughout the occupied territories . |
| 10 | Cissie sat on a kitchen chair by the table , reading ; the pram , with her baby in it , was at her elbow . |
| 11 | Wycliffe was seated on a kitchen chair by the large , square table covered with a plastic cloth . |
| 12 | ANOTHER had his head submerged in a kitchen sink by a nurse who was ‘ testing his breaking point . ’ |
| 13 | Bull 's reply prompted a hurricane finish by the Second Division side after a period in which Villa looked to have weathered the storm . |
| 14 | In a case study by Turner ( 1987 ) an account is given of an inspection which was to have built upon a self-evaluation , with the latter acting as an initial ground clearing and the provision of information . |
| 15 | 306 , the Court of Appeal had held that a trade association which by its constitution had power to put the name of a person infringing its rules on a stop list , could instead lawfully ask the person concerned to make a money payment by way of compromise . |
| 16 | So much so of course that er that er the the elder brother , he was er he was er a branch official by this time , twenty six , at the er Hucknall Colliery , the local colliery , and of course when the strike er was over , er that was the end of he as far as working in the in the coal mining industry in this particular area , that was the end of it . |
| 17 | To the Napoleonic era belong a ‘ Portrait of General Suvarov ’ carved in wood by Bonzanigo and a terracotta maquette by Canova for the portrait of Elisa Baciocchi Bonaparte in the guise of ‘ The Muse Polymnia ’ , now in Vienna ( both exhibited by Antichi Maestri Pittori ) . |
| 18 | In September he was granted bail on a burglary charge by Ealing magistrates even though he had breached the terms of his earlier bail conditions . |
| 19 | By detailing the position of each joint and other critical points on the body with a cursor , an exact scientific model of each action is produced as a stick figure by the computer . |
| 20 | To say the least it 's horrible , and yet there we were a school and a tannery side by side . |
| 21 | The development officer took the decision about whether or not a client needed a support worker by considering whether his or her basic needs ( for food , cleanliness , warmth , sleep , safety ) were being fulfilled , and if not , whether they could be fulfilled by existing informal or formal carers . |
| 22 | Having been on the receiving end of a whole host of visits over the past couple of years , we decided it was our turn to get out and about and took advantage of a kind offer by local brewers , of Abingdon , for a guided tour of the brewery . |
| 23 | The varied programme included a breathing session by Ruth Rolph . |
| 24 | In the meantime , however , the Cubans sought to gain at least a breathing space by making a little known but highly significant approach to the United States . |
| 25 | Turtle breeding beaches in western Cyprus have been given a breathing space by the decision of the government to freeze development in the area for one year . |
| 26 | I was watching from a deck chair by the pool of my health club , on the top floor of a highrise that provided a panoramic view of all Paris . |
| 27 | McDermott takes off the top of a zombie 's head with a shovel — done with a trick shovel by reversing the action , then using a dummy in long shot . |
| 28 | At its next meeting the Group received a paper from Joyce Skinner on ‘ A possible college of education model ’ — one of several ‘ models ’ , including a university model by Professor John Ziman . |
| 29 | Following the recommendation of its armed services committee , the Senate passed a defence bill by 79 votes to 16 on Aug. 4 , which imposed deep cuts , amounting to $18,000 million , in the defence budget request of $307,000 million put forward by Bush for fiscal 1991 ( beginning October 1990 ) . |
| 30 | Life after Brian could not after started better for United … just 41 seconds after kick-off they were in the lead … a defence slip-up by watford but they all count … |