Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [prep] the [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study of bureaucracy has formed part of the analysis by economists of public choice in the non-market sector . |
| 2 | Indeed , Malingreau and Tucker ( 1988 ) report that there is evidence from remotely sensed data for the recolonisation by forest vegetation of some ranches in the Matto Grosso following the abandonment of farms that were never economically or ecologically viable ( see Fearnside 1984 ) . |
| 3 | But Murphy knows he can run a successful business — PRCS has been voted consultancy of the year by its peers — and the odds must be on him wanting to play on a bigger stage once he is free to do so . |
| 4 | Although no one had claimed responsibility for the attack by last night , it was apparently being treated as a terrorist incident by the Belgian police . |
| 5 | Japan 's newspaper critics have added spice to the production by splitting into two camps . |
| 6 | Twitbread News further regales me with the information that McCartney was voted Scouseperson of the Year by ‘ the people of his home city ’ . |
| 7 | SINGER Sam Sorono , who appeared on the last series of Granada TV 's Stars in their Eyes competition impersonating Tom Jones and again last Saturday has been voted Vocalist of the Year by readers of the national club magazine Club Mirror . |
| 8 | However , we believe that the carrying value should be further adjusted by the gain or loss arising on the deemed disposal for the group by comparing the net assets attributable to the 30% interest with the net assets attributable to the 15% interest . |
| 9 | He later found out that a clerk named Winter had committed suicide in the cellar by shooting himself just near the spot where Durham saw him . |
| 10 | BEAT bobby PC Ged Kirkbright has been voted man of the match by a group of schoolchildren on his patch . |
| 11 | He was voted Bandsman of the Year by the famous Black Dyke Mills Band — the first to have his name inscribed on a new silver trophy . |
| 12 | AC MILAN 'S Marco Van Basten has been voted player of the year by World Soccer magazine ahead of Dutch team-mate Dennis Bergkamp and Manchester United keeper Peter Schmeichel . |
| 13 | The upper part of his tomb had been made part of the perimeter by a grill of fine arches behind . |
| 14 | This is , presumably , why Lockheed found it necessary to ensure that it was granted contracts around the world by offering financial inducements to decision-makers in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 15 | AN 18-year-old driver was killed yesterday when his car plunged 40ft from a bridge onto a railway line and was pushed 300ft along the track by a passenger train . |
| 16 | If Labour had accepted PR , and the possibility of an agreement with the Liberal Democrats to introduce it , then it could have ensured defeat for the Conservatives by giving the Lib Dems a clear run in as few as 20 seats . |
| 17 | A PARAGLIDER was killed and another seriously injured yesterday when their chute was dashed 100ft to the ground by freak winds at East Prawle , Devon . |
| 18 | Gilligan was even named woman of the year by Ms magazine in 1984 . |
| 19 | So far , with Worrell having turned down the chance , no one had been able to complain about the captaincy ; but by now Worrell had his degree , was very much available , and Alexander himself expected him to be made captain for the tour by England in 1959–60 . |
| 20 | FOOTBALL : Rangers and Scotland striker Ally McCoist celebrated his club 's fourth successive title yesterday by being named Player of the Year by the Scottish Football Writers ' Association . |
| 21 | Some of the early sociologists regarded warfare as the means by which the first great step in social development — the expansion of human societies — was accomplished , while others have seen it as the principal factor in the formation of the state itself.4 It is evident that warfare has continued to be an important factor in these processes of expansion and consolidation of state power . |
| 22 | They are even willing to give parents a much needed rest in the evenings by listening out for the children ( once settled ) , thereby allowing the parents time off . |
| 23 | Er have you ever bought goods through the post by mail order ? |
| 24 | The Society has displayed confidence in the contributors by printing their nostalgic talk verbatim and the result is a fascinating account of the town in the earlier part of this century , through the voices of the men and women who were there at the time . |
| 25 | He had distracted attention from the incident by crediting Joseph with the killing of the fawn arid therefore the capture of the expedition 's first prize , since the senator had decided they should collect a group of muntjac . |
| 26 | Walter Marshall had a natural flair for public relations , During the long-running Sizewell Inquiry on a Pressurised Water Reactor ( PWR ) , he had upstaged Friends of the Earth by donating his tie to a campaign jumble sale . |
| 27 | They had been lured miles into the hills by reports of a distant loch , full of superb fish that had n't seen artificial fly or an angler for years . |
| 28 | One of the questions raised ( see also above , p. 202 and below p. 650 ) was whether the plaintiffs had given consideration to the defendants by promising to perform an existing contract between the plaintiffs and a third party , Fu Chip , in the performance of which the defendants had an interest . |
| 29 | The man appointed chairman of the BBC by Mrs Thatcher in 1986 , Marmaduke Hussey , was a businessman , it was true , but of the most patrician style , and his wife , Lady Susan , as mentioned before , was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen . |
| 30 | Another supposed benefit for Mexico is the replacement of US managers , technicians and highly trained personnel in the maquilas by Mexicans . |