Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a report published on Jan. 9 , 1990 , the human rights organization Amnesty International detailed 128 cases of maltreatment of detainees by the police over the past five years . |
| 2 | Beyond assignment and transfer , however , was true negotiation ; i.e. , the creation of new , independent or ‘ abstract ’ rights to protect the increasing number of bona fide purchasers , pledgees or mortgagees of bills of lading against claims by current or previous owners or possessors of the goods or bills , or by parties with legal or equitable claims against or derived from the shipper-consignor . |
| 3 | It has already been stated that the main aim of the service was to be the construction of flexible packages of care for clients by , firstly , liaising with other services to provide or increase where necessary the client 's receipt of existing services , and , secondly , by ‘ topping up ’ existing services ( where the development officer thought extra care was necessary to maintain someone at home ) through the employment of local support workers . |
| 4 | The regulations also give details of how the historic rights of inspection of accounts by the public , should be administered . |
| 5 | It recommended that the councils monitor the rates of submission of theses by research students in every university , so as to be able to impose sanctions on universities whose rates were unsatisfactory . |
| 6 | The initial decision at congress to enter the formal political arena was taken to defend the trading interests of cooperation against incursions by the state , and when sponsored candidates were elected to parliament they tended to work within the brief by monitoring legislation . |
| 7 | So , he asserts , are other rather less extreme examples , including the following , all of which appear as instances of English in books by reputable grammarians : |
| 8 | The nights drew in earlier and earlier , clothed in sinister cloaks of mist like characters by Edgar Allan Poe . |
| 9 | Soviet energy experts have responded to repeated expressions of concern by environmentalists by agreeing that the construction of large hydro-electric and thermal power stations in the northern regions of the country should be halted . |
| 10 | Later this month , federal authorities are expected to announce plans to reduce their supplies of water to farmers by three-quarters . |