Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] of [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This respect is summed up by a quote in In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman : ‘ You know , one of the things that strikes me most about McDonald 's is their people orientation . |
| 2 | That is not through lack of support by this Government , who have put £17 billion into the coal industry since 1979 . |
| 3 | A hive-up of the business from Target to Newco is normally in consideration of payment by Newco to Target , which will usually be loaned back to Newco and left outstanding on inter-company loan account . |
| 4 | Some contracts provide instead for performance without delivery , generally by payment of differences by reference to a published price or index . |
| 5 | Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video . |
| 6 | This was partly for ease of administration by the development officers who had to take into account the cost of all the services received by the elderly person when designing a package of care , but primarily because this was a new initiative : by enabling the development officers to take on difficult and complex cases without being unduly restricted by considerations of cost , it was hoped to test the limits to this form of community care . |
| 7 | However , after having reached a position out of range of detection by the Cherbourg defences , P/O Atherton and his crew must have decided to circle and wait until they felt that the defences would have assumed that the attack was over and would therefore have relaxed their alertness . |
| 8 | The sum , substantially in excess of estimates by the country 's central bank which had recently estimated borrowing to pay for war costs at around $10,000 million [ see also pp. 37987 ; 38166 ; 38212 ] , was expected to cover current expenditure reported to be running at some $20,000 million . |
| 9 | A new Chair in European Law has been created , made possible by an initial commitment well in excess of £100,000 by the Birmingham law firm of Wragge & Co . |
| 10 | She 'd been sent there for contempt of court by Essex magistrates when she refused to answer questions about her personal finances in a poll tax case . |
| 11 | WHEN Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie went to a party in London , a posse of armed police stood by in case of attacks by Muslim fanatics . |
| 12 | Turn right at top of ridge by waymarkers . |
| 13 | He remembered the heat of the sun on his back , and the way the cold water cleaved at the touch of the canoe , as it was propelled forward in search of prey by the hunters . |