Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] by [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before Lord George obtained this command , however , his inability to render the services expected of him by some of the family 's political friends was a liability , and was seen as such by Montrose , who wrote with some anxiety to deny allegations that the son of another gentleman of the region was serving in Lord George 's ship , but was on board the flagship of the admiral . |
| 2 | In the Group Chief Executive 's Review you will find them discussed more fully , and in subsequent pages we report on the progress being made toward them by each of our businesses . |
| 3 | This is not as objectionable though as the host of descriptions which virtually conceal the identity of the product and refer to it by any of a number of lurid , dramatic or pseudo scientific titles which bear little if any relationship to function . |
| 4 | H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court . |
| 5 | The decisions of regional brewers such as Boddingtons and Greenalls to cease brewing were commercial ones taken by the managements of those companies and they were not forced on them by any of the Government 's measures . |
| 6 | The Secretary of State wrote : ’ I can assure you that the action the company has taken has not been forced on it by any of the measures the Government has introduced following the MMC's report on the brewing industry . ’ |
| 7 | In one town , however , second wave fundholders had been told to fend for themselves by those in the first wave . |
| 8 | However , the Supreme Court in Aérospatiale , like the Court of Appeals in Re Anschuetz , saw a place for comity analysis , as was urged upon it by several of the briefs including that of the United Kingdom Government . |