Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of [noun] by the " in BNC.

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1 There is a clearly perceptible change of attitude by the public and the people themselves to the relatively affluent and healthy newly retired : the Jollies Jet-Setting Oldies with Lots of Loot ) and the Woopies ( Well-Off Older People ) .
2 Even at the highest pressures used here , the progressive loss of conduction by the small amounts of fluid still remaining in the pores unfortunately prevents quantitative comparisons with a dry rock containing only compact carbon and matrix minerals .
3 An abrupt change of position by the United States ostensibly wrecked what some have claimed was a promising diplomatic move .
4 It was a marked change of mood by the chairman following his statement earlier this week that he had ‘ no intention of selling my shareholding ’ .
5 A useful reference work , although some definitions presuppose a fairly high level of knowledge by the students .
6 The main novelty this year is the British premier of Mannekins by the Polish composer Zbigniew Rudzinski .
7 It was undoubtedly a valuable public demonstration of convergence by the two powers against common enemies .
8 Was its success depend on a proper investment of resources by the school ?
9 The DNA region upstream of DH site V was present in order to permit the isolation of a single contiguous fragment of DNA by the restriction enzymes Mlu I/Xho I ( Figure 1c ) .
10 An encampment of tents was constructed on the dry , high plateau of Paris by the French decorator Jansen .
11 Figure 21.8 shows that this energy is supplied by the outward transport of energy by the fluctuations themselves from the region where the production is large .
12 Moreover the boundary line between intervention in this way , and a more direct substitution of opinion by the judiciary may well become blurred .
13 On the one hand , it may well be true that neither option two nor option four entail direct substitution of judgment by the court .
14 It is convenient first to consider a jurisdictional point raised by Mr. Beloff , who submitted that the only proper mode of challenge by the plaintiffs to the validity of the notice must be by way of judicial review against the Bank of England , rather than by way of an action against the defendants for injunctive relief , since in a normal case ( i.e. one without an injunction ) there would be no question of a customer having locus in any court other than by way of judicial review .
15 I had heard stories , including horrendous tales of harassment by the police from other people in the black community but my family and I had so far escaped such treatment .
16 This is not a case where the demand was based on an erroneous interpretation of legislation by the revenue ; my provisional view is that there is no distinction between such a case and a case like the present where the demand is based on an invalid regulation and is therefore ultra vires .
17 Although Tanjug reported on July 6 that the situation in Kosovo was quiet , repeated protests were reported in the following days , notably in the Kosovo capital , Pristina ; thousands of workers responded to calls by ethnic Albanian leaders for a one-hour daily strike , despite public threats of dismissal by the Serbian authorities .
18 The main feature of the CMI Rules is the creation of an electronic bill of lading by the carrier who also acts as an unofficial registry of negotiations .
19 Schleiermacher 's own account of Jesus relied heavily on such psychological study ; so , for that matter , did that of Liberal Theology ; and so too did those which saw Jesus only as a particularly heroic and noble representative of the human race , as did the immensely popular Life of Jesus by the Frenchman Ernst Renan ( 1823–92 ) .
20 Rapid direct retrieval of records by the use of indexes ;
21 After the film , there will be a discussion on the ‘ disappearances ’ , the extra-judicial killings of individuals by the state in Latin America , chaired by Dawn Primorolo , Labour MP for Bristol South and Chilean expert .
22 And for him , it was an easy determination that , yes , it was , because there were enough daily shows of evidence by the Vietnamese people , young and old , children , others , of their satisfaction that he was there .
23 Candidates will have been ranked in an unalterable order of preference by the party , and the first five will be named on the ballot paper .
24 The ‘ new technology ’ — a term used to describe the computerization of the printing industry using word processors and computer-designed pages as well as the direct input of copy by the journalist into the computer ( Fig. 4.4 ) — would gravely affect employment in the industry as it did away with compositors and printers .
25 However , an off-shore company would not be entitled to a repayment of the tax credit attaching to dividends paid by Target ; this would be disadvantageous compared with a direct acquisition of Target by the partnership , where dividends and tax credits would flow through to investors ( and tax-exempt institutional investors could claim a repayment of the tax credit ) .
26 In Russia , on the other hand , commanders such as Rumyantsev and Suvorov had developed to a high pitch of effectiveness by the end of this period the more aggressive method of attack in column with the bayonet ( though the contrast between Russian and West European tactics has been greatly exaggerated by some Soviet historians ) .
27 A subtle nod of approval by the student was lost in the anticipation of an impending confrontation with a certain pilot Y. Then the student asked the wrong question .
28 The sinews of political and economic integration required to enable the expanded raising of resources by the Crown took a long time to create .
29 Since the final common pathway in the pathogenesis of cirrhosis must be either excess production or deficient degradation of collagen by the liver , genes involved in these mechanisms are an obvious second group of potential candidates for consideration as a basis for predisposition to alcoholic fibrosis .
30 The solemnity was heightened at the actual times of worship by the colourful splendour of clerical pomp .
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